I used to work in Calgary (Alberta), and they do a lot of sponsoring of international nurses. I think most of the health regions in larger cities would have programs and budgets to get you here and...
Thank you all! That is great information to know. Perhaps I'll look into some other destinations instead :) Thank you especially Fiona! The things I didn't even know about my own country's nursing...
Have you tried the Canadian Nurses Association website? It has some good information. Follow this URL to the CNAs page of links. These are all the provincial RN websites....
Hello! I'm a Canadian RN who wants to get a different experience. I recently posted a question regarding what it is like to work as a nurse in France (pay, scope of practice, and what not), and now...
We have RTs, but we do our own suctioning and ABGs. The RTs do rounds several times per shift and we call them if there is a big problem. They also make ventilator changes and take part in decision...
I'm new to my ICU, but it seems that we generally have a 2:1 ratio. I've seen the occasional 3:1, but those patients are generally less acute. I'm in a small hospital and it seems our ICU frequently...
Hello! I am a Canadian RN and I've recently been toying with the idea of living in France. I was wondering if anyone here can tell me what it's like from a Canadian RNs point of view. How does the...
This is a really helpful post. I've been in L&D for a year and I have never nursed a family with a loss. I know it's going to happen sooner or later and what scares me is that I won't be a good...
I think that the coaching we give to laboring women has more to do with helping them feel more positively about their birth experience than it does with having more physically positive outcomes. A...
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I usually love working with doulas. Since most of my patients get epidurals and sleep through their labor, I find that working with a doula is a good learning experience. That being said, some of...
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This wasn't my patient, but a patient (who I'm assuming was about to have an ARM) asked another nurse on my unit if the doctor was going to break her bladder. Hehe. I believe the nurse explained the...
I've given narcan a few times to babies whose mom's had had narcotic close to delivery time and who are very floppy and not making respiratory effort. As far as I can recall, PPV was always tried...
Janfrn, I think I work at the same Hospital as you! "Center of Excellence". Perhaps I was trying to word things carefully before. I know what you mean about being short staffed... I think we may have...