Lori75

Lori75 specializes in Extended Care, Med/Surg , Palliative,.

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1. Where to live in BC?

   Lori75 replied to rockstarjk's topic in International

   I live on Vancouver Island, but I am wondering how far North Vancouver is from Children's. North Van is nice. West Van is $$$$. Surrey is horrible. I work with a nurse from Port Moody, it sounds nice enough. I am not the best responder though......

2. Hello Haldol

   Lori75 replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

   OMG, I loved it...thanks so much!!!

3. I am GETTING out of hospital work! This is BULL!

   Lori75 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   I thank God quite often that I am Canadian, and work in the Canadian Health Care system. Also my union is also so strong, that I can't imagine this happening here! I am so sorry you had to go through this!! Last week I got a migraine on shift, at 0...

4. I quit nursing school

   Lori75 replied to curiousrainbowfan's topic in General Students

   A couple points: - LPNs have a heavy burden of responsibility. Many places here can now have LPNs in charge (LTC) of a shift. -Some LPNs have a harder job than the RN on shift (more back breaking, more room for pt. error & self injury) - I was t...

5. I quit nursing school

   Lori75 replied to curiousrainbowfan's topic in General Students

   I agree that being a care aide (what we call them in Canada) was a FANTASTIC way to decide if nursing was for me. In Canada, one must do a 6 month full time course to be able to work as a nurse aide / care aide. So one can't just casually try it ou...

6. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

   Lori75 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Humor

   omg :chuckle thanks for the laugh...he does have an accent, but it would never make a "sp_" sound turn into a "sh" sound...but you wanna bet that's where our minds kept going...lol

7. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

   Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Recovery

   My friend got me a chip...but I will get to a meeting any way...thanks so much...it has felt good just to reach out and communicate with other recovering alcoholics

8. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

   Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Recovery

   We have the same concept up here...but one must attend their home group at least once in a while to receive the lovely medallion. My home group is the lunch meeting, at the Alano club. Does the Alano club exist in the USA? I know there are several ...

9. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

   Lori75 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Humor

   Just yesterday a man with dementia, who has no history of hallucinating and is legally blind, started going on and on about "shanking a monkey"...first he asked "may I shank your monkey" then it was, "I need to shank this monkey on me", then it was ...

10. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Recovery

    Wow, thanks for all the great advice, support, wisdom, and stories. I am doing a pretty crazy 6 day in a row schedule since my original post, but I told someone I work with how I was feeling, (she is also in the fellowship of AA) and she goes regul...

11. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 posted a topic in Recovery

    Today is my 5th anniversary of Quitting drinking. My 5th birthday as we call it up here. And I feel so lost. When I quit drinking I was waitressing and continued to waitress for the first year of my sobriety. I still had to mix and serve dr...

12. "Our Spirits Don't Speak English"...this may make you cry

    Lori75 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    So sad. Thank-you for posting this. The British Columbia government just paid out settlements to thousands of boarding school victims, that is a whole other subject as it is a very controversial topic. After seeing this I will be able to have even...

13. Good Joke!!!

    Lori75 replied to BookwormRN's topic in Humor

    I will be telling that one at work!!!! OMG thank-you!!!:yeah::bow::chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

14. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    Lori75 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    Whoa! We are just venting about classroom issues really. And the LTC facility I work at treats our paramedics like Gods. I am an LPN, and I have never seen a paramedic treated poorly, we are usually so happy to see them. Why would you go into nur...

15. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    Lori75 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    What a very helpful suggestion! These are some great tools, and may just help some of our children too! Yours was a very good post!!! Thank you!!!:yeah::bow::up: