BarbraJean

BarbraJean

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  1. My RN venture ended today.

    I have to say I'm outraged! We are in the midst of such a nursing shortage & we try to make it even harder to get through the course. Many years ago I had the same problem, I was given a 50% for a term paper (a pass was 80% I knew I didn't deserv...
  2. Home health vs. acute care

    after nursing for 13 years in acute care, mostly Emerg & CCU/Transplant, I too felt burnt out. The politics & stress were making me dread going to work, not to mention the long stretch of 12 hour day/nights because we were short staffed. I sw...
  3. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    Well, first off let me say here in the North (Canada) we have universal healthcare which means we all have the same access to healthcare on a level playing field. WRONG!!! Unless you are an athlete who can afford to pay for a private MRI & go to...
  4. The Most Beautiful Curls I'd Ever Seen

    I'm a Homecare Nurse here in Brampton Ontario, Canada. Most nof my patients get better & are discharged but I'm alsi the Palliative Nurse as well with patient ages ranging from 8 weeks to 50's. I have 4 little ones, 8 weeks, 26 months & 13 ye...
  5. The Patient I Failed

    As a Nurse with 24yrs experience very little reduces me to tears but this did. Thank you for sharing your experience.:heartbeat
  6. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    I work in Home Care & went through the SARS outbreak as I had clients who where on home care as well went to hospital for Dialyisis. The hospital they went to was quarantened due to cases of SARS in that Hospital. I was soooo lucky because I had ...
  7. regarding age entering nursing

    I graduated 24 yrs ago age 35 & I retire in 3 yrs 2mos Can I hardly wait? You bet! BUT not a day goes by that I don't find amazing about what I do. I came out of working acute care medicine/CCU stepdown 9 yrs ago to go into homecare that is just ...
  8. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    In Ontario they initiated mandatory BScn as entry into practice Grandfathering those of us that don't have a BScn. They did it quickly & smoothly the result? As short staffed as we were before it's worse now & the grads coming out of Universi...
  9. Ahh-HA! They're on to us!

    I feel that we're doing a grave injustice to our patients by calling them clients. Try working here in Ontario, Canada our Hospitals are so far in debt, we're the first line to go & yet they tell us to smile be pleasant & take the abuse
  10. Ethical dilemma

    I read the postings with a great deal of interest. As a Canadian Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse, it took a long time for me to get from way back there to here. As students we're taught what meds can do and what we should do with that knowledge, w...
  11. York, Ryerson or Humber? need help choosing....

    I'm a preceptor Nurse for York University. I work Homecare in Brampton. The York Nursing program is comprised of small classes. This I know form talking to the clinical co-ordinator. Over the years I have had Humber, Seneca/York & York Students. ...
  12. Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    I think we as visiting Nurses walk a fine line. As someone stated we are guests in a patients home providing a service but there are rights & resoponsibilties are both parts. The Nurse is entitled to a safe environment. The client to have the fre...
  13. Best Death

    This has all been very interesting. I have worked in Nursing over 15yrs. some in Emerg/CCU, long term care & Most recently as a Palliative Nurse in the community as well as at Hill House Hospice in Richmond Hill, Ont( a3bed free standing hospice ...
  14. False Nails (Does it promote infection?)

    Hi I'm a Community Visiting Nurse & I confess I to have Nail Tips. I get mine done every week I have a permanent French Manicure. I also wash my hands at least 40 times a day with a antibacterial antifungal foam. I've never lost a nail & I ge...
  15. Ontario Nursing Shortage

    This is wonderful to have a Canadian site. I'm a Home Care Nurse in Richmond Hill Ontario & Have been for 3 years, prior to that I lived through good times & the nursing drought. Along the way I managed to upgrade many of my skills so that no...