Pedi-Gree BSN, RN

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About Pedi-Gree

Pedi-Gree is a BSN, RN and specializes in Peds.


three grown kids, no grandkids

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    Preparing for a phone interview

    The Health Sciences Centre is an inner-city university hospital and the largest trauma centre in the province. It's comprised of the General Hospital, Women's Hospital, the Rehabilitation and Respiratory Hospital, Cancer Care Manitoba and Children's ...
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    Preparing for a phone interview

    Which hospital are you interviewing for? I worked in Winnipeg for many years so maybe I can help. When you're having your interview and you feel an "um" or and "errr" coming up, just pause. Don't say anything until the urge passes, which will only b...
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    Foreign nurses watch this...

    I'll bite. Just what EXACTLY do you do hushdawg, who do you do it for and why do you believe that you have a role to play at allnurses.com? You have a lot to say about things you have no first-hand knowledge of and seem not to be interested in hearin...
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    acuity based staffing ratio

    I worked in a hospital that used the PRN system of assessing acuity. There were dozens of criteria that when added up gave a score for the patient. It took the bedside nurse about five minutes to run through the list and circle all the interventions ...
  5. This might offer some insight into the situation: Fired Filipino nurses seek reinstatement Anne Kyle, Leader-Post Published: Friday, November 21, 2008 REGINA -- Some of the Filipino nurses fired by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region said Friday the...
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    CRNE exam OCTOBER 8, 2008

    I think you would be surprised at how many people who posted to this thread (and who wrote the very same exam) are NOT IENs. To suggest that Canadian-born or naturalized candidates have a smaller and less-important stake in the results is rather sel...
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    How to become RN in British Columbia?

    Most IENs will be working more than 250 hours of supervised practice simply by being given their hospital orientation. That's only about 6 weeks of work. It's not such a big deal. Oh and if you think that references from previous employers are ignore...
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    How to become RN in British Columbia?

    Didn't see this answered anywhere. It just means to use printed letters and not cursive letters. Block capitals are usually easiest to read, and that's why they're asking that - they want to be able to read whatever you've put on the application
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    Pay for 12 hours shift

    I'm not overly familiar with the collective agreements in place in Ontario. If your facility is a union one, there will have to be a copy of the CA somewhere in the building for you to look at. If you work at a non-union facility but you're consideri...
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    How do I straighten my tubing??

    I think I just answered this question on another thread! As one of the other posters said, once the tubing starts to stiffen it's too late. But you can keep your new tubing (yes, you can buy just the tubing - Google the manufacturer) from stiffening ...
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    How do I clean the tubing of my Pink Littman?

    You want to be careful when you clean the tubing on your stethoscope. Too many applications of alcohol or Cavicide will cause it to stiffen and crack. Every once in awhile I use a tire dressing on mine. It's meant to keep rubber tires supple and lubr...
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    will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    There is very little in the preceding 28 posts that relates to universal health care and how it would affect nurses' incomes. Could we get back on topic maybe?
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    What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    So let me see if I have this straight. You're paying $3000 in premiums a year JUST FOR HER. In Canada that amount of tax money would cover an entire family of four under universal health care. No deductible, no copay.
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    Pay for 12 hours shift

    A lot of that will depend on what province you're working in and the collective agreement in place. In Manitoba, a 12 hour shift is 11.625 hours of paid time. There are three 20 minute paid breaks and a 37.5 minute unpaid break in each shift. In Albe...
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    Alaris pca pump...most annoying IV pump ever!

    Sounds like we were really lucky with the 2 1/2 hour classes we got. We're rolling them out next week. We didn't get the PCA or the syringe pumps, only the large-volume pumps. I'm alarmed (no pun intended) to hear that they're so sensitive to air. Th...