ONC-RN

ONC-RN has 4 years experience and specializes in Oncology, Med Surg, Ortho.

Latest Activity

1. LPNs Supervising RNs

   ONC-RN replied to aloha551's topic in Geriatric

   Good nursing does not begin nor end with education; it is ultimately defined in practice on the floor. I'm a nurse educator and though I recognize RN/LVN scopes of practice are different, some of my LVNs have better assessment skills than some RNs wh...

2. How soon after graduation did you test?

   ONC-RN replied to Erinfly27's topic in NCLEX

   A month for the Canadian exam then a year and a half for the NCLEX (passed in 75). I had to wait from my greencard. If you study in the meantime, you'll remember what you need to.

3. New Grad Overwhelmed

   ONC-RN replied to roziepig's topic in New Nurse

   Great template on Rannazhas message for those of you who wanted a template. I'll post mine but it's pretty simple. We have report sheets that we carry with us with the patient details on them so I have this sheet to carry as a quick reference for med...

4. Single Parents Nurses and Nursing Students

   ONC-RN replied to KEYLATI's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with Berryhappy. Nursing programs like yours are very intensive. I did nursing school as a single parent with a Saturday job and an early morning paper route and it just about killed me even with some family support. #1 is your child,...

5. The things you never forget...

   ONC-RN replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

   This is why we are nurses

6. Health Care in the UK

   ONC-RN replied to calliesue's topic in International

   I was born in N.Ireland, lived there, immigrated to Canada, lived there for 25 years and now I've lived and worked in the USA for 5 years so I think I'm qualified to speak about immigration (not to be confused with illegal immigration). The US does ...

7. Just took NCLEX-RN

   ONC-RN replied to vballmanrn's topic in NCLEX

   Wrong post

8. OMG--is US$32 per hour as starting too good to be true or really true in Los Angeles?

   ONC-RN replied to FutureUSRN's topic in International

   PS. Housing is A LOT more expensive here so you need that $32+ an hour. Everything else is about the same I think, cost of living wise.

9. $100-$150 per hour...too good to be true?

   ONC-RN replied to user9876's topic in Legal

   Hogan4736, that's exactly what I've heard and my husband is health insurance broker and lawyer so he knows. No expensive courses required, just experience and the ability to critical think and be articulate.

10. OMG--is US$32 per hour as starting too good to be true or really true in Los Angeles?

    ONC-RN replied to FutureUSRN's topic in International

    Yep it's true. I'm in LA and at 6-7% raise a year with a night time differential you can quickly be at 40$ an hour. Not to mention time and half overtime you pick up.

11. Overwhelmed!

    ONC-RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a meeting yesterday and our Chief nursing officer said that she has started filling LVN positions with RNs. Acuity is rising as the population gets older and RNs are overwhelmed with doing LVN assessments and IVs. Lots of great LVNs but they...

12. New Grad Overwhelmed

    ONC-RN replied to roziepig's topic in New Nurse

    I'm a med/surg nurse educator and believe me when I say you know more than you think you do. We don't float our new grads for 6 months so maybe your manager can consider something like that? If not, trust that your assessment skills will develop over...

13. Starting Nursing At 40...am I Too Late???

    ONC-RN replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in New Nurse

    As long as your body is working well, age is just a number. I started at 35 and never looked back....only to wonder why I didnt do it earlier. You have the advantage of better critical thinking skills and organization than many of the younger ones. A...

14. Ortho Certification

    ONC-RN replied to Mbshil's topic in Orthopaedic

    By the way, I have very little direct ortho experience, mainly gained in med/surg and oncology so if I can pass with a good mark and by self study and no review groups, then anyone can do it if they apply themselves to thorough studying with a nursin...

15. Ortho Certification

    ONC-RN replied to Mbshil's topic in Orthopaedic

    Hi, I have the med surg and oncology certs. and just did the ortho exam yesterday. Incentives probably differ by institution but for me they include a $500 a year bonus for each cert. We get $1000 to attend one Congress a year too. Otherwise, I can'...