Castiela

Castiela

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  1. I Thought I Had My Dream Job, but My Past Took It Away...

    I can understand feeling frustrated and defeated but personally if given the choice of not working, or working in a job I'm not passionate about but provides for my family, I would choose the latter....
  2. G-Tube residual checks

    Our policy is to pause the feeds and check, if gastric motility is functional, you shouldn't get much in the was if residuals. Our policy is that anything under 250 mls is acceptable. However,...
  3. I Thought I Had My Dream Job, but My Past Took It Away...

    I'm sorry this has happened. You say you can't handle ltc, but could you handle it off a short period just so things aren't so tight financially? Would you consider other hospital
  4. Help with a class paper

    Safe staffing
  5. I usually mention I'm married. Tends to diffuse
  6. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    Do you find that you're becoming more familiar with common meds? Our pharmacy class was essentially self taught so I can empathize with struggling to memorize everything
  7. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    With 4 patients, I read the kardex, look at labs then do a quick visual of all my patients. If everyone is stable I will see patients in priority of the perceived sickest/ actively crawling out of...
  8. Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    I agree. I don't think creating a post which vaguely calls out one poster in this manner is very
  9. Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    I wouldn't say it's the social norm in nursing. I've only met one or two nurses like that. I feel it would be more accurate to say Bullying is a social norm in specific
  10. BCNU Jobs

    Any hospital nursing job in bc with the health authorities will be covered by bcnu. I don't think I've ever seen it noted in the
  11. Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    Well, if it's happening at work, ask the person to stop and document incidences, what was specifically said and witnesses and present it to HR. Bullying isn't specific to nursing.. But I'm sorry...
  12. Oxygen

    I have no clue how one would go about filling an o2 tank. That being said, in this situation I would have changed the mar to indicate pt getting portable o2 during day and connected to room at night....
  13. Relationship with patient?

    Generally psych patients are considered a vulnerable population. Furthermore, look into your BONs rules about dating a patient. I know mine states at least a year, preferably two need to pass before...
  14. Super senses

    Well... I can smell when my patient has pooped when I am several doors down and have trained myself not to really smell after that.... Otherwise I think my senses are the same as
  15. I don't know, I was interested in that too. Barnes (2015) found orientation to be more helpful in transitioning to becoming an np than previous experience, but it doesn't report patient outcomes...
  16. I emailed the AANP out of curiosity of their position on the debate, as I was willing to concede there might be a cultural bias on my part, as potential nps will not be considered for schooling...
  17. Was it an acute kidney injury that resolved
  18. *Just* a Nurse/*Only* a Nurse

    Education to people who say that. Standing up for yourself when you hear "only a
  19. My G.A.D is taking over

    Do you know how you study and retain information best? Is it from writing, listening, doodling, trading, all the above? And for the exam, did you study the wrong materials, read questions wrong, got...
  20. Help for the future

    No idea, but it does sound like Ontario is a hard place to get a job according to the
  21. Help for the future

    Choose which province you'll want to work in and their nursing association will have a detailed description on how to apply. Essentially, you'll have to prove your training is equivalent to ours and...
  22. I'd love to see the evidence you mentioned. I'm currently not finding anything and I'm
  23. Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    You also learned what kind of nurse you do or don't want to be. I've been fortunate to work with great nurses but I remember as a student seeing some nurses and vowing I would never treat a coworker/...
  24. Sorry. Bedside nursing helps develop your critical thinking skills which are crucial to your np practice. You can't even be considered for the np program without a minimum of 2 years acute practice...
  25. Clinic jobs

    If you are allowed to submit a cover letter, you could use that to explain the gaps in your resume. I honestly can't fault hr for wanting to choose someone with more experience for a position of they...