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  1. Head Lice

    Alexandra, Here is the "recipe" for tea tree oil, actually it calls for tea tree oil shampoo. (which you can get at a health food store). Apply tea tree oil shampoo boosted with ten additional drops of oil. Massage into hair, leave on for 10 minutes,...
  2. Head Lice

    Try Tea Tree oil, it apparentlly is quite effective. Check with your local health food store to see how much it needs to be diluted. I have the recipe somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. snickers.
  3. central line flushes

    10cc saline followed by2.5cc heparin flush(100units/ml) q.24h. and prn(after meds). sj.
  4. Was talking to a friend who works in Ontario, she said that benefits are not "free" there, that she pays a minimum fee towards dental and medical. What about the rest of the provinces? Thanx. sj
  5. SQ injections

    Used 45 degrees for a hundred years...until enoxaparin came along(LMWH).Our policy says 90 degrees for it. sj.
  6. BCNU special levy

    Good Question... Yep we got that fancy new building in Vancouver, plus the president makes about 60,000 plus living expenses.We musn't forget about all the tv ads and the newspaper ads,I'm sure they cost big bucks, plus the bargaining committee...may...
  7. BCNU special levy

    Bcnu says that they need it to replenish the defence fund(what it has cost us for the job action last year).They say they need 4 million dollars....for our next round of bargaining go figure eh? Check out their(our) website at http://www.bcnu.org go...
  8. "Is this patient abandonment?"

    Fired...license suspended. at the very least....what if the patient was one of your family?? sj
  9. Quiet thread

    My place of experience is only as a unionized worker who has been involved in the Canadian healthcare system for the past thirty years. I have no frame of reference as to what privatization would be like, only what I read on this bulletin board etc. ...
  10. Quiet thread

    Heather, Yes,I have read bill 29 over and over again, actually I made the comments about Bcnu and rnabc to "stir the pot " if you will. I am still in shock about the direction that this government has taken, however at the same time I do find that I...
  11. Quiet thread

    In reference to what is going in on in B.C.....where is the R.N.A.B.C., how are we supposed to maintain our standards? they are strangely silent, considering the money they take from us every year.....how can we be sure that the B.c.N.U isn't just fe...
  12. IV therapy at home for family member

    My sister-in-law came to live with us a couple of years ago, we looked after her for the last 2 months of her life(she had ovarian ca with mets.)She developed cellulitis,wanted iv antibiotics which we hung for her tid, she had an iv to the end, calle...
  13. campbell is a naughty boy

    Take a look at http://www.bcnu.org and then see how far this government has gone. Fergus51---can I come too? sj.
  14. esophagogestrectomy critical path

    Pardon my ignorance...I know what an esophagogastrectomy is but what is a "critical path" ? Thanx. sj. :confused:
  15. Epidural bolusing by RN's

    Many of our post-ops have epidurals placed intraoperatively for post-op pain control and Marcaine and Fentanyl is infused via pump. We have standing orders and the gas man writes in the amount of bolus required(Range) and bolus amount. We have strict...