New.RN

New.RN

Northern Nursing

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New.RN specializes in Northern Nursing.


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  1. "Just" an LPN

    I'm "just" an RN. And I've learned loads from LPN's over my career. Health care wouldn't work with out LPN's!
  2. Hi All, I'm trying to figure out if one year of experience in an canadian outpost with no doctor is enough to start being an agency nurse? I think it is but some of my nurse family members do not. I don't get it, if I can practice without a doc for ...
  3. Do you feel "on call" even when you're not?

    I'm in a fly-in community. We are always on call... even when we are not. It get's ruff sometimes. After 6 months of "on-call" with no break your a little burnt out! But I love my job... where else would I get called in to do anything from plastic s...
  4. Nursing in Nunavut

    Hi, I just have a couple questions...I'd really like to follow in you foot steps one day. Which agency are you going with? How much experience do you have? And where are you going? -New. RN
  5. How to stay calm during traumas?

    Hi All, I agree that coming up here is hard... However, there is no one else to come up. The only people that will come up are new grads that NEED experience. And with the job market being so poor... it makes sense to come up. I came up because I wa...
  6. Nursing in northern communities

    Hi, I'm in Northern Ontario with Weeneebayko Area Health Authority . Little to no orientation here, you'll be given 2 weeks of quick shadowing then your on your own. But we are sort staffed (as always) and it's a good job after the first couple mont...
  7. Hi, I'm a new grad and I really like my job in my northern nursing hospital job. I love the challenge, I love being able to prescribe meds, diagnose and caring for patients in a completely different, more complete and complex way than "down south". ...
  8. what the heck am I feeling?

    I did my final preceptorship in L&D. I remember the "huh" feeling! You'll get it! It just takes time.
  9. Nurse to Midwife in Canada

    Hi There, Look here: Midwifery Education Program - Ryerson University Then at the Post-Baccalaureate Program for Health Professionals section :) Or you could go abroad for a year and study then come back and do the bridging program.
  10. Nurse to Midwife in Canada

    Thank you, gkvyvere!
  11. I have a very out of the box suggestion. Try ballroom dancing! I could have written your post a few years ago before I started, but now I'm different! Dancing is something that is fun and everyone looks silly doing it when they start! Try swing danci...
  12. nurses with disabilities

    How about telehealth or research positions? I don't know what your finances are like, but you could try and get your masters and do your own research?
  13. June 2010 CRNE Results

    I called the CNO this morning. I can't work until I get them so I'm really anxious! They told me that the CNO released the first results on July 19th. That means that we should all have them by the 1st of August, given the 8 to 10 business days of sh...
  14. June 2010 CRNE Results

    I still don't have my results! Has anyone else still not gotten theirs!?!
  15. New Nurse; New Country?

    I tried to get a job abroad as I graduated, it's ruff without experience! Try finding a job somewhere(ANYTHIG!!!) then going. That's the route I'm doing :)