tk0224

tk0224

CVICU, ICU, Cardiac/Telemetry

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About tk0224

tk0224 has 3 years experience and specializes in CVICU, ICU, Cardiac/Telemetry.


A Canadian educated Registered Nurse (BScN). Licensed in both Canada and the USA.

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  1. Staffing & Patient Acuity

    Hey all! CVICU RN here and was just wanting to get a feel of how other CVICUs staff. Currently where I work our post-op hearts are 1:1 for 6 hours (which we changed about a year ago from 4 hours). In order to keep the patient 1:1 they have to be pret...
  2. Canadian NPs in the USA...

    I'm a Canadian citizen and tuition in Canada is significantly cheaper than in the USA. It's more affordable.
  3. Canadian NPs in the USA...

    Alright folks - question! Currently working in the USA as an RN (originally from Canada) - possibly going back to school in Canada next year for NP (Adult stream). But will most likely stay in USA to work while I am doing the program distance ed. Wha...
  4. *Easy* things I just hate doing

    I'm with you on the isolation. Sometimes a section on my unit will have up to 3 isolated patients, but then we start switching them around so that the primary nurse has no more than 2 out of their 4 or 5 patients. Totally annoying though to have to g...
  5. TN Visa Letter Format

    I had a nurse recruiter look over my letter - she made changes and I let my HR department know and they changed it and sent me new ones :)
  6. Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

    I guess that makes sense for nurses who may be educated in countries where education standards vary completely from USA/North America. But in the USA there are far more ADNs/Diplomas than BSNs - Canada has BSN now as entry to practice. So obviously m...
  7. Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

    What I'll never understand is CGFNS's process for the Visascreen. I am Canadian, have a BScN and passed the NCLEX. Why does my education need to be evaluated now? The NCLEX is the test of minimum competency, so clearly my degree prepared me, lol.
  8. What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    I've seen 80mg of Oxycontin q6h, with Percocet QID PRN.
  9. Also crashcart, just wondering if your opinions are based on personal experience or by others' opinions? People I work with bash our hospital ALL the time, but I actually enjoy where I work :)!
  10. Well from what I understood there was an expansion in their critical care program - this would make sense for hiring more staff :). I guess I will be the judge myself when I start Being unionized is also a bonus no? There should be recourse for unha...
  11. Who offers a 3 year BScN degree? (Canada)

    Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, ON offers a 3 year BScN. I, myself, took the 4 year program but had many friends take the 3 year one. Any questions feel free to ask :) T
  12. RN vs. BSN

    I'm glad Canada changed their entry to practice requirement to BScN in 2005. Nobody is able to argue over this anymore. We still have diploma RNs who have been grandfathered into the system and encouraged to go back, but it really cuts down on a lot ...
  13. CGFNS Question

    Hey vball, I called them this morning - what a bunch of grumpy employees they are eh? Not very helpful at all. I mistyped my credit card info so it locked me out of paying online, and they told me now I have to snail mail my payment in because they c...
  14. Moving to WA!

    Yeah I've heard about the lovely CGFNS experiences of many, lol. Only thing is in order to get the expedited VisaScreen you have to call their call centre... def looking forward to that, haha.
  15. Moving to WA!

    Thanks for the info. I have completed well over 7 hours of AIDs training in my BScN program - so I don't see why I should have to take an online course? (I still have my course syllabuses and powerpoint presentations saved to my computer...). Also -...