NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Paramedic to Nursing School Transition?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to IdentityCC's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I know several former paramedics who are now very competent and respected registered nurses. As the PP mentioned, there is a different mindset you'll have to employ as a nurse; paramedic training is...
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    The Patient's "Guests"

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    I can usually tell what's going on before I enter the unit just by how many people are in the waiting room. Patients who come from some of our smaller, rural communities will usually have the entire...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    There have been some valuable suggestions made. You will either have to work as a nurse in a jurisdiction where you are already registered (ie India) long enough to meet the safe practice...
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    Patient Conscious During CPR

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Our PICU has stools strategically placed around the unit for people to stand on during CPR. (We also use them to reach our monitors, which are hung in the absolutely worst possible position over the...
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I stand corrected. My
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    NurseFifty made a statement that access to health care is tied to a Social Security number, but Canada doesn't have those, we have Social Insurance numbers; And it's not true that access to health...
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    The Agony of Ecstasy in PICU and Other Tales... a Play in 3 Acts - NTI 2016 Session

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Ketamine is very popular with the physicians I work with for many reasons. It has rapid onset of effect, it causes no respiratory depression or hypotension, has no proarrhythmic effects and has a...
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    The Agony of Ecstasy in PICU and Other Tales... a Play in 3 Acts - NTI 2016 Session

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It used to be that children admitted to the PICU following a drug ingestion had gotten into Grandma's purse, or climbed up on the bathroom sink, or maybe tasted something from under the kitchen sink....
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    The Agony of Ecstasy, Act 2 - NTI 2016 Session

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As long as you properly credit this to allnurses.com and to me you may share
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    The Agony of Ecstasy, Act 2 - NTI 2016 Session

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yes, please
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    Failed Nclex Twice, need advice.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to agnostic10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pearson Vue is the company that provides the software or the exam. They also have some learning and reviewing resources that have been very helpful to others in improving their scores. I think you...
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    osce

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to seenachitresh's topic in Nurse Registration

    Evidence of safe practice must be within the preceeding 3 years. Evidence of
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    NNAS query

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to dragon17's topic in Nurse Registration

    The NNAS website is rather clearly organized and has an extensive FAQ section. Writing the NCLEX in the US won't save you any money on your application to NNAS. It also won't necessarily speed up the...
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    PALS

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nerdynurse22's topic in Pediatric

    PALS actually doesn't require that much ECG recognition. The algorithms are pretty simple. Is it fast, or slow? Is there a pulse? Is it shockable? That's as deep as it's going to go. There's a little...
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    The Agony of Ecstasy in PICU and Other Tales... a Play in 3 Acts - NTI 2016 Session

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We use ketamine a lot on my unit for various procedural sedation situations, including rapid sequence intubations and especially for burn dressing changes. It's a very effective drug with a short...
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you sirI. I wish you were here too. It's been too long since I saw your
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm at NTI again, this is number 9 for me. tnbutterfly, traumaRus and Nurse Beth already know me and I look forward to seeing their smiling faces. I know I'll have a great time; when it's time...
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    Acute care in mental health B.C

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PsychiatricMurse's topic in Canada

    Metro areas in BC are pretty attractive to people from everywhere and they're nowhere near the Rockies. Vancouver is very close to the Coastal Mountains. The rural areas aren't so popular, often...
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    Acute care in mental health B.C

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PsychiatricMurse's topic in Canada

    Generally speaking, Canada's mental health system is desperately under-resourced. Governments can always find money for organ transplants and micro-preemies but "crazy" people (my sibling is one,...
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    Thompson Rivers University Sept 2016 Intake

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jasmine.dhesi345's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    TRU - Thompson Rivers University - is in Kamloops. Kamloops isn't in the Okanagan. The closest Okanagan community is Vernon, 117 km
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    New US RN moving to B.C., Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Maicandothis's topic in Canada

    First question. Do you have a BScN? That's the minimum education for entry to practice for registered nurses in Canada. Second question. Did you think to look into all of this before you moved? It's...
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    College of Nurses of Ontario

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Norstar's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, this thread has died a natural death 6 years ago. Much has changed... Sue them for what? Protecting the public by requiring those they register as nurses to be educated, competent, safe and able...
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    ielts requirement for different province in canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tumdoll's topic in International Nursing

    Manitoba has currently filled its quota for skilled workers such as nurses although they will still accept applications for the future. You should make yourself aware of the provincial nominee program...
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    ielts requirement for different province in canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tumdoll's topic in International Nursing

    Nursing requires the ACADEMIC IELTS with an overall score of 7. Language Proficiency Test Scores — NNAS /
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    PICU or Pediatric Oncology

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to cwazycupcakes's topic in Pediatric

    Teamwork is essential in both disciplines. I think it's a little less visible in oncology; the physicians round and write orders and then sort of fade away. Social work, child life and chaplaincy tend...