NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    This all sounds too familiar. Rapid turnover, the replacement of experienced and highly-skilled nurses with newly graduated ones and the subsequent watering-down of expertise along with the burgeoning...
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    After interview, then what?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tiffy723's topic in Canada

    Back check is always after the interview. The employer isn't going to pay for an agency to pursue references if they're not interested in hiring
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    After interview, then what?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tiffy723's topic in Canada

    What dishes has described is not the same as a "back check". I've been contacted to provide a back check reference for someone and can tell you there are several questions on the form the screening...
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    RN Job Market in Ontario Sucks.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to cupquake's topic in Canada

    This article in the Belleville Intelligencer supports the title of this thread. Quinte Health Care has cut nine non-union jobs and is considering cutting “less than 30” unionized ones in an...
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    Long post from new orientee with questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No insult taken. I've been saying much the same for years. I came from a much smaller hospital in a much-less affluent area where the ICUs all had satellite pharmacies 24/7. Quite the culture
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    OSCE exam in Canada for CNO

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sehej's topic in Nurse Registration

    OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam) isn't a written exam, it's a simulation of how you would provide nursing care in a variety of patient situations. Basically, you're given a scenario and asked...
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    What are the options available after failing the Canadian RPN exam 3 times?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NQual's topic in Canada

    I doubt the OP is in Québec. The mention of the College of Nurses is a hint. I'd guess Ontario because it's the only province that has one College regulating both RNs and PNs. And you're quite...
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    September 2014 OIIQ Exam

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to susandylandavid's topic in Canada

    I'm not sure why you're surprised that the OIIQ exam would be poorly translated, or that you aren't getting a straight answer from them about the first language of the examiners. Québec is a law unto...
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    Mental health nursing in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RNcashy89's topic in Canada

    Most of the postings for mental health nursing positions will say "Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse" or will have something int he qualifications section of the posting in those...
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    Long post from new orientee with questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you'd be fine to simply tell your preceptor that you're still getting the hang of being a nurse and you really can't be sure you didn't touch the top of the vial when you flipped the cap off,...
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    Long post from new orientee with questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with NightCrow to a point. But I feel I should point out that the environment you describe for your clinicals and previous workplaces is actually quite a luxury. Many facilities cannot afford...
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    nclex utilize in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to oohlala88's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    What "states"? The OP is already in the US according to the first post. Canada doesn't have states, we have provinces. If that's what you meant, it's already been pointed out that passing the NCLEX...
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    Fluids with + KCl

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lorichka6's topic in Pediatric

    I'll pull our reference data for you when I get a
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    How to sleep for first night shift?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    After many years of working rotating 12 hour shifts and having to be up at 0640 on my weekdays off, I've learned that for me, it works best if I stay up a bit later than usual on the night before. I...
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    what did I get myself into

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to new and confused's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While this may sound like good advice, there are a lot of nursing workplaces where there is no such thing as straight days or straight nights. Mine is one of those. We have only a handful of people...
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    PICU transition- adult or neonatal 1st?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guest769224's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Now this is just my opinion... PICU is more like an adult ICU than it is NICU. Unless you're planning on working with cardiac surgical peds patients, most of whom are neonates. In a general NICU there...
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    Pediatric Emegency Room

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Pediatric

    Generally speaking ceftriaxone isn't prescribed for any of the garden-variety bugs. It's often given in the setting of sepsis as an initial antimicrobial while cultures are pending because of its...
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    Pediatric Emegency Room

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Pediatric

    Kudos to you for looking it up. I understand where your confusion comes from. The maximum dose of 2gm is for the largest peds patient. Some of those teenagers are pretty large... bigger than a lot of...
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    Former Alberta LPN moving back to Alberta.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MilesLPN's topic in Canada

    Nursing faculty members are relatively insulated from the real world. They're not employed by Alberta Health Services but by the college or university. Those involved in clinical practica may see some...
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    Informatics: What is it? What can I do with it?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Capella University's topic in General Students

    As the use of EHRs expand the need for nurses with informatics expertise will also rise. My unit has recently changed our EHR software and it's been a nightmare. It isn't really capturing the data we...
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    Nursing Agency

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to heartjam2's topic in Canada

    Agency nursing is horrible! I started out doing that too in the 90s. You won't get any kind of support at all, no orientation, no heads-up that the facility you're being sent to might only have 1 RN...
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    need some info

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to zelda40's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Here in Alberta, 10% of all registrants each year are audited - we're told at the time our renewal notice is sent out. Several of the nurses on my unit have been "randomly selected". CARNA requires...
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    Provided with a phone for shift?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a huge, urban teaching hospital. The only people with phones on my unit are the charge nurse, the transport nurse and the rapid response team nurse. We also don't have a unit secretary from...
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    USC Keck Versant New Graduate Perioperative Program Winter 2015

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

    It's a violation of the Terms of Service at allnurses.com to post links to Facebook and to personal or other
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    Former Alberta LPN moving back to Alberta.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MilesLPN's topic in Canada

    There is a hospital being built in Grande Prairie. The most recent progress report shows that it's just a big hole in the ground right now, with superstructure construction underway. For those of us...