Laura in Canada

Laura in Canada has 28 years experience.

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1. discovered and reported falsification of VS

   Laura in Canada replied to traumaRNdrama's topic in Safety

   No, you can't. It's not at all accurate because the "bump" starts before the actual heart beat starts and ends. In a pinch, you can take the BP by palpation, i.e. you use your fingers to feel for the pulse in the brachial artery, but it's not appro...

2. Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in Safety

   oh my! What a scary coincidence! Your reactions were in November and February and mine were in November and January. And like you, they all received flu shots at the same time. I wonder if it has anything to do with the particular strains in the flu...

3. Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in Safety

   Ohhhh...this just burns me!!! We got back a response from Public Health for the reactions we encountered here. Even though the manufacturer has documented information on post vaccine cellulitis, Public Health stated that the cellulitis was caused...

4. Nursing in Quebec

   Laura in Canada replied to Sonia Doherty's topic in Canada

   Exactly. I would not recommend coming to Quebec right about now....especially if you are not fluently bilingual, both written and oral. The French exam is brutal and many people fail it. And politically things are a mess. Best to keep trying in ot...

5. Two questions...one may be stupid :)

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in ADN/BSN

   Well, to be honest, I have NO intention of ever going back to a hospital. I'm too old for the shiftwork. Right now I'm blissfully working in a Family Practice clinic and love it. I've also been DON at two senior residences and supervisor at a nurs...

6. Two questions...one may be stupid :)

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in ADN/BSN

   Ah...Okay. Now I get it. Thanks for the information. :) QUOTE=Fiona59;7704583]Laura, I think you are a bit behind in the nursing education news. Currently the degree is the entry to practice point for all new grads, with the exception being Quebec...

7. Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in Safety

   That's part of our Adverse Event reporting here. We contact public health who in turn contacts the manufacturer. We're getting a new shipment of pneumovax this week. We'll see how it goes. Thanks Laura

8. Two questions...one may be stupid :)

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in ADN/BSN

   Thanks for your response. That clarifies it for me. Here in Canada they are also in the process of phasing out the diploma RNs. Many provinces require new nurses to have a minimum of a BN to start practicing. Us old nurses are "grandfathered" (m...

9. Two questions...one may be stupid :)

   Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in ADN/BSN

   So the difference is that the diploma RN has 2 years training? My training was 3 years for the diploma RN. What about the ADN, how many years training? Laura

10. 1 nurse to 30 patients!!! 3 attendants

    Laura in Canada replied to Sabr's topic in Canada

    I worked evenings in one residence where I had 33 to 35 residents and 2 attendants. We would get a 3rd for a couple of hours during the "heavy" times...when the residents were being put to bed. All the nurses seemed to do was meds. Oodles and oodl...

11. Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    Laura in Canada replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    Don't even bother with Quebec. Unless you are fluent in French you will have a very hard time passing the French exam. When I did it waaay back when, it was easy. Now it's extremely difficult. And it's true...the need for nurses is desperate but n...

12. Two questions...one may be stupid :)

    Laura in Canada posted a topic in ADN/BSN

    Okay, stupid one first. As you can tell from my handle, I am a Canadian nurse. I have my RN diploma that I got at a community college. Here in Canada, we have RNs with a diploma, RN with a Bachelor's (BScN or BN), as well as Masters, Nurse Practit...

13. Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

    Laura in Canada replied to Laura in Canada's topic in Safety

    That's exactly my thinking....it did resolve very quickly...almost too quickly. That's why I was asking if anyone had ever seen that before. The reaction was way worse than any of the really bad vaccine reactions I have ever seen. It did, in fact,...

14. Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

    Laura in Canada posted a topic in Safety

    Has anyone here had a patient develop cellulitis around the injection site post pneumococcal vaccine? I'm talking for both the polysaccharide (Pneumovax 23) as well as the conjugate (Prevnar 13 or Synflorix) Literature for the Pneumovax 23 states t...