nikki_nurse

nikki_nurse has 1 1/2 years experience.

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1. Need career advice for an RN who doesn't know where to go

   nikki_nurse replied to mcdq's topic in Canada

   Hi, I feel like I'm in the same position as you. In a RN and I worked acute care in a rural hospital for a year and now I'm working in LTC. I'm thinking about trying to get into acute/ER care at our small hospital so I'm working on getting my ACLS si...

2. nurses don't know when they're orientating

   nikki_nurse replied to proud nurse's topic in Relations

   Just coming from the other side, I was assigned someone to orientate and wasn't let notified beforehand and I felt like I was a deer in the headlights since I had no idea. It was also my first time ever orientating and I had only been working on the ...

3. New Grad RN - Please Review/Critique My Resume

   nikki_nurse replied to nursetribe's topic in Job Hunt

   You need to use action words in your resume. Here is a list Resume - Action Words and Phrases For example you say "Managed high-volume customer accounts and provided superior customer service to ensure needs of vendors and sales personnel were met....

4. Ontario RNs and RPNs

   nikki_nurse replied to Ivgotsunshine22's topic in Canada

   I graduated two years ago and got a job in March (after finishing in Dec and writing my exam at the begining of Feb). I did get to do the new grad initiative but I did move about 8 north of Toronto to a small rural hospital and got 6 months of precep...

5. Difference between Australian and US/Canadian Nursing

   nikki_nurse replied to nikki_nurse's topic in Australia

   Thanks for the comments. Keep them coming. Yes I am in Canada but I included US as well to try to get more comments. I actually worked in a small hospital with 11 acute care beds so we had both RNs and RPNs working but we worked in a total patient c...

6. Difference between Australian and US/Canadian Nursing

   nikki_nurse posted a topic in Australia

   Hi, Just wondering what are some of the major differences between Australia and US or Canadian Nursing. Are there different medications that are used? Is the scope of practice of the nurse different? What level of care is the nurse providing (is it ...

7. Comfort Needed: First Experience with out of hospital death

   nikki_nurse replied to nikki_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the comments. They think that he had a heart attack or something along those lines. I thought that I would be more shaken up and having my anxiety increase (also due to other issues going on in my life) but I've been able to rationally go ...

8. Comfort Needed: First Experience with out of hospital death

   nikki_nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   So tonight I was called out of my basement apartment to front of the house because the older gentleman who lived there had fallen. When I got there, he had no pulse and was not breathing, and he was frozen cold. It has been about -10 here today and w...

9. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

   nikki_nurse replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

   I was working in long term care on night shift and one of the residents had just been started on an antibiotic for cellulitus. I had gotten into a routine and while I noted that she had the antibiotic, I didn't check it against her allergies. A while...

10. Head Lice - Protocol at camp

    nikki_nurse replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    The summer camp that I work at, we do lice checks in the evening after the have arrived earlier that afternoon. Any campers who have lice gets their hair shampooed with lice shampoo and combed through to get rid of nits. We then have then wear a band...

11. 7th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    nikki_nurse replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    He is definitely in the placebo stream. Really? Have you seen the other patient? Wow. Thinking back, I haven't seen our intern since then...

12. 7th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    nikki_nurse replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    His lungs are clear, had a BM this am, denies pain and that is all I have to report. See you in the morning.

13. Phone interview... what to expect?

    nikki_nurse replied to deelpn85's topic in Career Support

    When I did my phone interview, I had papers spread out so that I could answer or ask questions. I did as much research as I could about the hospital and then the questions that I wanted to ask about the hospital. Also, I went though some sample inter...

14. Rural Nursing-when working by yourself

    nikki_nurse replied to Sandra11's topic in Rural

    In my experience, it depends on the patient's condition. We have two RN's as well as two RPN's (only on day shift) working at our hospital with the MD on call. If it was a trauma patient coming in, I would have a co-worker call the MD. If I did not h...

15. New Grad with Chronic Fatigue

    nikki_nurse replied to morningland's topic in Disabilities

    I would hope that you would be able to continue with nursing since you just finished your degree. I agree with others who have posted who said to try and get a position at a doctor's clinic. Is it the 12 hour shifts that are difficult for you to wor...