Castiela

Castiela

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  1. Nursing Questions!

    Castiela replied to ftee's topic in Canada

    My understanding is that the job market is quite competitive for new graduates in Ontario. https://www.ona.org/wp-content/uploads/ona_2016hospitalawardhighlights_20160912.pdf?x72008 the link is the...

  2. Do I push out the air bubble?

    Castiela replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    Is lovenox the auto injectable syringe? I don't think a tiny air bubble in the subcutaneous tissue would cause any harm. We have patients with mass subcutaneous emphysema and the physicians will just...

  3. Do Nurse Practitioners get drug tested?

    Castiela replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I find this culture if testing employees strange, I've never do a pre employment drug test or a random one and I haven't known anyone else who has had one. I'm sorry you have to go through it. I would...

  4. Does this nursing diagnosis makes any sense?

    Castiela replied to mzsuccess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It makes sense but it wouldn't be my priority diagnosis, especially if it is an acute dka. What other more relevant problems that dka can

  5. too many post-ops?

    Castiela replied to juana15's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds pretty standard for a surgical floor. When I was in surgical, it wasn't uncommon to have all new patients by the end of the day. It is exhausting

  6. Made a fool of myself to board of nursing rep

    Castiela replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of those skills you listed I had never done until I entered critical care 2 years after graduating. And even then, I didn't learn in the classroom, but from reading the policy and doing them...

  7. Sloppy clinical instructor?

    Castiela replied to Potatoskins's topic in General Students

    It's not best practice but I personally wouldn't bring it up, but rather file it away for how you don't want to act or behave when you're practicing on your

  8. being called off..

    Castiela replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    No idea. It was there when I started. Our contract is a pretty good one for the most part. I'm Canadian, so I don't know of that is a

  9. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    Castiela replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree. Unfortunately in practice, the family members are the ones who sue not the patient, so the doctors will prolong the amount of time the patient is ventilated. I don't mind when the...

  10. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Castiela replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    I still like 12hrs but my shifts are 2 days, 2 nights then 4-5 off. However, I don't have

  11. Nitroglygerin

    Castiela replied to neuron's topic in Patient Medications

    I would not give a patient nitro without an order. In a hospital setting, I would call the provider about an order while getting an ecg. In a community setting, I would also call 911 when the patient...

  12. Ethical Dilemma

    Castiela replied to lilfayfay's topic in General Students

    You do realize the flaws in the logic that you should pass because you've paid money? The money funds your classroom time and instructors but is in no way a guarantee to pass. Schools uphold academic...

  13. being called off..

    Castiela replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    We get floated to different units if we are overstaffed but we are Union so they can't send us home unless we agree. I would also find another

  14. Ethical Dilemma

    Castiela replied to lilfayfay's topic in General Students

    I would talk to your instructor and explain that. I know when I was a student, if I didn't have direct experience with an essay question required either the instructor would have me "borrow" one from...

  15. can I work any foreign or europian country as a nurse

    Castiela replied to mehep's topic in International Nursing

    You would have to research the immigration and nursing transfer requirements of each country. Every country is

  16. Ethical Dilemma

    Castiela replied to lilfayfay's topic in General Students

    What you've described in the for your assignment isn't really an ethical dilemma which is possibly why you failed the assignment. An ethical dilemma is when you are trying to make treatment decisions...

  17. Newly qualified nurse...nervous before each shift

    Castiela replied to NQN2017's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in ICU for a year and a half and I still feel nervous at times going in for shifts. It goes away once I start, but I know several coworkers feel the same way. I think a certain level of...

  18. I was doing well!

    Castiela replied to Piratekitty's topic in General Students

    I personally always felt guilty about not doing homework, but If you can take a weekend off to relax, and should if it will help with your mental health. If you have a lot of exams/ papers, you can...

  19. Are we scaring our pain patients and doing more harm ?

    Castiela replied to Gapeache's topic in General Nursing

    I usually do a pain management teaching with my patients and explain that I want to keep their pain under a four because it takes less drugs to keep them under that level than trying to play catch up....

  20. Fired from first hospital job

    Castiela replied to nurseblondie26's topic in General Nursing

    Will you put this experience on your resume or leave it off? Really, your best course of action is to find a new job, which may require relocation. Do you know why you made these three mistakes? Was...

  21. NCLEX Canada!

    Castiela replied to Vkool007's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Your best bet is to contact the BON in which ever state you are interested in working for and asking them/ review online their RN

  22. Burnout after 8 months in ICU

    Castiela replied to nursing8889's topic in General Nursing

    I was the same way when I first started ICU. I wanted to do all the codes, procedures etc. Hur downside of the was that I missed focussing on the fundamentals of ICU care and when I was on my own, I...

  23. Delegation/Legally responsible

    Castiela replied to Misstika's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends what happened- was it an incident with the actual lift process? Was the patient too unstable to be lifted and something happened during? Did the patient require two people to assist...

  24. Part-time jobs in Nursing Field

    Castiela replied to Aspiring33's topic in General Students

    On your resume, under your schooling, you can put activities you have done in clinical but I wouldn't put that under

  25. Silly question about CPR

    Castiela replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    In non hospital settings, they have taken out the "check for pulse" because the lay person would take too long to try and find one which takes time away from compression initiation. Questions like...