I work in a Medical Imaging Department, Days only job and it is wonderful. We work every 4th Saturday, and get the Monday off. There are only 3 nurses that work here, with casuals for vacation relief. My problem is one of our RN's is relocating ou...
midnightkk replied to SoulShine75's topic in Career Support
I work as an RN in Medical Imaging In British Columbia. We have a cath lab and Interventional suite, the RN's start the IV's for CT Scan and inject the contrast (or whoever is free does this). I know the x-ray techs, with about 20 years of service ...
My work also offers the flu vaccine, and I have never gotten the flu. They also made it mandatory one year as the other reply stated, as there was such a shortage of RN's they didn't want anyone to get sick. The people that don't like receiving the...
midnightkk replied to rosieseattle's topic in Humor
I was in our ER Dept., the day the Harry Potter movie opened. I heard a overhead page "would Harry Potter please walk through the double doors and turn left". This is the way patients walk into the peds area. One of the doctors was a Harry Potter ...
midnightkk replied to radnurse2001's topic in Radiology
Hello Ontario!!!I am originally from Montreal, and have family in Toronto....Welcome to this thread. It is great to hear from so many of you. Did you get funding to go to San Antonio? Is there a web site that I could be on their mailing list for f...
midnightkk replied to radnurse2001's topic in Radiology
Hi, I am glad you found this site too...welcome. Yes we all have problems that are very similar. I have worked for 8 years in radiology. 6 years @ a major teaching hospital, now the past 2 years as Clinical Resource Nurse @ a community hospital. ...
midnightkk replied to radnurse2001's topic in Radiology
Ann, oh, how I can relate. Our previous manager, was like that. We would tell him about our problems, and he did nothing. Our current manager is better, and listens to our suggestions of problem solving, but as well has no nursing background. We ...
midnightkk replied to Yvonne Kalla's topic in International
Hi Yvonne, My kids are 8,12,19 years old. My 12 year old is a great babysitter. My 19 year old is either working(she is a hairdresser), or she is out with her boyfriend. $600.00 for fulltime daycare sounds about right in Vancouver or the suburbs a...
midnightkk replied to radnurse2001's topic in Radiology
Hi, The manager of our Dept is a radiology technologist who has been moving up in heirarchy. She is close to retirement. If a patient needs a creat & BUN done, it depends on what time of day it is as the RN's go home by 16:30. A stat bld test ...
midnightkk replied to Yvonne Kalla's topic in International
Yvonne, So, it looks like you got the job! That is great! Is it a Childrens Hospital? Daycare can run from $30.00-$40.00 day. I found a grandmother type person and she was wonderful. When are you moving here? Was your interview over the telephon...
midnightkk replied to Yvonne Kalla's topic in International
Hi, I don't know if you are already in Vancouver, but I live in Surrey, which is about 40 min from Van. I assume you would be working at Childrens Hospital. I do not know too much about ped oncology, but they have quite a BMT ward, I once worked in ...
midnightkk replied to radnurse2001's topic in Radiology
Hi Anne, The precontrast questionnaires are in the nursing station and we fill them out when the patient arrives in the dept. I am the Clinical Resource Nurse for the Dept. I basically make any decisions to do with nursing. We have a manager, who ...