Ashnurse

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  1. Preventing Mistakes

    I have been a nurse for almost a year now. I have two different jobs and my most recent job is in a palliative care facility. Since, I still work in the hospital where my first nursing job (medical unit) was I sometimes float there when they are shor...
  2. Stressed out Float new grad nurse!!

    I am having the same problem. I am a new grad nurse in Canada and I am working float on a med/telemetry unit and LTC. The med/telemetry unit is crazy! I am doing so well on the other two units and then when I get to the medicine unit I am completely ...
  3. New Grad Stress

    Thanks for all your replies. Thank you Chubby for being understanding and giving me some encouragement. I know there are a lot of great experienced nurses out there and I'm hoping to work with some soon, so I can learn from them. I have decided to st...
  4. New Grad Stress

    I did my clinical placements on a medicine unit, but the hospital has a policy that students are not allowed to do certain skills (IV insertions and trach care), since you have to be an RN to do them. Besides those skills I have done most skills whil...
  5. New Grad Stress

    Hi Everyone. I graduated from my BSN in May and I just started working on a medicine unit and a long term care unit. Most of my shifts are on the LTC unit and I really enjoy it. I find it challenging, since I am a new grad, but I am able to get throu...
  6. I suggest you look at northern colleges/universities. For example, I think the grande praise college in Alberta offers a nursing access program before you start the BSN program. It upgrades you in the needed courses to get into the nursing program. I...
  7. Failed CRNE for the 2nd time, HELP!

    You should be able to get a job as a nursing Aid in your province. Most nursing students qualify for this after the first year or school. I think you need to take the time to study and make this your priority, no matter what is wrong finically. I fai...
  8. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    ms. Hopeful, you defiantly need to take the time and figure out where you are going wrong. I know how you feel. I failed the June 2011 exam because I did not take the time to study. what worked for me was taking a break from my life. I had to take a ...
  9. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    This was my second time writing the exam. The first time I wrote I failed by 2 points. It was awful and I never thought I would get over it. However, the first time I wrote I was working full time and did not study as much as I should of. For this ex...
  10. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    I am on the west coast. Sorry not Ontario.
  11. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    I passed the exam! I got my mark today and am freaking out, such a relief!
  12. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    That is not true knowing early if you failed. This is my second time writing and I received my fail mark at the same time as students in my class received their pass mark. The mailing of the marks just depends on when you nursing association mails th...
  13. Options after failing CRNE 3 times

  14. Options after failing CRNE 3 times

    I can understand wanting to know your options if you failed the CRNE three times. I just wrote the CRNE for the second time last week and I am very nervous about my mark. There are times in the day that I think I passed and there are other times that...
  15. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    I Know how you are feeling nervousascanbe. When I was writing the exam I felt fairly okay about it, however after coming home and thinking about and looking up questions I no longer feel confident. I am defiantly rethinking answers and thinking I put...