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  1. Any other Canadians studying for the NCLEX too?

    Couldnt you say that even if I went to nursing school say...in Texas but decided to move and practice nursing in Michigan for example? I would still be "taking" a spot away from someone that wanted to go to NS in Texas... or what about all the nurses...
  2. Any other Canadians studying for the NCLEX too?

    I already have all my student loans paid off from working during school. As long as I have a job and a place to stay, why should it matter where I want to live. I'm not required to stay in Canada just because I went to nursing school here. I've alway...
  3. Going into my last year of BCSN here in Canada...I want to write my CRNE and then write my Nclex really soon afterwards so I can move to the States. I am studying for the CRNE and also just bought the 4th edition of Saunders to do Suzanne's Plan for ...
  4. Cheyene Stokes - Dying pt

    The doctor was in the room and even said she was cheyne stoking + kussmauling What is a neurological breathing pattern? Isn't that CS and Kussmaul? thanks
  5. Cheyene Stokes - Dying pt

    I had a patient 2 weeks ago with Kussmaul AND cheyne stokes resps with doll eyes and was unresponsive to sternal rub, voice, etc with RR of 32 - 40...it occured all of a sudden and the physician said that her brain hemorrhage was getting worse and ev...
  6. Sorry, but the testimonial by the blond haired girl just cracked me up! Watch it here: http://www.prismcareerinstitute.com/nursing.aspx I thought it was funny
  7. Ok, the part about nurses peeves me off...just because we give meds doesn't mean every single nurse in the universe abuses em or steals em!!!. I know what they were trying to say though, it just seems like it came out wrong in the article http://www....
  8. Let's share where we are all placed for clinical! Ummm let's start...I have no clue but I should find out soon I hope!
  9. I never said that Canadian schools HAVE lax standards compared to US schools...I was saying that other people seem to have that impression based on our lower grading scales based on on other threads on AllNurses I am happy with my Canadian nursing sc...
  10. Pathophysiology book recommendation?

    lewis and dirksen is a good one brunner and suddarth is also good both are expensive though like over 100 dollars!
  11. There was literally nothing to fill up with lotion...it was all full of gunk!. Next time I encounter the same thing, I will try your trick though. Sounds like it would be helpful
  12. Yep, checking the skin folds is something I always do...you never know what can be growing there (fungus, etc). Sometimes you see a layer of lotion / cream / powder that can be wiped off because it's caked on
  13. Ugh, Today I was cleaning my pt and I was wondering why her bellybutton looked black. It kept bugging me. Well....I had to dig and actually PULL on it to get it out (it was that stuck to the inside of her bellybutton ick!) and out came a HUGE ball of...
  14. Ever Gag or Vimit While Doing the Job?

    I gagged once and ALMOST threw up while changing someone with a BM. I was surprised that I didn't throw up, usually it doesnt bother me too much but this time I almost barfed Its natural...we dont have iron stomachs...we are human!
  15. I have posted a few threads on the fact (sorry to bore you guys! lol) that US schools usually have higher grading scales than our Canadian nursing schools... Usually whenever I state that my nursing school only requires 63% to pass nursing classes an...