CENA 2011

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My highlights from attending the CENA 9th International Emergency Nursing Conference in Adelaide- South Australia.

Australasian Resuscitation Guidelines 2011

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The Australian Resuscitation Council has release its 2011 resuscitation guidelines and flowcharts.

Minor Injuries a clinical guide

The following book review is on Minor Injuries a clinical guide written by minor injuries nurse educator Dennis Purcell.

Midwifery Preparation for Practice

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Midwifery preparation to practice facilitates the maternity care provider to explore all care options to empower women throughout their pregnancy, to make informed decision regarding their care. This is demonstrated within the book by recent evidence based research findings.

Emergency Nurses Week

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This week celebrates emergency nurses week, with emergency nurses day being celebrated this Wednesday the 13th in emergency departments around Australia and the rest off the world. Emergency nurses day is held each year to recognise the hard work and dedication of emergency nurse’s.

Nurse Point

Nurse Point is a fantastic new website created by Elsevier Australia to provide high quality information to Australian and New Zealand nurse’s, and best of all its free.

Emergency in the Shed

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Emergency in the shed a weekly Podcast of news,views, and interviews for emergency nurses by emergency nurses from the Gold Coast Hospital (Australia)

2010 Resuscitation Guidelines

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Towards the end of this year will bring about the newly developed evidence based guidelines for resuscitation and advance life support.

Empathy Pills are Wearing Off

Just go through the blue door...the blue door...the f#$%ing blue door

‘Tis a time for lost amoebic souls to congregate in ethereal pools of tranquil healing and join hands to synaptically and engage in flashes of conversation fuelled by the broth of malted yeast….

Back in Black

After checking the patient’s observations and refitting his oxygen mask, the nurse heard the patient ask: “Are my testicles black?”