lesliel

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1. Advice on precepting a new grad :O)

   lesliel replied to Joy06's topic in Management

   encourage open communication and talking processes and procedures out loud (i.e "i'm going to change this IV dressing because...and these are supplies I have to get ready and this is the policy I looked up and this is my step by step way of doing it...

2. If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator...

   lesliel replied to lesliel's topic in Pediatric

   It went well! I got the job There were absolutely no scenario questions and it was completely behavioural type questions (i.e. How do you deal with conflict? Tell me about a time when you were working in a group and there was an issue, How did you m...

3. Should I of gone to med school?

   lesliel replied to FCMike11's topic in Career Support

   Wow, that is a tough place to be in!! It's great that you have all these options available to you and are looking towards professional growth :) IMHO, I think this is a personal decision that takes much thought and in spite of advice given here or a...

4. If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator...

   lesliel posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi All nurses!! I was just wondering If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator, what kind of questions would you ask at an interview?? I have been fortunate enough to land an interview at a Pediatric Cardiac CCU and have been preparing endlessly...

5. No experience! what to put on my resume???

   lesliel replied to NayD_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was in the same position as you when I came out of nursing school! As a new graduate, it is difficult to start your resume from scratch, but fortunately you CAN put your clinical experience. My resume has all the clinical experience that I had as w...

6. RN's replaced with RPN"S

   lesliel replied to Ellab's topic in International

   Hey Ellab! I'm a new graduate that has been working for a couple of months now in the GTA. When you say "1000 other stuff" are you referring to the qualifications wanting different certificates and such?? I came across this a lot as well when I was o...

7. To my preceptor, future students beware (rant)

   lesliel replied to leekun2010's topic in General Nursing

   congrats on surviving that!

8. The best job in the world.

   lesliel replied to remoteareanurse's topic in General Nursing

   It REALLY is the best feeling when a patient stops you and gives you a heart felt thanks for a job well done :) great article!

9. Why Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   lesliel replied to timetoshine's topic in General Nursing

   As a new nurse and a nursing student a short 4 months ago, this is something that I can most definitely relate to. It's inspiring to come on to these forums and see that there are plenty of people who feel the same way and have gone through the same ...

10. nursing process & LTC...impossible?

    lesliel replied to lesliel's topic in Geriatric

    Thanks for all the valuable input from everyone who posted! I really appreciate whatever advice anyone can shed. I realize that I probably won't likely be able to sit and talk to a client one on one for an extensive period of time but, it helps to kn...

11. nursing process & LTC...impossible?

    lesliel posted a topic in Geriatric

    Hello all! Looking for some suggestions here...:) I recently was looking through all the threads and was looking through one where the OP was about becoming more efficient while in LTC. I started my position as a new graduate in long term care about ...

12. I know this is rather mediocre.....

    lesliel replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodnesss! I could not agree with this more! I always wonder why people who are not nurses or are not directly related to a nurse have such a skewed view of what nurses do, well it's because the media portrayal of nurses is absolutely FALSE! N...

13. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    lesliel replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness! What a terrible experience for your daughter :hug: I agree with what someone else had posted earlier that "nurses eat their young" As a new graduate, working for the first time, the generational gap between myself and the "younger" nu...

14. New Nurse in LTC

    lesliel replied to RoyalNurse2010's topic in Geriatric

    WOW, as a new graduate in long term care, this is something that I find very surprising! I think that working on the unit is something that is of most benefit, because similar to what everyone else in this post has mentioned it's important to get th...

15. How to be faster/more efficient?

    lesliel replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric

    I'm a new graduate, that just started my career in LTC nursing. I have only been working for a month and I can relate to everything that has been written in the previous posts!! I sometimes feel used and abused by the management of the facility. They...