NotReady4PrimeTime RN

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    Question- Fall 2017 (Canadian nursing school)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ktrop03's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You've said you don't want to explain why you took a year off. Or perhaps you were referring to the school not wanting to give you a reason for listing you as a voluntary withdrawal. It's not very...
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    Question- Fall 2017 (Canadian nursing school)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ktrop03's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Any sort of gap like this will have to be explained regardless of where you apply. Seats in nursing programs are in very high demand and faculties have an obligation to ensure these seats are filled...
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    Studying in canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jhoymandario's topic in Nurse Registration

    NNAS is the first step. They're the ones who will tell you if your education +/- your experience will be acceptable for registration in Canada. They're the ones who will tell you what your options are...
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    CPNRE!!! HELP!!!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to SdntLis's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    The passing score is based on the difficulty of the exam. The easier the questions in the exam the higher the pass. From http://www.cprne.ca The pass mark is set in reference to the content and the...
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    Studying in canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jhoymandario's topic in Nurse Registration

    What are you going to study? Are you planning to advance your education in Canada by doing a Master's degree, or are you planning to emigrate to Canada and work as a nurse
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    Patient Assignments

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

    It might surprise you to know that the charge nurse had a much more difficult assignment than you did. It might also surprise you to know that on many units the charge nurse is not responsible for a...
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    I can't find a JOB!! I'm so discouraged

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NurseNextDoor's topic in Canada

    The way I see it the only thing you've failed at is being psychic. When you started school 6 years ago, there were jobs. Lots of jobs... but it was the beginning of the slump. Nobody saw it coming,...
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    Stopped a heparin drip too early, feeling awful

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

    Heparin's anticoagulant effect lasts about 4 hours after it's stopped. If you restarted it as soon as you discovered your error, it should be fine. This is definitely NOT something to beat yourself up...
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    BCIT January 2017

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Kayyyy's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Self-regulation in this sense has NOTHING to do with personal behaviours. Nursing is considered to be a self-regulated profession, like physicians, dentists, engineers, teachers, physiotherapists,...
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    Question about moving to Canada for Nursing

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Mikeya's topic in Canada

    You can't have read any of the threads about nursing unions or single payer health care. Two threads, numerous examples:...
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    Any nurses that moved from Newborn Nursery to Peds?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nursejessica16's topic in Pediatric

    I started my career in an intermediate care nursery. I graduated at a time when acute care jobs - well, actually ANY jobs - were very scarce, so this was my foot in the door. I stayed with it a little...
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    Living in Quebec with an Ontario RPN licence

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LilianGrace's topic in Canada

    As far as I'm aware, as long as you have a permit to practice it doesn't matter where you live. I know several people who live in Windsor who work in Detroit and more than a few nurses who live in...
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    Calgary Job Situation

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to annie42's topic in Canada

    To be honest, the only volunteers I ever see at my hospital are the pet therapy dog handler and the guy who delivers newspapers to the unit. I'm on the floor all the time, while my manager is either...
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    When someone asks your salary... how to answer?

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

    In Canada it's common knowledge. Our pay scales are readily viewable on the various nursing unions' websites. Most nursing positions here are union, with the exception of parts of Ontario, so hourly...
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    NNAS- Canadian citizens with US education/licensure

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nicu_gal's topic in Canada

    Are you aware that this process of assessment has only been in place less than a year? I would guess (and I could be way out in left field here) that there aren't all that many Canadian citizens who...
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    Is this all my fault??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to excessively_diverted's topic in Pediatric

    Yes, a HR of 150 in a 15 year old should set off alarm bells all over the place, both literally and figuratively. Given the patient's history of Crohn's - likely on some form of immunosupressant...
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    Advice for a new peds nurse? :)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to stmnurse01's topic in Pediatric

    Jen2010, BSN, RN, you're very lucky to have child life readily available to you. A lot of peds nurses don't have that advantage. We've actually been told NOT to call them for anything to do with...
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    RN with BSN interested in working (and possibly immigrating) in BC

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jucicool's topic in Canada

    I don't think your status as an IEN would be beneficial for him. Not for immigration purposes nor for employment purposes. Nor would it necessarily be a detriment. You both will be individually...
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    RN with BSN interested in working (and possibly immigrating) in BC

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jucicool's topic in Canada

    Will you be the only income earner? With provision of a proper letter of portability (documenting your years of experience) you will be placed on the pay scale at a level commensurate with your...
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    When children die

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    That's exactly the kind of perspective you'll need as a pediatric nurse. That and the perspective that parents are team-members too and can be incredible resources... but might not be completely...
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    Blood Transfusions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to marymak34's topic in Pediatric

    Our blood bank labels have the actual volume on them. The print is kinda small, but it's there. Not knowing where you work, I have no way of knowing if yours are the same. You could weigh the unit and...
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    Future Peds Nurse (from US) wanting to move to BC?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lovecanada19's topic in Canada

    There are peds beds outside of Vancouver. Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops and Kelowna General Hospital have some - they provide surgery and oncology services and have a peds asthma clinic. They both...
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    Degree recognized in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bobacia's topic in Canada

    Registrations (or permits to practice, which is more correct) actually do transfer between provinces relatively easily, as long as the necessary documentation is supplied in a timely manner and all...
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    Looking to move from the UK TO Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to asht's topic in Canada

    You'd still have to go through a similar assessment in the US before you could work there. This is something you REALLY have to want, because it's getting harder and harder all the time. Vancouver is...
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    How often are your line changes?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to rnkaytee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When we made the move to standard concentrations (which aren't actually standard anything, but that's a rant for another thread), we also were given new direction for line changes. The tubing itself...