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  1. The RPN job market after school

    It took me about six weeks of firing off resumes to all the RPN jobs in my area, (southwest Ontario), to get hired part time in a retirement facility. After working three months at that facility I took a full time position. After gaining experience...
  2. RPN or RN?

    If you're sure that you want to be an RN then that's the path that you should pursue. The bridges from RPN to RN take 2-3 years full time or 4-5 years part time after you've become an RPN.
  3. Med-Surg book Recommendations?

    My program uses Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Canadian Medical-Surgical Nursing (2nd Ed., ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-9989-8. It is also a beast - it's very comprehensive and most of it is relevant, not a terrible read in my opinion.
  4. Nursing Diagnosis/Medical Diagnosis Question :)

    Just my two cents - I would tie the nursing diagnosis (e.g. impaired physical mobility) to the treatment (amputation) of the medical condition (Osteomyelitis): Impaired physical Mobility r/t amputation of toe d/t Osteomyelitis.
  5. Curious...how many 'survivors' at the end?

    Wrapping up my third semester of five. There are about ninety of the original hundred left.
  6. Nursing School as an Older Student

    I`ve found that as an older student my prior learning, life experience and ability to keep things in perspective give me a distinct advantage over most of my younger classmates. It sounds like you know that nursing is what you want to do so go for ...
  7. PPD

    As I understand it the size of the raised area from the skin test is key, not all of the redness. If there is any doubt they will send you for a chest xray. There is also a gold standard serology test, gamma interferon I think, that can definitivel...
  8. Consider taking a look at distance learning. I upgraded some high school courses through the Independent Learning Centre: Independent Learning | Distance Education | ILC.org The courses are cheap and you can do them at your own pace, I did them wh...
  9. Hey Firey, This thread is four years old, it's bleedin' demised. You'll probably get a better response by creating a new thread. :)
  10. Endocrine System

    I wrote everything on index cards: the major glands, control centres (e.g. pituitary, hypothalamus), hormones, target organs/tissues, and physiological effects. I would then arrange the cards into feedback loops.
  11. Cheating

    I would have given her the opportunity (ultimatum) to turn herself in. If she didn't within a very narrow window I would have reported her as you did. Perhaps her sending a retraction email to those she requested the answers from and coming forward...
  12. What money can get you.

    I give her a year as a nurse max. Then she'll be able to brag about her humanitarian work at cocktail parties. Don't let it burn you, she'll get what she deserves in the end.
  13. What does a male nurse practioner do?

    Curiosity is overwhelming me...may I ask how old you are and how far along you are in your plans for world domin...uh... get a big car via nursing? Have you started a program yet?
  14. Jobs at the Sunshine coast

    I believe OP is referring to the Sunshine Coast in B.C. Could an admin move this to the Canadian forum please?
  15. MEN IN NURSING

    It's pretty ironic that you respond to a thread about discrimination with what to me seem to be broad assumptions and racial/cultural stereotypes. If you know Tarang personally I offer my apologies, I wasn't able to glean that from your post.