misswoosie

misswoosie

ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH

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  1. Care of the patient with stroke sxs >5 hrs PTA

    misswoosie replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    why would you sedate a stroke patient unless they required

  2. Care of the patient with stroke sxs >5 hrs PTA

    misswoosie replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    He's a difficult one. Even though he's young for a stroke, he has risk factors. Have my suspicions that prev' "TIAs" may have been migraines and that this may have been too. Would have liked more...

  3. Care of the patient with stroke sxs >5 hrs PTA

    misswoosie replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    do you know what the patients outcome was? if it was a migraine then the symptoms should have resolved, although sometimes if a migraine goes on for a very long time it can cause a stroke does your...

  4. On a spousal visa, treated as any other UK/EU citizen?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Thankyou! Good luck with your endeavours to live and work in the

  5. On a spousal visa, treated as any other UK/EU citizen?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    I understand that you're NICU is level 3 but I do think their will be units elsewhere in the world that are just as high tech with just a sick neonates. I worked in OR at a regional cardiothoracic and...

  6. On a spousal visa, treated as any other UK/EU citizen?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    i think you may be in for a surprise nursing in the uk, but good luck

  7. On a spousal visa, treated as any other UK/EU citizen?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Just out of interest, and because I knew that the clinical hours I did in my RN was way higher than BSN courses I had seen in the USA, I looked at my training transcript and I had 3,500 clinical hours...

  8. Neuro icu nurses -levelling transducers for icp/cpp measurement

    misswoosie posted a topic in International Nursing

    Just been reading a thread regarding where to level the transducers for calculation of CPP using MAP and ICP. I last worked in Neuro ICU in 2002. Then we levelled the art' transducer at the level of...

  9. New and on H4 visa

    misswoosie replied to yekta's topic in International Nursing

    My husband is a fellow in Oncology and university is going to hire him and apply for green card for both of us, Do you think they will get it for us or getting a green card effects on doctor as well....

  10. Acute care Nurse Practitioner (Masters) programmes nr Charlotte

    misswoosie posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I have been looking for an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner course in Charlotte and I only seem to be able to find family practice, education and administration. Looks like UNNC have/had one but say they...

  11. Acute care Nurse Practitioner (Masters) programmes nr Charlotte

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Thanks for the help. I now know that UAB is Universit of Alabama, Birmingham:) Will look into the Duke Programme. ADDITION Doesn't look like Duke do the ACNP by distance leaning...

  12. Acute care Nurse Practitioner (Masters) programmes nr Charlotte

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    i would just contact various schools to see what their requirements are for international nurses. i would think some things would be different. also i am a rn in charlotte looking to further my...

  13. Please help!!!

    misswoosie replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International Nursing

    what the nhs does well it does very well. emergency services, itu and acute medicine. what it does badly it does very badly. elective surgical procedures (the smaller stuff like hernia repairs) older...

  14. Please help!!!

    misswoosie replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International Nursing

    i've left 4 as i don't have that much time

  15. Mandatory White Uniforms for RN's- your experience

    misswoosie replied to lauramae18's topic in General Nursing

    YUK-chewing gum looks sooooooooo unprofessional. The patients and visitors don't know what qualifications you have, but their first impression of you will not be a good one if you are chewing

  16. Family members and Visitors telling me HOW to do my job!!!

    misswoosie replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How generous that you "cut them a lot of slack" even when they are helping you to do your job. Quiet them down with the same look I give my kid! Which category of nursing does that fall

  17. Family members and Visitors telling me HOW to do my job!!!

    misswoosie replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A simple explaination of the facts regarding why the nurse the day before was using gloves and why the one today is using Q tips would have been far more useful,rather than a patronising sweet smile...

  18. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    misswoosie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    and the feeling here in the uk amongst medical professionals is much the same. we aren't sure if it will be mandated for nhs staff, but they must be aware of the general op of staff, and i think it...

  19. Tragic death-NOT due to swine flu

    misswoosie posted a topic in International Nursing

    My work colleague returned from holiday today and told me that her brother-in-law had died whilst she was away. Apparently he was unwell and called the GP who said it was swine flu and not to come to...

  20. Evidence-based practice

    misswoosie replied to sallieyaj's topic in General Nursing

    Aaah-research for researchs sake! Very common-I think millions must be spent each year on worthless medical/nursing/healthcare research that will never translate into any benefit for

  21. Evidence-based practice

    misswoosie replied to sallieyaj's topic in General Nursing

    yes -good to look at systematic reviews and national best practice guidelines http://www.nice.org.uk/ http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/ these are both british, but will include international...

  22. Tragic death-NOT due to swine flu

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Precisely! But this policy of telling people not to come to the surgery was put in place some time ago by the DOH. Apart from being a dangerous practice because some people will have something other...

  23. Evidence-based practice

    misswoosie replied to sallieyaj's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we no longer use anti-embolism stockings in our stroke patients because the evidence from the CLOTS II study showed no

  24. Band 6 interview presentation help!

    misswoosie replied to delly84's topic in United Kingdom

    :clphnds: Well

  25. Band 6 interview presentation help!

    misswoosie replied to delly84's topic in United Kingdom

    If you definitely can't make it for a face to face informal visit (which I think is really important IMO) then I would try and contact them by phone-so at least you aren't a completely unknown...