Romy87

Romy87 has 4 years experience.

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1. Night Terrors

   Romy87 replied to Romy87's topic in Camp

   Thanks all, this is why I like to post here - I get reassured of my thinking by nurse colleagues when I'm the lone nurse in a sea of camp staff! When I spoke with the parents, I asked them about coping and management of the night terrors at home and ...

2. Night Terrors

   Romy87 posted a topic in Camp

   Hi all, A counselor of a junior boys cabin (ages 7-9) came to me this morning after a rough night of little sleep (2nd night of camp session). On the first night of camp, one of his campers had night terros and last night two out of his eight camper...

3. Lice more prevailent?

   Romy87 replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

   Thankfully, we have not! I'm in Canada with a small number of international campers (US, China, Japan, Mexico) but we have only detected 3 cases on arrival out of about 500 campers so far this summer.

4. Infection control

   Romy87 replied to Romy87's topic in Camp

   Thanks Big Al! So far no new cases of the GI bug for a few days so I'm hoping it won't come up again...

5. Infection control

   Romy87 posted a topic in Camp

   Hi Folks, I am (hopefully) at the tail-end of a GI outbreak at my camp which is currently closed between sessions. With support from the local public health unit, I'm optimistic it will be under control by the time campers and staff return for the ne...

6. Staff lecture

   Romy87 replied to Twofastdogs's topic in Camp

   I'm very curious to see what other, more experienced camp nurses have to say about this. I'm starting my first summer in the role in 3 weeks. So far I have a list of topics I'd like to cover but no details on how I'll keep the presentation interestin...

7. Letter to parents re: lice policy?

   Romy87 replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

   Hi Sue, It's ​so funny that you posted this now because I just sent an email to my camp's director asking if I could whip up a letter to parents on this exact topic. It will be my first summer as a camp nurse and I'm concerned about sending poor ...

8. 2015 Work Thread

   Romy87 replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

   Hi group, I've been reading this forums posts for months and am finally now chiming-in. I'm an acute care peds nurse in British Columbia, Canada. My husband and have both acccepted jobs at a private residential summer camp, starting in June. This c...

9. Best way to clean your shoes?

   Romy87 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I share your "heebie-jeebies"; it's tough when there isn't a place to leave them at the hospital between shifts. I try to remember to wipe them all over with Kavi-wipes (disinfectant wipe) at the end of the day and I occasionally clean the leather pa...

10. CRNE - experimental questions?

    Romy87 replied to lesliebean's topic in International

    There are about 15-20 trial/pilot questions on each exam. Like Fiona59 said, they don't count towards your mark. I just wrote in on Wednesday, too, and I was pretty sure which ones were the trial ones because they had kinda strange wording (won't say...

11. Langara College, Vancouver: Nursing Students

    Romy87 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in CA Programs

    I just graduated from Langara, but I'm assuming the intake size is still the same. Each intake takes in 80 students from the waitlist. So in total, 160 students start the program each year. People also drop off the waitlist because they change thei...

12. Where are you from?

    Romy87 replied to noworries's topic in Canada

    I'm in Vancouver, BC and I gradutated from Langara College in December...not working anywhere yet!