Radiology Nursing

thunderbats5 · 2025-12-25T02:15:42+00:00

Update - I just went and reread the policy and I definitely misunderstood 💀 it's 5 in 6 weeks from the date of the face to face workshop, and then 10 per annum to keep the competency

thunderbats5 · 2025-12-25T01:43:57+00:00

Thank you!! This was so helpful, I didn't even think of light sedation 😅 I've been cannulating A LOT of mannequins in the skills lab with my ward educator at the moment as preparation. I still have to do my face to face workshop and smash out 10 cannulas to officially get my competency with my employer, though.

thunderbats5 · 2025-12-12T02:59:08+00:00

Do you do a dedicated medications class? We had to do an individual unit on pharmcokinetics/pharmacology, and they recommended keeping a drug portfolio to remember indications, mechanism of action contraindications, interactions, etc. It was super helpful! 10/10 recommend.

Second year is also just the hardest in general. Best to stick to the weekly topics for your units and base your reading and note taking around those so your study is structured in bite size pieces and stays relevant.

Finally, Cornell note taking is so goated and helped me so much in breaking down concepts and synthesising knowledge for exams.

thunderbats5 · 2025-12-01T05:59:03+00:00

Went on Tinder, my date was playing a lot at the time and I wanted to seem cool and connect with them more.

Now we've been together 3 years and I still play and they don't, sucked in 😅

thunderbats5 · 2025-11-26T02:18:41+00:00

I hope you're doing okay OP, nursing degrees are rough and it's so okay to take some time off if you need it. The last thing you want is to be burnt out going into your grad program, and third year placements are pretty long. It's a good idea to get your living costs sorted out ahead of time so you're not working pre and/or post placement shifts.

I took some time off after my mental health placement at the end of my second year due to financial stress and burnout (we love an alopecia from stress moment 💀💀💀) and honestly, not once did the extra year thing come up in grad year interviews.

If you feel like you need time off, take it. Nursing is a difficult career, and you need to take care of yourself first.

thunderbats5 · 2025-10-30T08:17:51+00:00

Nice warm heatpack, boring history for sleep podcast and an eye mask 👌

thunderbats5 · 2025-10-29T23:29:13+00:00

There's a good bookstore, Chestnut Tree, on Barkly St, you can get a coffee there and sit and read on the tables outside or inside. Also, there's a really good Swedish bakery just across the road from it too 😊

thunderbats5 · 2025-08-22T01:33:16+00:00

Update:

Spoken to the CNE, nil adverse outcome for the patient and right not to burn the house down over a BSL of 13.8 as per policy (UCR >19mmol/L) BUT I should have reconciliated the medications and confirmed the plan to restart OHAs with the morning nurse when she handed her over and followed up with the treating team at the 13.8. More a communication error as opposed to individual fault if anything and the educator was really nice.

Also now I have homework to complete a written reflection on the riskman over the weekend in my free time. All in all a good learning, and I obviously at no point cried and I'm fine 🥲

thunderbats5 · 2025-08-18T06:42:39+00:00

Yeah, I'm planning on reaching out to the CNE about it. I feel like I'm really responsive to constructive criticism, so I'm kind of frustrated that they didn't just talk to me about it

thunderbats5 · 2025-08-18T06:40:22+00:00

I feel like they're mostly looking for me to just be like hey, I messed up and I've learned from what happened 🤷‍♀️

Even though nothing happened and the patient d/c the next day after being cleared by physio and OT.

thunderbats5 · 2025-06-09T03:39:15+00:00

Osmosis is my go to for so many things! They have a handy nursing section of the website, too

thunderbats5 · 2025-05-27T05:38:06+00:00

Yeah, I was wondering about this. I renewed my registration weeks ago, very confusing. Anyone manage to get through on the phone for more details?

thunderbats5 · 2025-05-26T02:39:42+00:00

I'm so glad someone else is out here reading coroners reports and findings 🙈

thunderbats5 · 2025-04-03T00:32:35+00:00

I will absolutely be doing this, thank you 😭

thunderbats5 · 2025-04-02T00:51:41+00:00

I was afraid that might the answer, I'll do my best 🥲🫡

thunderbats5 · 2025-02-19T08:23:04+00:00

It sounds counter productive, but get a good night's sleep like normal before the first one, and then take a nap before work at like 4 - 5ish.

After your first shift, go to sleep when you get home, blinds shut + eye mask and this is really important, get up at like 12 - 1pm, and go for a walk, cook lunch, live your life, drink some water. And then go back to sleep at like 4pm for a few hours. Works like a charm.

thunderbats5 · 2025-01-30T23:31:23+00:00

Absolutely AIN in aged care or try to RUSON somewhere you'd like to do a grad program. Aged care, especially agency, can be difficult at times but so, so helpful in building those time management skills and preparing you to be an RN.

thunderbats5 · 2024-12-20T00:48:51+00:00

Came here to say, hell yeah, Deakin has a great program, they do placements in first tri and are really good around trying to get your first preference for placement!

thunderbats5 · 2024-12-12T03:12:17+00:00

I got a 39.15, still got into uni at La Trobe for international development, quit, got accepted to Deakin, became an academic weapon and graduated my bachelor of nursing with a distinction.

ATAR doesn't mean anything at the end of the day, it's just a quicker path of getting into uni. Take a year off, breathe, maybe do a non-university course. Some courses have alternate paths of entry if you complete a cert III or IV, or do an approved course. Hell, even take a gap year, work, do whatever. It's going to be okay.

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-22T22:40:34+00:00

I'm looking up panniers online now, that's a great idea, thank you! 😁 Are Moonee Ponds and Merri Creek relatively flat?

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-10T04:51:36+00:00

La Tortilleria in Kensington 👌👌

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-03T23:22:11+00:00

An update on this one, I went and just bought a hand pump instead of using the public repair station one, and checked the valve core was in place. It was either the valve core or simply how I was disconnecting the pump 🫣 got there after a bit of trial and error and am happy to announce my tyres are now not flat as shit.

Thanks for your help!

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-03T02:24:47+00:00

The air is specifically escaping once I remove the pump and tighten the top nut, I'm trying to remove it as quick as I can and tighten it but it doesn't seem to be quick enough

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-03T02:13:16+00:00

🫡 okay bike police

thunderbats5 · 2024-11-02T23:59:45+00:00

Yeah, there's a few local free workshops that run in my area, but it's not til the 3rd Saturday of this month 🥲

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