qaz99

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1. Nursing Notes

   qaz99 replied to nerdynurse7's topic in General Nursing

   I used to struggle too until I realised the easiest way is make sure you have the same structure for each note. Body systems/head to toe is good to use I think. You mention all the systems but you don't need to go into detail about all of them unless...

2. Assault against nurses

   qaz99 replied to nikkole318's topic in General Nursing

   Start a petition for zero tolerance, get enough signatures for the government to step in? This is pretty much what has happened in Australia. Paramedics especially were getting assaulted too often. They started a zero tolerance campaign, got the gov...

3. Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

   qaz99 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   Chill, guys. She resigned the proper way via letter and did the cake after for a bit of fun.

4. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

   qaz99 replied to c3poshideout's topic in Medications

   I guess it comes down to different practices and routines. We have only just rolled out electronic documentation but meds are still kept on shelves/or locked away (CDs). Which is why we also have CD key delagatees. These are people (usual team leader...

5. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

   qaz99 replied to c3poshideout's topic in Medications

   But this is exactly what happens in Australia. It's not hard to find a nurse to follow you for 10 seconds. i can't fathom how you guys are allowed to pocket remainder of narcotics until whenever you feel like getting a witness. Its asking for trouble...

6. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

   qaz99 replied to c3poshideout's topic in Medications

   That's odd. In Aus, you *have* to have 2 nurses present the whole way through a controlled drug administration. From the med room where you get the drug out, you dispose the remainder there and 2 nurses sign for the disposal in the controlled drugs b...

7. I don't have time to pee!

   qaz99 replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

   Satire, not for everyone �� hint: OP is saying, "we all have time to pee if you get off your phone and quit moaning"

8. Female vs male patients

   qaz99 posted a topic in Relations

   Does anyone else 'prefer' male patients to female patients? When I get assigned a room of elderly female patients, I know I'm in for a heavy shift. Compared to the males, they moan/are pedantic over little things, take twice as long to do everything...

9. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

   qaz99 replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

   I think it's the same in Germany. Nursing isn't regulated and you don't go to Uni to become one. My ex German bf held little respect for nurses, funny how he understands nothing about what we do as nurses yet thinks he can make bold statements about ...

10. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    qaz99 replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

    The Australian system is more similar to UK than America. Don't understand a lot of things people from the U.S talk about on here lol. In Australia, it is a 3 year bachelor degree to become an RN. During these 3 years, you have to do minimum of 800 ...

11. 5 Months in & Frustrated

    qaz99 replied to Nurse4592's topic in New Nurse

    I'm just about to start my first job in a busy ortho/trauma ward, beyond nervous! Thanks for the info/words of advice on this thread :)

12. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    qaz99 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I personally don't see an issue with this phrase. If a doctor is doing rounds and suddenly the patient asks for a bedpan or something time consuming, no 1) the doctor is doing rounds, they're busy as well. 2) a lot of residents don't have a clue on ...

13. Weird/ Dumb Nursing School Rules

    qaz99 replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

    Wow, nursing school in the US is weirdly strict. Come study in Australia, flip flops and shorts galore at uni. Don't understand why a college/uni needs to enforce a dress code. It's college at the end of the day... Clinicals, yes, by all means enfor...

14. How do you study medications?

    qaz99 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Forget about learning each and every drug as an individual drug, you'll get nowhere. Instead, understand the different classes of drugs, as majority of the time, most drugs in the same class will have similar mechanism of action/side effects/consider...

15. Can Someone else do a nurse's charting?

    qaz99 replied to karentou's topic in General Nursing

    I' would have thought forging the nurse's signature would be risky. Imagine if a case went to court and they said to the nurse, "is this your signature on this document?", she can't lie, and her saying no would probably mean anything charted would be...