Janice8551

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1. Is the Sprott Shaw LPN prog. respected?

   Janice8551 replied to MQ Edna's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hi Mark! Call the College of LPNs to see what they say. The Practice Consultants can answer your questions, and they are LPNs themselves. Please remember that LPN practice looks different in BC than it does in Alberta, so have a discussion with someo...

2. Fulltime/Fullscope LPN in BC-Canada

   Janice8551 replied to LPN_of_BC's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello Fiona- Where in BC are you working and where can I apply to work alongside you? Sounds like a great job!

3. foley collection tubing placement

   Janice8551 replied to Ann T's topic in Med-Surg

   Hi all! You could turn or prop the person up on their side a little and that way you could put it either coming out in front of them or coming out behind them. That way they won't be lying on it either way!

4. LPN-RN partnership in nursing-a gentle reminder

   Janice8551 replied to leesonlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi all:) Leesonlpn: Unfortunately that is the typical response from alot of CNO's. With the changes in our hospital management structure, we lost a great Nursing Administrator. She was a real force behind encouraging LPN's in our hospital. I was ask...

5. LPN from USA wants to work in Canada

   Janice8551 replied to jimmieN's topic in International

   Jimmy Here in British Columbia you contact the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia. (CLPNBC) @ 604-660-5750 and ask for Judy Posnikoff. She oversees the examination sessions throughout the year. The next one is in May 2002. Good ...

6. All Lpn's Please Read

   Janice8551 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN/LVN

   Greyt: Sorry if there was a misunderstanding- All I meant was that no matter what your duties may be, you have to know you are able to perform them to the best of your ability and you have to know when something is way over your head or outside your ...

7. All Lpn's Please Read

   Janice8551 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hey! Everyone, calm down. We are all in this together. I do think we all have to take a step back and realize that while laws and policies are each specific to the state/ province and facility one is working in, they are there to protect the patient ...

8. All Lpn's Please Read

   Janice8551 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN/LVN

   Lynninurse.. You, my dear, sound a little bitter? I agree with you that it doesn't matter what initials are behind a person's name, as long as they look out for their own practice. But, as "Nurses" we look out for each other. We care for patients TOG...

9. All Lpn's Please Read

   Janice8551 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am here in British Columbia. Vancouver/ Victoria area to be specific. I work in a community acute care hospital on a medical floor. I am also the LPN practice Leader there. We have LPN's working in all areas of the hospital except psych and OR/PAR....

10. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

    Janice8551 replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

    On the floor I work on, a busy acute medical floor, we follow the "paired caring" model. Here we work in pairs- 1RNand 1LPN. They work TOGETHER to provide care to patients. As our skills and scope of practice overlap as much as 70% in some cases, we ...

11. LPN-RN partnership in nursing-a gentle reminder

    Janice8551 replied to leesonlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    leesonlpn: I just wanted you to know that here at our hospital, and paritcularly on the floor I work on, we work with the paired caring model. !-LPN and 1-RN work TOGETHER. We are partners (I've been with my partner RN for almost 9 years now) and tak...