NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist

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    No job market in canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lornamorna's topic in Canada

    I'll give you an example. A friend of mine moved from Alberta to Ontario 2 years ago... before the serious slump in the Canadian economy really got rolling. She is qualified as a pediatric NP and has...
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    RN international experience not recognized in Alberta??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to albertanurse1's topic in Canada

    Something that just occurred to me that the OP should be aware of is how Alberta employers count experience. If at any time a person works less than full time - fewer than 37.5 hours a week averaged...
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    The Greatest Gift

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this week, the premiere showing of a 90 minute documentary called Memento Mori took place at a small theater in Edmonton, Alberta. What made this documentary special was that it explored the...
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    The Greatest Gift

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

    DCD in pediatrics (which is what I'm most familiar with) isn't well-accepted here yet, for a lot of reasons. Because children have unpredictable trajectories following a cardiac arrest, with many...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    Technically, the OSCE isn't a pass-fail type of examination. It's intended as an assessment of your knowledge base, skills and nursing practice. The assessors want to see how you process the...
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    The Greatest Gift

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

    Trauma, we're a mutual admiration
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    The Greatest Gift

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

    I have no words to adequately describe the way it feels to be involved in the process. It's humbling, intellectually stimulating, incredibly challenging and emotionally both elating and draining. And...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I watched Code Black last night with a much-more-critical-than-usual eye after reading this entire thread yesterday. A few things really stood out to my more-acutely-tuned BS meter, but mostly they...
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    how IEN find a job?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Chocholate's topic in Canada

    What you said in your post was that you were being discriminated against because you were not born in Canada. Reread the last two sentences of my
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    How To Get Away with Murder had a really fine one in the season finale. Laurel had been hauled out of Annaliese's house with smoke inhalation and was brought in comatose and intubated. She starts...
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    Using Equipment with no Training?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NeuroRNny's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We got new defibrillators on our unit about 9 months ago. They're quite different from our old ones and there's a lengthy Powerpoint that's part of the education for use. The manufacturer states...
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    how IEN find a job?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Chocholate's topic in Canada

    There is actually a legal requirement for them to do just that. University educations are heavily subsidized by taxpayers and health care itself is largely paid for with tax dollars - paid for by...
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    What We Don't Measure

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Teresag_CNS's topic in General Nursing

    Although we don't have HCAHPS in Canada, we're not exempt from the notion that customer satisfaction is highly important. My patients for the most part are too young to understand if the care I...
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    Obtaining your LPN out of province?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Jallerina's topic in Canada

    I agree with silverdragon102. But I'd like to add the bit about how much more expensive the Norquest option would be. You'd get a great education, for sure, but think about having to fly to Alberta...
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    NP Programs In Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to itslindahuynh's topic in Canada

    Most of them attended U of
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    NP Programs In Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to itslindahuynh's topic in Canada

    I know several nurses from Alberta who became pediatric NPs IN Alberta, so I'm not sure why you think you'd have to leave the province. Three of them are pediatric cardiology NPs, one is with the...
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    RN international experience not recognized in Alberta??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to albertanurse1's topic in Canada

    UNA doesn't "take over" organizations. They've been given employee permission to REPRESENT them through the union certification process outlined in labour law. If you don't work for AHS, why are you...
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    Australia/ NZ

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Ruthnz's topic in International Nursing

    There are literally dozens of threads on the site that cover this in great depth. Have you read any of
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    Is just knowing what the meds are for really enough?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Summers3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The bolded text applies to electronic MARs but not to handwritten paper MARs. Until a few months ago, our unit used only hand-transcribed MARs, and admin times were determined by the RN assigned to...
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    Requirements for reinstating from non-practising class (Ontario)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LolaRN09's topic in Canada

    This is all just one more confirmation of my decision never to live in Ontario
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    Requirements for reinstating from non-practising class (Ontario)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LolaRN09's topic in Canada

    Might it not be easier (and maybe a little cheaper) to register in one of the other provinces that look at nursing practice hours over 5 years rather than 3, then reapply to CNO? I don't know if...
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    CNS in PICU/NICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MGMR's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It might not be a good idea to spread your ECMO capacity into the NICU unless the neonatal cardiac surgical patients go back there from the OR. It takes a minimum number of runs a year to maintain...
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    CNS in PICU/NICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MGMR's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    My experience with CNS activity on our unit (combined PCICU/PICU) has been that they did very little hands-on patient care... as in none. I've never seen one take an assignment once they've been...
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    High School student wondering about the nursing profession.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to devsheeran's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Oh I'm NOT disagreeing with you. I'm just relating my own observations. The lack of core critical care education our new hires bring with them, which isn't remedied by the didactic portion of their...
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    High School student wondering about the nursing profession.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to devsheeran's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    The NICU and PICU at the hospital where I work hire new grads right out of school. There is no requirement on either unit to have any additional training other than what is provided with orientation....