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1. Working Nights On Med-Surg

   skyQ replied to redraider1977's topic in Med-Surg

   Sometimes pts are waiting in the ER for the doctors to c and waiting for consults and admission or transfer orders, so they will just come anytime whenever they r ready. Hospitals are 24 hrs 7 days. The good thing about night shift is that most of th...

2. Nurse to nurse communication

   skyQ replied to MartyL's topic in General Nursing

   The 3 nurses that who got bumped are way better than the "new"ones who came to our floor even though they have less experience. so in nursing, experience is not the most important thing, experience won't make u a better nurse if they dun have a good ...

3. Nurse to nurse communication

   skyQ replied to MartyL's topic in General Nursing

   the hospital that i am working at right now just closed one of the unit. On the floor that I work(medical ward), 3 of the new nurses got bumped and 5 of the "new" nurses came in. They all have like 20+yrs of experience in LTC, when they get started t...

4. Verification of NG tube placement

   skyQ replied to Bwick's topic in Med-Surg

   After the insertion of the NG tube the pt will go for x-ray to confirm the placement, after the placement is confirmed the nurse will put a black mark on the tube closed to the nostirl, and measure the length of the tube from the exit site to let say...

5. Assertiveness being seen as aggressive

   skyQ replied to newrn05's topic in Med-Surg

   It depends whether if the person who asks u to do something is "really" busy or just being lazy. If the person is busy I will help with no problems

6. Assertiveness being seen as aggressive

   skyQ replied to newrn05's topic in Med-Surg

   There is always a reason why people complain, I am pretty sure not only one pt had complaints on u, if not the manager would not pick on u all the time. Reflect on ur behaviours first. As we know the tone of voice, facial expression and gestures(poin...

7. Long distance post RN BScN program

   skyQ posted a topic in International

   Hi, everyone, I'm from Montreal, I am planning to do by Bac through Internet. Is anyone here who is taking a long distance post RN BScN program? I have a list of school, but I don't know which one is better. Or you have any ideal long distance online...

8. Need help with nursing CV

   skyQ posted a topic in Student Assist

   hi! I'm a student nurse and i will graduate in May. I need help writing the CV and Cover letter, can anyone tell me what needs to be included in the CV and cover letter? Thx for help

9. Quebec OIIQ Exam

   skyQ posted a topic in International

   Is there anyone who did the Quebec OIIQ exam? I would like to know what is the OSCE ( the role-playing) about? Can anyone gives me the scenario? Thank You very much for your help! (I'm graduating soon) ^.^

10. "" Internship "" Need advice, pls come in

    skyQ posted a topic in New Nurse

    :welcome: I'm going to start the internship in 2 wks, can anyone gives me some advice from where i should start with. med, surg, ICU, ER, Geriatric, postpartum. My choice is either med or surg, b/c i think i will learn more from it. but i ' m here...

11. Obsession

    skyQ posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am currently a nursing student, and i need some body to help me I have a pt who is constantly anxious about every little things. ex: his future, surgery, eyes condition.... The problem is that he cannot let go of his obsession, and it preoccupy his...

12. Need help for commnunication...>.<...

    skyQ posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have just started my psych rotation last week,and i have a lot of difficulties to answer the following questions. Anyone could help me to respond to those questions? I don't know what kind of answers are appropriate? 1) I can't live in my home an...