CanuckStudent

CanuckStudent

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About CanuckStudent

Canadian Pre-Med and LPN student. I plan to finish my 2 year LPN Diploma in 1 year and work PT as an LPN to pay for University. I love medicine, science, math, data, and using technology and skills to make people feel better.

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  1. Stethoscope cleaning

    Just wondering how you guys keep your 'scopes clean. For example, do you just use the antimicrobial wipes? Can you even use alcohol on the bell/diaphragm of a stethoscope? If you were going to examine a patient, would you wash your hands/use a wipe o...
  2. Thinking about becoming an RN

    Just be sure that you know what you are getting into. Nursing schools often love to showcase propaganda about a 'caring profession' that often appeals to the business/IT sect who are looking for a change and 'want to make a difference'. Just be prepa...
  3. That may be so but this role is not the same as CRNAs in the US as far as I can infer. It will be primarily an 'assistant' role under an MD. Until there is a licensing body for CRNAs in Canada and the role is accepted (if ever), I would be hesitant t...
  4. Fiona59 said it best. 1.) Canada doesn't use CRNAs. Some people are not aware of this. We don't have them. Our standards are different in healthcare. Only MDs can be anesthetists. MacMaster (I believe) has started a 'anesthesiology assistant' program...
  5. Care Plan: Hypertensive Crisis

    Daytonite has it correct. You are a nurse. Not an MD. Your main concern is how to provide care for the client and the risk factors that may affect or change that care. You are not diagnosing or treating any disease. Also, think about your wording an...
  6. Who's most at risk for developing HTN?

    Genetic predisposition to HTN in AA are being investigated. Genetic disposition doesn't mean defect per se, but rather mutations in SNPs. It *may* be proven correct that a subgroup of AA have a higher risk of developing HTN either independently or as...
  7. Who's most at risk for developing HTN?

    If you want to take this one step further in the nursing realm of socioeconomic factors, (and I HATE generalizing about this), some African Americans and some other minority groups *often* lack proper education in order to learn how to avoid HTN. For...
  8. Who's most at risk for developing HTN?

    So what did your instructor say is the right answer? :) I see what you're saying but I'm not sure if I agree. Remember, you're contradicting yourself a bit here. You're saying in one breath that genetics WILL make the 35 year old develop HTN (or be a...
  9. Who's most at risk for developing HTN?

    A.) These types of questions are terrible, but there is usually one clear(er) answer. In this case, it's a numbers game. A male African American, older age, and overweight. Here are 4 reasons that will increase the risk of HTN. 4 risk factors tops t...
  10. Florence Nightengale Pledge.

    Nightingale (either on her own accord or via propaganda) promotes everything bad and sexist about nursing. Why is she idolized into modern nursing curriculum? The subservient role of nurses, nursing as a female calling, nurses putting their patients ...
  11. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    Just to clarify, I am a student, NOT a 'seasoned nurse'. But I have to agree that the uniforms of yesteryear were very regal and professional looking. I like the caps as well. With those, you either love them or hate them. Dresses, while rare, are n...
  12. Town of Minnedosa,Manitoba

    All I can say is that Minnedosa is beautiful...and they used to have an AMAZING classic rock festival around August long weekend. 'Rockin the Fields of Minnedosa' (Essentially a 'classic rock weekend', sometimes the name would change due to different...
  13. LPNs at Foothills (Calgary)

    That is a situation that has 'no good' written all over it. Are you saying that they are asking you to put in central venous catheters?! First of all, I definitely would refuse to perform all skills that I felt I wasn't properly trained for or wasn't...
  14. LPNs at Foothills (Calgary)

    What do you think of CLPNAs new advertising campaign to (supposedly) attract (younger) people to practical nursing? They're trying to promote PN as a preferred career choice with benefits. To give them credit, they don't put down RNs while doing it ...
  15. LPNs at Foothills (Calgary)

    While I didn't mention this, good point at the end. I definitely agree with the latter part of your post. True, I can't stand it when people class LPNs in with toilet cleaners and dietary aides (no offense to support staff, they work hard too and I g...