tareija

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1. Anyone here had a miscarriage? Any advice for getting back to work?

   tareija posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all, I found out last week that I had miscarried my first pregnancy. I had a d & c and have been home this weekend recuperating and grieving. I'm really sad to have lost the baby. I've been off work after an injury, and am due to go back in a...

2. East-Aisan Breastfeeding Practices

   tareija replied to nursekate8's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is something we see a lot in my hospital, as we have quite a high Asian (primarily Chinese) population where I live. It seems to be a stronger belief with newer immigrants. I've never heard anyone refuse to feed the baby colostrum or voice that ...

3. burn out, bullying, new nurse blues, affecting my relationship and mental health

   tareija replied to tareija's topic in Stress 101

   If anyone wanted an update - I found a new job a few months ago, in an entirely different area of nursing. I am totally blown away by how night and day different it is. SO DIFFERENT. My current job of course is not perfect, no job is, and of course t...

4. RN job with 'normal' hours?

   tareija replied to htanis's topic in Canada

   I think these types of jobs can be difficult to get. Some of the nurses I know with young kids get around this by working as casuals, or in part time positions. With casual work, you can choose which shifts you work, although there is no guaranteed i...

5. nurses in mental health

   tareija replied to chipchipperson's topic in Canada

   My friend was told that registered psychiatric nurses are not recognized or eligible for registration in Ontario. I know that they do work in hospitals in western Canada (Manitoba, Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan). As far as I can find online, those are...

6. nurses in mental health

   tareija replied to chipchipperson's topic in Canada

   I am in BC but I have colleagues from Ontario. By RPNs, do you mean Registered Psych Nurses, or Registered Practical Nurses? In BC, RPN is a registered psych nurse, and practical nurses are called LPNs (licensed practical nurse). I am pretty sure re...

7. Mental Health and Fitness to Practice in Alberta

   tareija replied to Mischa83's topic in Canada

   I second using your union. As for applying for EI, did you work while you were in school? If so you might be eligible for EI medical benefits, which are different than regular benefits if you lose your job. You can get paid up to four months. I had ...

8. Tattoos

   tareija replied to niico's topic in Canada

   One thing with wearing long sleeved shirts under your scrubs, aside from infection control - do you get warm easily? I do, and there is no freaking way I'd be able to wear a long sleeve shirt under my scrubs. I find even with just wearing a short sle...

9. Resume advice for seeking second nursing job

   tareija replied to tareija's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks all. Oh I forgot to mention one thing. I have only worked in psych since I graduated. I am applying for med surg jobs, but have no med surg work experience. I thought if I put details about my final practicum, where I did use a fair bit of me...

10. I don't want to work in LTC... Will someone change my attitude?

    tareija replied to firefly101's topic in New Nurse

    I haven't worked in LTC but I did my final practicum in school in LTC. The time management and assessment skills I learned have been useful. I also got a lot of experience working with geriatric dementia patients, which I think is transferable to bas...

11. Resume advice for seeking second nursing job

    tareija posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Hi all, I am currently working on my resume and could use some advice. I graduated from nursing school 2 years ago. I got a job a few months after graduation, and am now looking for another. I've only had the one nursing job so far. Nursing is my se...

12. Hallucinations

    tareija replied to babaloo's topic in Psychiatric

    I went in to some detail about providing reality orientation or not on your other post. I think the title of your post was "reality orientation for hallucinations/delusions". There's a lot of variables. Are you doing a clinical rotation in psych as a...

13. De-escalation Techniques/ Redirection techniques for Crisis Situations

    tareija replied to babaloo's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not a police officer so I can't answer how they are trained to respond. I am sure I encounter people with mental illness every day on the street. They are common illnesses and the vast majority of the time, people with mental illness are not a t...

14. De-escalation Techniques/ Redirection techniques for Crisis Situations

    tareija replied to babaloo's topic in Psychiatric

    Where I work if someone has a weapon the police are called. It depends on what sort of crisis the person is having. E.g. are they feeling anxious, suicidal, angry and agitated, paranoid? Intervening earlier rather than later is helpful, if you can. ...

15. Hallucinations

    tareija replied to babaloo's topic in Psychiatric

    I would check with your clinical instructor. Delusions and hallucinations are two separate things, but sometimes they are related. For example, someone who hears what they think is God's voice talking to them, and has no insight. The experience of he...