smilesandstickers

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1. Cervical Screening & Aboriginal Women

   smilesandstickers posted a topic in General Nursing

   Would like to share some information from a recent class project: Did you know that: 1. There is no comprehensive national data source on incidence of Cervical Cancer among aboriginal women in Canada (and I don't think the USA has one either) 2. Cerv...

2. Ativan for Everything?

   smilesandstickers replied to smilesandstickers's topic in General Nursing

   This is absolutely the situation that made me begin to question this. There was a conference here with the geriatric psychiatrist from a large city and a geriatric internist. They did case studies regarding people in our community, and they raised th...

3. Ativan for Everything?

   smilesandstickers posted a topic in General Nursing

   I read a joke about nurses thinking everyone needs "Vitamin A" (Ativan). Now I am not one to knock anyone for jokes that they are not serious about. Absolutely, we all have times where we must have something of a morbid sense of humour to survive. An...

4. What was your inspiration to become a nurse?

   smilesandstickers replied to joshindfw's topic in General Nursing

   I think nursing is a wonderful career. It is challenging and stimulating in so many ways that you always grow as a person. You work with intelligent and compassionate team members, who are educated. Your employer (in my experience) cares about your w...

5. How do you center yourself before a shift?

   smilesandstickers posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello All, I am a third year student, I am about to start another preceptorship, and then an undergraduate position for the rest of the summer. I can get fair bit nervous, distracted, and out of focus (Doing 10 things at once and getting nowhere). Ho...

6. UNBC's reputation?

   smilesandstickers replied to dovermoi2's topic in International

   I am a UNBC student, at the Quesnel regional campus (there are 24 seats her, 100-ish in PG, and 12? in Terrace). The regional campus offers a lot of oppurtuniy for one on one with teachers. The med-surg experience is great, and I was placed in Willia...