alianeco

alianeco has 2 years experience and specializes in Labor and Delivery & ICU.

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1. How to become an RN in CANADA?

   alianeco replied to jh_nn3's topic in International

   I used to work in Calgary (Alberta), and they do a lot of sponsoring of international nurses. I think most of the health regions in larger cities would have programs and budgets to get you here and get you nursing :) Try Calgary. It's a neat place to...

2. Canadian nurse thinking UK

   alianeco replied to alianeco's topic in International

   Thank you all! That is great information to know. Perhaps I'll look into some other destinations instead :) Thank you especially Fiona! The things I didn't even know about my own country's nursing issues...

3. How to become an RN in CANADA?

   alianeco replied to jh_nn3's topic in International

   Have you tried the Canadian Nurses Association website? It has some good information. Follow this URL to the CNAs page of links. These are all the provincial RN websites. http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/about/members/provincial/default_e.aspx Hopefully...

4. Canadian nurse thinking UK

   alianeco replied to alianeco's topic in International

   Why is that? In North America we have a nursing shortage, so many nurses are recruited from all around the world. Is this not the case in the UK?

5. Canadian nurse thinking UK

   alianeco posted a topic in International

   Hello! I'm a Canadian RN who wants to get a different experience. I recently posted a question regarding what it is like to work as a nurse in France (pay, scope of practice, and what not), and now I'm thinking a bit broader. I was wondering if anyon...

6. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

   alianeco replied to Natef26's topic in MICU

   We have RTs, but we do our own suctioning and ABGs. The RTs do rounds several times per shift and we call them if there is a big problem. They also make ventilator changes and take part in decision making.

7. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

   alianeco replied to Natef26's topic in MICU

   I'm new to my ICU, but it seems that we generally have a 2:1 ratio. I've seen the occasional 3:1, but those patients are generally less acute. I'm in a small hospital and it seems our ICU frequently hangs on to patients who do not require ICU care s...

8. Canadian Nurses in France

   alianeco posted a topic in International

   Hello! I am a Canadian RN and I've recently been toying with the idea of living in France. I was wondering if anyone here can tell me what it's like from a Canadian RNs point of view. How does the work compare? What about the health care system? Is...

9. care of patients with a loss

   alianeco replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is a really helpful post. I've been in L&D for a year and I have never nursed a family with a loss. I know it's going to happen sooner or later and what scares me is that I won't be a good enough nurse. I have no children, so I don't see how...

10. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    alianeco replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that the coaching we give to laboring women has more to do with helping them feel more positively about their birth experience than it does with having more physically positive outcomes. A lot of times coaching helps a woman feel in control....

11. New here, anyone had a pt with a Doula?

    alianeco replied to northwoods6pack's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I usually love working with doulas. Since most of my patients get epidurals and sleep through their labor, I find that working with a doula is a good learning experience. That being said, some of them are very intrusive and couterproductive. I had a...

12. Funny OB things people say

    alianeco replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This wasn't my patient, but a patient (who I'm assuming was about to have an ARM) asked another nurse on my unit if the doctor was going to break her bladder. Hehe. I believe the nurse explained the difference to her. I certainly hope nobody broke h...

13. NARCAN - what's your policy

    alianeco replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've given narcan a few times to babies whose mom's had had narcotic close to delivery time and who are very floppy and not making respiratory effort. As far as I can recall, PPV was always tried first and although the heart rate improved, baby still...

14. Best province...

    alianeco replied to wasup's topic in International

    Fiona59, I think you're being discrete enough... I'm not entirely convinced we're at the same hospital. But I suppose it's probably the same all over Calgary.

15. Best province...

    alianeco replied to wasup's topic in International

    Janfrn, I think I work at the same Hospital as you! "Center of Excellence". Perhaps I was trying to word things carefully before. I know what you mean about being short staffed... I think we may have had 2 full staffed shifts since I started