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Love the ICU.

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  1. Ill prepared managers...

    reminds me of the debate "are leaders born or made?" answer: both many of us have born leadership skills....however it is a skill like any other skill and you need educaiton and practice. every single day you need to practice good leadership skills a...
  2. I can tell you my experience... I am Canadian educated and seriously considered working in Arizona. I flew to Arizona, twice, talked to every person I could about health care. Example: every cab ride I took I asked the cab driver about their health c...
  3. Ill prepared managers...

    I believe what nursing needs is more LEADERS and less MANAGERS. Nurses have been managed to death. Nurses are professionals, who need support and understanding and above all, quality workkplaces to practice in. Having supplies in place is vital to p...
  4. graduate school for nurses

    I am starting a thesis based research masters in nursing this fall AND a new positon as a nurse manager this fall as well. First year classes are two mornings a week... support from hospital to attend (not money but for attending classes). Am I crazy...
  5. Should nurses have MSNs

    It does make a difference where your education is obtained. The MSN program I am in is a administrative domain based Masters....they also have clinically based domains, but my preferance is administrative, mostly do the field I want to work in. I am...
  6. Should nurses have MSNs

    I have just finished my BSN ( took me two years and I worked full time while doing the degree full time) and I am in a MN program. What I can tell you for sure is this..... never, ever, I mean never is education a bad thing. Never think it is not nee...
  7. Shared Governance Manual- NEED IT!

    Thank you so much I am downloading and printing right away. UOTE=RNPATL]Perhaps this will help. We are in the process of developing our self governence program and we also have been doing some research. See if this link provides you with some reaso...
  8. Shared Governance Manual- NEED IT!

    Can anyone share their experiences with shared governance.....good bad or neutral???? Problems, low points.....rough roads? Good ideas? Information sharing? Anything is welcomed............jmp
  9. I have gone foward in my hospital and made a proposal to introduce shared governance and unit councils. We already have Nursing Pracitce Council, Professional Practice Council, etc. The idea has been approved and now I need info! I am in great need o...
  10. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

    The way I see it...does not matter what happened. The nursing field is ripe with horizontal violence. Nurses treating each other very badly....it has a long tradtion in nursing. Many nurses do not even know about it...which is not to blame the victim...
  11. Working hours

    We work a variety. Latest shift is a new rotation: 2- 12 hour days followed by 2-12 hour nights then 5 days off. I love it.
  12. sick nurses

    No snow here now- beautiful spring. Sunny, about 65 degrees today. However, our winters are still not as bad as Rochester or some of the other cities in the North East. But our winters can still be brutual- especially compared to the Southern US.
  13. Reading this I can see why nurses would be upset and resent it. It talks about mandating that all RN's obtain their degree within ten years.....they are not doing that here..........BSN only applies to new grads as of 2005. Everyone else is grandfath...
  14. I don't know, certainly it is a well respected University. As is UBC (University of British Colombia) both have great nursing programs. I looked at every program in Canada and chose U of Victoria for its program, cost and nursing content. It is certa...
  15. I am finishing my degree through the University of Victoria in British Colombia, Canada. I have some American classmates. The courses are ALL NURSING related. I am in Ontario----long way away from BC----but it is a great way to finish the BSN- in my ...