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  1. American RN moving to Australia

    guest957671 posted a topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I'm hoping some of our Aussie nurses can help me out on this one. I am finishing up my PhD in Nursing later this year, and I will be moving to Sydney mid 2017 to live with my partner. I've been a...

  2. American RN moving to Australia

    guest957671 posted a topic in Immigration Advice

    I'm hoping some of our Aussie nurses can help me out on this one. I am finishing up my PhD in Nursing later this year, and I will be moving to Sydney mid 2017 to live with my partner. I've been a...

  3. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Truthfully, I'm still waiting for a counter argument that doesn't imply that i'm anti-nurse, or not experienced enough to understand, or in some way am demeaning and personal because I'm making points...

  4. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, but in the United States it is, and any meaningful change towards something better in the near future is highly unlikely. Also, let's not pretend that other countries deliver healthcare without...

  5. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes. Run along

  6. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I like how quickly this turned into being for or against nursing. Such a typical reaction. So isn't touting 19 years of experience as a justification for not being able to back up a claim. That...

  7. RRT vs ICU transfer

    guest957671 replied to kflavi2's topic in Critical Care

    I think a 24-48 ICU stay is called for, and agree with the posting above saying that the dopamine is kind of just a bandaid. He'll definitely need more of a work up, and more intense monitoring in the...

  8. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    citation to support this claim, please. hospitals that are non-profit status can use their profits for capital improvements to get tax breaks. Claiming that "a large part of the health care budgeting...

  9. Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

    guest957671 replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

    Get the vaccine. Every employer that I have had has not only required documentation of having been vaccinated, but did blood work to make sure that I had the antibodies and was immune. Plus, with...

  10. Nurses smoking weed?

    guest957671 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    So, the question is really of overdose vs adverse drug effect then. Two different concepts. An overdose implies a toxic state affecting actual organ function. Most drugs have a LD50 scoring (median...

  11. Nurses smoking weed?

    guest957671 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the studies being cited here actually makes me nervous about the amount of misinformation nurses could be giving their patients. I'm all for caution, but a few cross sectional studies, even if...

  12. American RN moving to Australia

    guest957671 replied to guest957671's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Thanks for your input! Some of my friends there in public health circles have suggested I try working with NSW Health, so it's nice to hear that it's an

  13. I'm Done With Nursing.

    guest957671 replied to RegNurse1987's topic in General Nursing

    With your varied and extensive experience, have you thought about clinical consulting or even global health? I'm in a similar boat, though in critical care where the stressful part isn't necessarily...

  14. Books for new ICU Nurse

    guest957671 replied to NurseLys1994's topic in Critical Care

    For day to day stuff, I really liked critical care made incredibly easy. It helped a lot with understanding the basics and is a really easy read for learning waveforms and blood gas interpretation and...

  15. Why do nurses.....

    guest957671 replied to offlabel's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that it depends on the situation and that it's your highest degree earned. So BSN MSN DNP is rather redundant and looks a bit silly. DNP would suffice. I only use my CCRN-CMC-CSC when...

  16. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You make a really important distinction here in what's technically reimbursed vs floor stock since nursing budgets are usually built into room rates in some fashion. What's crazy is that some...

  17. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I didn't bother addressing your mentioning of nurses pulling meds that end up not being administered because it was irrelevant to the greater point. Nurses will at times pull an extra medication...

  18. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where do you think the money comes from for supplies and staff? That's right, a budget. It's tough to justify much to management when a unit is over budget constantly, with costs eating away at the...

  19. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

    guest957671 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm in academia as a PhD candidate but I'm also a bedside ICU nurse so I don't see the article as anything far removed from realities of nursing care delivery, and will very candidly say that part of...

  20. Psychiatric History - Can I still become a nurse?

    guest957671 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Given that most of the commentary shows an egregious level of ignorance towards modern perceptions of mental health, I will recommend that you ignore the negative comments in this thread. They seem to...

  21. Type B in a Type A world

    guest957671 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I dealt with the same types in my ICU orientation, and the best advice that I could give is to play the game and be your own best resource by referencing books like the ICU book, critical care made...

  22. "Your job is to make me happy"

    guest957671 replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had a lot more patients saying something to that effect lately. My standard line is "I'm a nurse, not a

  23. CRRT and mobility

    guest957671 replied to dec2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    Usually patients on CRRT are hemodynamically unstable. That's one of the clinical indications for CRRT. The AACN has put out several pieces, including a few protocols, for determining exclusion...

  24. Nurses smoking weed?

    guest957671 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    There's a lot of legal ambiguity in states where marijuana is legal or legal-ish since it is illegal at the federal level, but licensure for nurses is handled at the state level by state agencies. It...