JGTB

JGTB

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About JGTB

JGTB has 6 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.


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  1. Critical Care Nursing program at Durham College

    Quite a few of my colleagues have taken this course and really enjoyed it. I hear the sim lab is pretty great too and the instructors are excellent. (I took the critical care course through Mohawk College and that was fairly decent too)
  2. Oxygen by mask

    You would need to check your hospital's policy on oxygen administration. At my hospital for instance, on the rehab floor a physicians order is needed while in surgery/medicine there are medical directives that cover the order. Obviously if it was an ...
  3. Is this a new concept?

    I work in a community hospital ICU and I applied after working a year in general surgery. I found that in order to even get an interview I had to start a critical care course on my own initiative and at my own expense (through distance ed. so it wasn...
  4. Hours/flexability in Ontario?

    In our hospital (ONA), pretty much all of the full time staff (non specialty like OR/PACU/Endo/Day surg) work 2 days, 2 nights, 5 days off (12 hour shifts).
  5. Ontario RN Holiday Pay

    There is variety among the different hospitals in Ontario and one of the factors to consider is if you work in an ONA hospital or not....take a look at the "collective agreement" and the "local provisions" for your hospital if you do and it outlines ...
  6. Crazy ICU nights...

    I have a story, that of course happened on a full moon night shift in our MICU. It was around 2am and we received a patient with an extensive psych history who was admitted in with a medication overdose but was actually relatively stable medically sp...
  7. Critical Care Nursing

    I took the Critical Care Certificate through Mohawk College in Hamilton (distance ed. format). I was working full time in a med/surg ICU and was able to complete 1-2 modules a term. Two a term was a little heavy but it was a pretty good course and fa...