NotReady4PrimeTime RN

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    SRNA Assessment for SEC

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to vasavi's topic in Nurse Registration

    So, just to recap: You've been told by Manitoba and Nova Scotia that, based on the CCA you undertook in Manitoba, you must retake the 4 year nursing program in order to meet their criteria. Now you're...
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    Not happy with bedside

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mestiza90's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think a lot of the dissatisfaction with nursing as a career choice is as a result of unrealistic impressions and expectations. If the only nurses a person every sees are those ciphers on TV and in...
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    How do you avoid burnout?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to loganmarie's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I've been doing it for 22 years and there are days when I feel like I could walk away and never look back. But I don't. I get up again the next day and go right back to it. It's important to have...
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    Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as a staffing relief nurse way back when I first graduated, I was the one with the crap assignment. Every. Dang. Time. One unit I was sent to several times was a huge, heavy medical unit...
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    IVPB Question

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Jones3625's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is absolutely NO reason why you couldn't have run it as you spiked it. We do it that way all the time on my unit. You say there wasn't an infusion already running, so in order to run your ATB as...
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    Full time in Canada 36 or 40 hours/week?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to CarmelValley's topic in Canada

    When someone says full time hours are 36.75 or 37.5, they're taking about paid hours. Meal breaks are not paid although they do constitute part of the work day. Worksites with 8 hour shifts pay for...
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    First Time in the PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Guest1004426's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As pointed out above, it is beyond the scope of this site to provide medical/nursing advice. Please don't take that as a criticism, it's simply the way it is. Your heart is in the right place; perhaps...
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    First nursing job - help

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Mariec3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All of us carry some sort of peripheral brain to help keep us organized and to keep track of important data. Some people find it very helpful to make notes on their sheets in a different colour so...
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    First nursing job - help

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Mariec3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You definitely did NOT get an adequate orientation. Are you organizing your report by system? Having a format for reporting off makes it much easier to remember the pertinent info. You're working in...
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    Traditional bsn school

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mlsml94's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    In Canada, entry to practice for registered nurses is a 4-year baccalaureate degree. The only 2-year programs in existence are for those who already have a university degree of some sort. The licensed...
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    Jury duty and new grad program

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to IGSD777's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I spent the morning taking part in jury selection for a trial beginning on Monday. The jury manager made it quite clear that anyone who was on the list for today's selection process who had not...
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    How did you find a job in Vancouver?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to smr21's topic in Canada

    If you apply for and are offered a full time acute care, hospital-based position and you accept, you can't simply ask to go down to part time. You'll have to watch and wait for a part time position to...
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    Joint commission and PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to EricaAngela90's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Just to go a touch off-topic... there really isn't anything for nurses to do with the Camino. It's a fiberoptic monitoring device that is inserted and calibrated by neurosurgery. There is no drainage...
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    Coming back to work after mistake

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LittleRN5678's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're being WAY too hard on yourself. EVERYBODY makes mistakes... even the CNE has made his/her share of them and so has the surgeon. You're not only getting comfortable on a new unit with a new...
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    Just accepted a job in the PICU!!! Any advice??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This forum is filled with great advice about making the transition to PICU nursing. Spend a little time reading some of the threads. It'll really expand your horizons. Welcome to the wild and woolly...
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    Tipping (Sacred) Cows and Evidence-Based Practice Part II

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Some (sacred) cows are much more resistant to tipping than others. We still have respiratory therapists who insist saline instillation is essential but are unable to offer rationale that makes any...
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    Experience before PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Zooky124's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Zooky124, did you do a scan of the topics in this forum? Lots of others have asked similar questions and gotten some very good advice. Take a look, you might find exactly the information you're...
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    osce

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to seenachitresh's topic in Nurse Registration

    OSCEs aren't written. They're Objective Structured Clinical
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    K and mag values overlooked

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mikasa's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The only thing that would bother me about your patient is the rhythm changes. Being mildly hypokalemic and mildly hypomagnesemic aren't huge issues... unless there are rhythm changes. And it doesn't...
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    No More Glass in Your Fingers: Filter Needle Trick of the Trade

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to EMdruggist's topic in Nursing News

    You know what works for every size of ampoule? A preemie nipple. Yep, the kind you put on a bottle of formula. Take the plastic ring off and slide the business end of the nipple over the top of the...
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    Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    Do I feel valued by my employer? Not even a little. I don't work in a profit-driven system but I'm tired of always working short, of knowing that although my assignment might not be too bad, there are...
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    Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    Nurses educated in Canada are required to have didactic and clinical education in both maternity/women's health and pediatrics. They're part of the curriculum. Competency assessments are objective...
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    Any Tips For Assessment of Wiggly Kids?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Pediatric

    There are some things you can assess without touching her - assessing mental status, respiratory rate and rhythm, work of breathing, colour, and so on. So do what you can before you need to do any...
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    ADN Needs To Move To Rural Nova Scotia. What Is The Process

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RegNurse1987's topic in Canada

    It's possible that you might not have to write the exam, depending on how long ago you wrote the NCLEX. But it's probable that your education won't be accepted at par to be classed as an RN. Your...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, what was I watching the other day where I saw a real clanger? Oh yeah... there was a kid being treated for respiratory distress on NCIS: New Orleans. He was maybe about 10. He was sitting up...