trent

trent has 6 years experience and specializes in ICU.

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1. The Most Beautiful Curls I'd Ever Seen

   trent replied to kessadawn's topic in General Nursing

   Kessadawn... Wow! You have a gift for storytelling. Thank you for sharing your experience so personally and emotionally. Reading it, I felt like I was there.

2. ICU or Progressive Care

   trent replied to PrairieRN's topic in General Nursing

   ours is called the ECU (enhanced care unit)

3. Are Student Nurses Prepared for "Real Life?'

   trent replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

   No educational program alone can prepare someone for the "real world", no matter what they are studying. Only the real world can prepare you for the real world. What we need to do is to stand up for new grads/new hires on our units and insist that ...

4. Health care in Canada

   trent replied to calliesue's topic in International

   As others have stated, most costs associated with hospitalization are covered under our provincial health plans (some exceptions I have seen are the cost of splints or braces and medications not covered in the formulary that the patient's family may ...

5. Canadian master's programs

   trent posted a topic in International

   Where did you do your master's? I'm starting to think about doing mine and I would love to know where you went and why you liked/disliked it. Also, has anyone out there done a joint NP/Master's program?

6. ICU courses in Ontario

   trent replied to AlexanderN's topic in International

   Durham College in Oshawa hosts the (?only) online critical care course in Ontario. It's a new program started this year. It's designed to be finished within 8 months at your own pace, so far with September start date only. http://www.durhamcollege....

7. CRNE Prep Guide...am in second year now..so..

   trent replied to Dratz's topic in International

   Kamy, I have to say that I really did not do that much studying. There were a few things that I knew I needed to brush up on (especially pediatrics since it wasn't much covered in my program), so those things I covered by reading textbooks. I felt th...

8. CRNE Prep Guide...am in second year now..so..

   trent replied to Dratz's topic in International

   I just wrote the CRNE in June, and I really don't think that the CRNE Prep Guide is the book you want yet. Although it is great at helping you know what kind of questions to expect, it is very limited in the number of questions it provides - not nea...

9. Difficulty/Competitiveness for Admission to RN/BSN programs in the GTA area.

   trent replied to texancanadian's topic in International

   The Humber College - University of New Brunswick program is offered in Toronto at Humber College but is a baccalaureate program because of its affiliation with the University of New Brunswick. I don't have any information about those programs speci...

10. What Kind Of Shots?

    trent replied to Tashia's topic in International

    You should have your Hep B (or if you've already had it, you should have your titre checked), varicella if you have never had chickenpox, ensure that you have had a measles booster at some point (usually done at age 16), tetanus (if not current) and ...

11. Can anyone suggest a good Anatomy book to review b/4 classes start?

    trent replied to JGLPN2BE's topic in General Students

    i bought an anatomy colouring book to brush up before starting. It has just a short blurb on each page, enough to introduce things. I wish I'd spend more time on the muscle names - my prof really expected a lot!!!! Trent

12. Question on office injections?

    trent replied to S.N. Visit's topic in Ambulatory

    I've always been given mine in the deltoid... Do you have the package insert to check up on this?

13. Accelerated BSN or 4 year BSN thru Mac

    trent replied to TRousse's topic in International

    I also struggled with the choice of programs as a mature student with a previous university degree. I ended up at Trent University in Peterborough where they have a "compressed" program that allows students with previous university degrees to finish...

14. anyone in ottawa?

    trent replied to trent's topic in International

    Thanks for all your insight everyone! The paperwork is in now, and I guess I'll find out in October (isn't that a rediculously long wait?). I'm always interested to hear more, so feel free to share. Thanks again, trent

15. anyone in ottawa?

    trent posted a topic in International

    I'm a third year student thinking about ottawa for my consolidation. I'm interested to hear your opinions on how students are welcomed in different units of the ottawa hospital and/or queensway carleton hospital. Feel free to pm me if you'd rather no...