nursefromquebec

nursefromquebec

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About nursefromquebec

nursefromquebec has 6 years experience and specializes in Ob, NICU.


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  1. Nurse shortage...how is it in your area?

    I'm from quebec/canada and OMG this is just out of control. I work in a labor-delivery, mother-baby care and intermediate care nicu ward and on one of the week-ends (evening shift), there are only 4 regular staff members to cover the whole 3 units !!...
  2. do you think this could be done?

    so I sent her an email and she agrees. I can go spend two evenings on the unit whenever I want (I'll be working evenings so I'll get aquainted with my team). I'm sooo nervous now!
  3. do you think this could be done?

    ok...those of your who have read my posts the past couple of days know I am trying to decide if I should take a position in a large LD unit in a new hospital...I currently have a PP, AP and NICU position which I like but I always was drawn to LD (whe...
  4. Please help with MAJOR decision

    I am soooo with you on this....I'm trying to decide too this is so hard!!
  5. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Harmony Toscane
  6. those who have done both....PP or LD?

    thats what I think too...now all I have to do is choose between a challenging but stressfull job...or one that I'm so familiar with it can get boring...but at least I can focus on my family and other stuff in my life
  7. those who have done both....PP or LD?

    I'v been a PP nurse (also NICU) for 6 years now...and I have 4 children. (14, 10, 3 and 8 months old) I'm supposed to start L/D in a new hospital in a few weeks (after my maternity leave) and I'm so scared...sometimes I wonder if I should just stay i...
  8. Is working part-time really all that bad?

    I personaly would never want a full time position....I love my part time job which allows me to spend more time with my family. I pick up a few extra shifts when I need to and when I don't feel like it I stick to my part time schedule. best of both w...
  9. those who have done both....PP or LD?

    what do you like and hate about both? what would be your fist choice and why? just trying to make up my mind!
  10. Is it like this everywhere? Ratios and such

    Hi there.... We have 4 couplets max...we often have 2-3 with one admission in our shift We also have aids who take care of bed making and trays and they also wash up and help us install our newly arrived csections. they awnser patients bells also app...
  11. scared to death

    I'm about to go back to work after a maternity leave. I'm changing hospitals and taking on LD after 6 years of PP and NICU work. I'm sooooo scared...I just feel that mabye it would be best to just stay put and not worry about a new job where I have e...
  12. Need help with english abreviations

    oh this helps alot....thanks so much....I'm writing all these down so I can go over them again before orientation anyone else?
  13. Need help with english abreviations

    I saw that website but since I'm on maternity leave right now, I can't think of acronyms to look up...and I never worked with english charts before so it pretty hard to do this off the top of my head..... thats why I was asking for the most common us...
  14. Need help with english abreviations

    Hi all! this is my first post here on allnurses I'm a perinatal nurse working in montreal. I do post partum , antepartum and NICU. I'll be starting a new job in L&D in may. This will be in a new hospital (mainly english speaking). I'm very nervou...