grace_device

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1. New Grad - Resume and Cover Letter. Please Critique for me!

   grace_device replied to acr2001's topic in Career Support

   Overall, I think it looks pretty good. I agree with a lot of what MrChicagoRN said. My thoughts... - add more detail to the clinical placements in the resume - what skills or experiences did she learn or have? How many pts was she responsible for? Y...

2. Adjustement for a medication time

   grace_device replied to Roro's topic in Pediatric

   We have a chart from our pharmacy... you choose the time of your stat/now/first dose, the frequency (q6, q8, q12), and it will give you the times for the next two doses to get back on schedule by the 3rd dose. If my patients don't have many meds ord...

3. dosage question

   grace_device replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Students

   I often reconstitute meds that end up with different concentrations than you would think based on the amount of fluid you reconstituted with. So when you add 5mls fluid to the powder, somehow the total volume ends up at 4.2ml or something sneaky lik...

4. Nursing student freaking about BPs

   grace_device replied to midcom's topic in General Nursing

   I had a really hard time getting used to manual BPs as well, and even now it's not something I'm great at since I usually use the monitor or doppler for BPs. I found it helpful to have a baseline to go from... have someone else take the BP first (o...

5. Atheists attending funeral services

   grace_device replied to Angelica's topic in General Nursing

   The only prerequisite to being an atheist is not believing in god(s). However, there are two 'types' of atheism. Weak atheism is defined as lacking the belief in any god(s). Strong atheism is more along the lines of actively denying the existence of...

6. Nursing Application Essays/Personal Statement

   grace_device replied to chiliwings's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Some things I'd include in your letter: why nursing interests you; what motivated your decision to become a nurse; what knowledge/talents/assets you have that would help you in nursing; maybe some of your future career goals (i.e. what field you want...

7. Panicking about starting BScN (at U of Toronto)

   grace_device replied to grace_device's topic in General Students

   I just finished my fourth year at U of T in Biological and Medical Anthropology. I'm taking some courses over the summer, and I'm going to convocate in November. This nursing's going to be an adjustment for me too... I'm used to going to classes fu...

8. Panicking about starting BScN (at U of Toronto)

   grace_device replied to grace_device's topic in General Students

   Thanks for your advice! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one rushing to get everything done. I've actually spoken with the registrar and one of the coordinators, and they've been very helpful. Like you, they told me to just get things is when the...

9. What field or specialty of nursing?

   grace_device replied to nursecompassion's topic in General Students

   All things going well, I'd like to work as a research nurse, a nurse epidemiologist, or in the field of public health.

10. Immunization requirements

    grace_device replied to tbtc1234's topic in General Students

    Does anyone know if your Hep B immunisation ever runs out? I had mine in about 1995, and I don't want to go to the effort of acquiring my old records if I have to get them re-done anyway.

11. Panicking about starting BScN (at U of Toronto)

    grace_device posted a topic in General Students

    I actually applied to nursing back in the spring and was put on the waitlist. I figured that was a 'no', so I went merrily about, registering for more undergrad courses for the fall. Then they called me on July 23 and offered me a position for Septem...