Trishrpn80

Trishrpn80

AC, LTC, Community, Northern Nursing

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About Trishrpn80

Trishrpn80 specializes in AC, LTC, Community, Northern Nursing.


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  1. CCAC Care Coordinator vs Hospital Nurse

    The Health Minister made a huge announcement after the Auditor General's report on CCAC last year. All you have to do is look it up. It was all happening around election time. They found i think it was around or less than 0.60 for every dollar funded...
  2. CCAC Care Coordinator vs Hospital Nurse

    They announced keeping 350 of the current care coordinators when transition to LHINs. It will be interesting to see. It won't happen quickly but its going to be a change for sure. I am hoping to see a lot of the higher managers go. They are way too t...
  3. CCAC Care Coordinator vs Hospital Nurse

    Currently the CCAC is under major scrutiny and people are worried about losing their jobs. There may be limited jobs depending on the area. Most nurses who work at ccac are older or have work injuries. There is very little nursing involved and tons o...
  4. RPN home care skills?

    No we aren't unionized. I am in Grey/Bruce Region
  5. RPN home care skills?

    Yup community nursing in Ontario is severely underfunded so pay sucks. I love my job so i keep on going
  6. RPN home care skills?

    Our palliative care contract is steady because there isn't as Many companies up here. Rural area. VON is dwindling its services in areas. We have an excellent palliative care outreach team we work with so i feel lucky because i enjoy palliative care ...
  7. RPN home care skills?

    I work for CareParnters. I am in a rural area and our RPNs do a lot
  8. VON RPN in Ontario

    All home care pay sucks because community nursing is critically underfunded despite people being kicked out of the hospital earlier to make room for others and of courses hospital beds being closed and people using ER as a Family dr's office. Doesnt...
  9. RPN home care skills?

    I do everything in my area. PICC care, catheter, wound care, IVs, pediatrics, gtubes, nephrostomy, colostomy, palliative care, etc. it is a steep learning curve for new grads because good assessment skills are vital and it can be hard to not only lea...
  10. Unit Clerk to LPN

    I liked it all. It is fast paced and it gave me background knowledge for nursing school. I didnt need to really memorize medical terminology because i already learned it in my previous courses.
  11. any unit clerks out there?

    I did my unit clerk, then Practical nursing, and now doing my BScN. I needed a job that would get me off welfare and support my family. I am in On so our wage is good but that meant shift work. Same as nursing start low on totem pole and move up.
  12. Unit Clerk to LPN

    I live in ontario and became a unit clerk first and then went back to get my practical nursing and working on my BScN. I was a single mom and needed a good paying job and i didnt know if i wanted to be a nurse. I took the long road but its not always...
  13. Nunavut LPN

    They have postings on their website. They prefer you to have your Numavut LPN license already. Their isnt much turnover for lpns up there and the vacancies are usually a long term care setting. Just keep applying to postings but it does take a while
  14. RPN student at a crossroads

    As an RPN i have worked and know people in all sorts of areas: LTC, home care, dialysis, medicine, rehab, maternity, pallaitive, pediatrics, complex continuing care and remote northern nursing. I am getting my BScN but that is because it is the next ...
  15. rpn/lpn to RN fastest option

    I am working on year 3 courses. i call them that because its then3rd yr courses in the FT program (level 3000) hopefully that makes sense. The costs can be found ar nipissing website RPN Bridging Program - Distance | Nipissing University