kathkrn

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1. post grad ICU training in southern ont.

   kathkrn replied to healthyone's topic in International

   Most hospitals will support you with your Critical Care program. I did the Seneca program myself. a lot of my friends from TO did the George Brown. Both are the same curriculm, but at GB you get 1 more week of clinical/days off. Get the floor ex...

2. Flattering/Stylish Uniforms

   kathkrn replied to anida's topic in International

   Avida is one of the better ones. Maple Shield in Toronto has good uniforms as well.... But as for the stylish...yet to find one. And being in ER and Recovery Room, I tend to just wear the good old green scrub pants with a tee...:roll

3. where do u go to school?

   kathkrn replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in Canada

   Durham College, when only the diploma program existed there. Now doing my BScN at Ryerson through Continuing Education.

4. struggling to find out more BScN part time distance info- UBC anyone???

   kathkrn replied to JMP's topic in International

   http://www.rn2bsn.com/ is distance education from Florida Apparently University of Victoria has a great program http://www.uvic.ca/

5. struggling to find out more BScN part time distance info- UBC anyone???

   kathkrn replied to JMP's topic in International

   Well, if it was not the middle of the night, I might have noticed your comment about the distance to Ryerson... There is http://www.laurentian.ca http://www.lakeheaduniversity.com http://www.uc411.com/search.asp?keywords=nursing&code1=1 http://w...

6. struggling to find out more BScN part time distance info- UBC anyone???

   kathkrn replied to JMP's topic in International

   Ryerson University and York University in Toronto both have acclerated full-time post-RN BScN programs - 18 months... You can look them both up on-line. http://www.ryerson.ca http://www.yorkuniversity.ca

7. PDA software

   kathkrn replied to soogirl's topic in International

   http://www.freewarepalm.com/medical/medical.shtml It is a great site for free PDA downloads. I have gotten a great deal of software from here.

8. Canadian Allnurses Reunion!!!

   kathkrn replied to adrienurse's topic in Canada

   Vancouver is beautiful and I don't need much arm twisting if it works with schedules etc.

9. Funny Or Horror

   kathkrn replied to NEWER7's topic in Humor

   ouch...

10. military time

    kathkrn replied to sharann's topic in Humor

    My boyfriend, parents and friends who were unfamiliar with the 24 hour clock, are now telling time the normal way. I can only tell time this way. I get confused when I wake up without my 24-hr watch within close view (I'm near-sighted). Especially...

11. Taking ACLS on Wednesday

    kathkrn replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS is so much easier than it used to be. I found the last time (about 2 months ago) to be informal and the instructors supportive and helpful. Hope it went alright.

12. Going to Nursing school next year!

    kathkrn replied to Nikki NJ's topic in General Nursing

    I did my RN diploma through a community college, graduating in 1996. It was quite a bit cheaper than going to university. I also found that I had more clinical experience and skills at time of graduation compared to friends of mine that did their B...

13. How to de-stress

    kathkrn replied to Jazzdog's topic in Humor

    I read, surf the net, talk to and hang out with friends. But my ultimate favourite was is to take of on a road trip to anywhere with someone special. The last time, after a horrific day in the ER, we took off to Gravenhurst, ON at 2100, stayed at t...

14. Uniform stained/Any solutions??

    kathkrn replied to KKERRN's topic in Emergency

    OXYCLEAN!!!

15. Why you love/hate ER

    kathkrn replied to BlueBear's topic in Emergency

    It's love and hate. I hate the stupidity of people who come in at 0200 for a pain that their family doctor has been assessing for 2 years, for people that were referred by docotrs with ECG changes at 1400 and it is now 0100 (because the 'pain wasn'...