Monika06

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1. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

   Monika06 replied to jack1971's topic in New Nurse

   What are you doing in your clinical placements while in uni if you can't look after 5-8 patients on your own ? We do it from year 2 and once qualified we get patients allocated to us straight away , there's always a senior nurse on shift if we need ...

2. Unfair Shift Rotation

   Monika06 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

   I dont understand why do you even get employed only on days or only on nights. Dont you have the option of doing both? While someone might prefer to do only nights or only days here in the UK this is a matter of agreement during your interview. Once ...

3. Lunch/break question

   Monika06 replied to EPIC_nurse's topic in School

   I'm talking about a usual primary school, children with special needs don't attend those ,children with feeding tubes or trachys would be either home schooled or attend a school attached to a hospital. My son goes to primary here and he's seen a nur...

4. Lunch/break question

   Monika06 replied to EPIC_nurse's topic in School

   This would never happen here in the UK, ,we don't have school nurses on site at all,,they come in to do vaccines or routine checks, if someone has a nosebleed the teachers are trained to deal.with it,,if someone has a major injury you just call the ...

5. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

   Monika06 replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

   I did enjoy my community care placement when in uni but I think everyone should have some acute experience first. If you never experienced deterioration in patients or complex needs first hand (, and not just learned about it in lectures, )then yo...

6. Foreign nurse vs. Local nurse??

   Monika06 replied to WhyNurse's topic in Canada

   Can I ask the OP where are you from ,where did you qualify? I have tried to message you but I am not sure how to, do I need to add you as a friend WhyNurse?

7. British trained nurse in Quebec / Montreal

   Monika06 replied to Monika06's topic in Registration

   I know for sure that I do not have paediatric and mental health theory hours because in the UK these are separate nursing branches, I am solely an Adult Nurse and my daughter is only Paediatric ( so she never worked with adults) . I think there are O...

8. Updated Info on Nursing in Montreal

   Monika06 replied to caisaki's topic in Canada

   Hello, I have a similar issue, I am trained in the UK and I do speak a bit of French by my daughter who is also a nurse doesnt at all. We are moving to Montreal in a year or 1 1/2 , so she will take French classes here, but would you mind CanadianRN ...

9. British trained nurse in Quebec / Montreal

   Monika06 posted a topic in Registration

   Hello, I posted this on a general nursing site, but I think here it is more appropriate. I am training in the UK as an adult nurse and finishing next year. My daughter is already a qualified paediatric nurse also in the UK. We are moving to Quebec ne...