Maternity Nurse to Ortho Tech

itsnowornever, BSN, RN · Nov 27, 2012

Can't you work FT at one and PRN at the other?

danish_yello · Nov 27, 2012

That's what I'm trying to find out. I was under the impression that once you get your ortho tech it changes your scope of practice and then there are things you can't do anymore. I would really like to for FT in one and PRN in the other I just want to make sure that my scope for practice will allow me to do so.

Fiona59 · Nov 28, 2012

I work in Maternity in an Edmonton Hospital. I love where I work but I am looking into becoming an Ortho Tech. Some of the information I have found on the internet confuses me. If I do become an Ortho Tech does this mean that I won't be able to work in Maternity? I find both areas very interesting, and I don't really want to have to choose one over the other.

It's pretty simple. Most of the Ortho Tech jobs listed are part time or casual. Since you are asking about this you are an AUPE member, correct?

Well last time I looked our contract said you could hold several part time positions as long as the total FTE did not exceed 1.0 and there was no conflict in the shift patterns.

If I remember right, the education is all on line and then there is an unpaid practicuum period to be worked. Would you be able to get a LOA for this?

Eventually you will have to decide because Otho Techs have a sweet pay arrangement that matches the HSAA Techs wage and runs about $10/hr more than LPN rates.

Fiona59 · Nov 28, 2012

That's what I'm trying to find out. I was under the impression that once you get your ortho tech it changes your scope of practice and then there are things you can't do anymore. I would really like to for FT in one and PRN in the other I just want to make sure that my scope for practice will allow me to do so.

AHS won't permit this. You cannot work in two union positions where the second one will be at OT rates. Look at your new contract. AUPE stiffed us on the OT clauses.

Fiona59 · Nov 28, 2012

Can't you work FT at one and PRN at the other?

Edmonton is a union environment and what the OP is asking just won't fly under our contracts. Canadian nurses don't work PRN. They are considered casuals.

itsnowornever, BSN, RN · Nov 28, 2012

Edmonton is a union environment and what the OP is asking just won't fly under our contracts. Canadian nurses don't work PRN. They are considered casuals.

Really? What's the difference between PRN and casual?

Fiona59 · Nov 28, 2012

Really? What's the difference between PRN and casual?

Semantics, really.

But it's not a term in popular use up here. You work casual or float to other units. The staffing offices have lists of staff who hold positions and will pick up shifts on a casual basis.

The OP sounds like a fairly new LPN, so it's best to use local terms when posting on a non-US part of the board.

itsnowornever, BSN, RN · Nov 28, 2012

Semantics, really.
But it's not a term in popular use up here. You work casual or float to other units. The staffing offices have lists of staff who hold positions and will pick up shifts on a casual basis.
The OP sounds like a fairly new LPN, so it's best to use local terms when posting on a non-US part of the board.

Sorry :/ didn't realize I wasn't in the US section. On the phone it doesn't really show that if you go to current. Interesting tid-bit to know though about the word usage.