I had a discussion with an anaesthetist in my theatre this week, an anaesthetist who I thought was well educated and well informed. I was very disappointed with the direction of our conversation and it made me think about this conversation as a topic for this post. I am not sure how the topic … [Read more…]
May I recommend the AUSMED CPD app – it is a great way to track and plan your education. In July 2010, Ausmed launched the country’s first CPD Organiser for nurses. This technology, developed in-house, was released almost immediately at the start of national registration in Australia. The CPD Organiser was a free tool allowing … [Read more…]
This has been hotly debated in theatre for a few years. Cloth hats are a difficult topic. So here is a little post all about scrub hats! It was only in the ACORN standard 2010-2011 that cloth hats were still deemed okay.: S11 Perioperative Attire Standard statement 4 – Head and facial hair shall be … [Read more…]
In recent weeks, Australian nurses have been ranked the most highly regarded profession for the 23rd year in a row. Nurses are ranked as the most ethical, honest, respected and trusted professionals everywhere in the world. Why? Because it takes a special kind of person to choose to spend their lives caring for others. It … [Read more…]
Building and working as a team is as important as a good roster and great patient care. It is the team dynamics that determine how a shift works. There are always those shifts where everything doesn’t go right. People are off sick, people have a higher acuity. Our resources are stretched and our stress levels … [Read more…]
Workplace bullying is something we have all witness or been involved in. There is an abundance of evidence that shows the workplace is hostile for many nurses. It affects roughly 11% of all nurses at some stage. Therefore, I felt it was important to write my first post <bullying in nursing> We need to be … [Read more…]
Have you ever wondered what and Anaesthetic/PACU ANUM does? The operating theatre is a secret word where everyone changes into pyjamas and then secret things happen. Theatre nurses are all part of a committed team to save lives and make live better for their patients every day. Well, this is just an idea of a … [Read more…]
I am writing this piece as another international nurse week comes to a close. It is a Beneath the Stitches but in a different way. Beneath my day job as a perioperative nurse, and no not just a nurse but a nurse with many years of training and many skills. So I thought something … [Read more…]
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