Rebel_Kitty

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1. Young Nurse-New Care Coordinator

   Rebel_Kitty posted a topic in Management

   Hello members, Im a new care coordinator for a long term care facility, I handle four units; 90 beds. I'm a fairly new RN only been practicing for 1.5 years. On my first week there, I had to do job observation wherein I shadowed the careaides and I n...

2. Please help me file a grievance letter

   Rebel_Kitty replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in Student Assist

   Just an update! After my instructor's week of deliberation with so called 'nursing commitee', I passed! I believe in my heart that this particular instructor wanted me to fail. I did not give her the reason she was seeking. I worked hard (went to the...

3. fingerstick on mastectomy pt!

   Rebel_Kitty replied to janetrette's topic in General Students

   hey guys i know this is an old thread but ill still give it a shot...my question is how about heparin shot on the affected arm (the side where the mastectomy was done)? Has anybody seen a complication happen because of subcutaneous heparin injection ...

4. Failed clinical because...

   Rebel_Kitty replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in General Students

   I understand why it is a big deal but I think that as a student mistakes/accidents are to be expected and as one makes mistakes, one learns from it. I just think being automatically failed and having to wait a year to get back into the program is qui...

5. Failed clinical because...

   Rebel_Kitty posted a topic in General Students

   My very good friend got pulled out of clinical yesterday and now has to wait a year to get back into the program (we're third year doing the BSN) because she tied a nephrostomy tube to the bed railing and when she put down the bedrailing, she forgot ...

6. Please help me file a grievance letter

   Rebel_Kitty replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in Student Assist

   there was still some distance between the periarea and my face I would say 8 inches...but the fact that she was bullying me by the bedside I did not like that at all...

7. Please help me file a grievance letter

   Rebel_Kitty posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hi guys, This is long. I just need to rant. I'm in my last year in a BSN program here in Canada and my clinical placement right now is at a cardiovascular floor. I am having problems with my instructor who nitpicks for example: she notices if my pt h...

8. Student RN - after two years of RN study can one challenge the LPN Exam?

   Rebel_Kitty replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in International

   Hi Kath. That's really good to hear. I will contact College of LPN and inquire about this package. Which school are you going to? Were your classmates generally successful in finding LPN jobs?

9. Student RN - after two years of RN study can one challenge the LPN Exam?

   Rebel_Kitty replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in International

   "Why don't you call CLPNBC to find out? They administer the test and charge the fees". -Thanks. I will try the CLPNBC. "Why aren't you asking the hospital where you do clinicals if they hire nursing students for patient care? The hospitals in Alber...

10. Student RN - after two years of RN study can one challenge the LPN Exam?

    Rebel_Kitty posted a topic in International

    Hi guys, I'm new here. So far I really, really like this forum. Anyway, I'm starting the RN program at Langara College BC in September. I ran into an ex co-worker (who also happens to be studying RN in Langara) and she mentioned that you can challen...