northern girl

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1. nursing salaries

   northern girl replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   Here in the North the RNs start at $27 plus $0.89 living allowance. of course that is in canadian money which equals about $0.50 american!

2. Uniform policies?

   northern girl replied to Elenaster's topic in General Students

   I am a third year BN student. Our school lets us wear anything we want to clinical (as long as it is a uniform). They do request that we don't wear white (one of my profs did a thesis on the "angel" effect of white uniforms for dementia patients). I ...

3. Stethescope, what kind should I get?

   northern girl replied to Peggy8's topic in Uniform/Gear

   My suggestion would be that you get the best 'scope that you can afford. It really really helps when you are trying to learn heart and lung sounds. I recently got an ultrascope (they have a website), it is really is comparable to a friend's littman c...

4. male student nurses

   northern girl replied to sicman's topic in Male Students

   Here is my dilema with male nurses (and students for that matter). Both my husband and I are nurses. He and all the other male nurses I know are competent, professional, practitioners. My guy floats to L&D and to other places where male nurses ar...