NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    I want to quit 4 months in

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

    May I point out that although three 12s in a row are a bit easier to face, you're not always going to have those 4 days in a row off to recoup. Those pesky required weekends are the problem. You might...
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    I want to quit 4 months in

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

    I think a lot of people go into nursing without fully realizing what will be required of them once they're in the work force. They want to "help people" and see nursing as something that will meet...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Bet you didn't know you had such a following, did you Esme? You best be getting your stuff together to get yourself out of that ICU... bad thinks happen in those. So the sooner you're out of there...
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    I want to quit 4 months in

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

    I just want to throw out there that NOBODY has a perfect life. It doesn't matter what they do - or don't do - for a living, what hours they work or when they sleep. I've been a nurse for 20 years and...
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    New Grad trying to get into PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ashwa's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Good advice, Don1984, RN. But I don't recommend PALS for new grads. There's too much that they haven't experienced and integrating what they learn in PALS just doesn't happen. Why do you want to be a...
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    Oct 2014 CRNE Result COUNTDOWN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to angel005's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    If you're already camping out by the mailbox and crumbling when there's no CRNE results in it, you're going to have driven yourself absolutely crazy by the time the results actually arrive, in about 2...
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    I live in an area with A LOT of snow, and as a nurse, do I need an SUV?

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

    I live in a place where we get heavy snowfall from late October right into April. My driveway is 85 feet long and has a 15° slope upwards to the garage. The city I live in doesn't clear snow off...
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    Fluids with + KCl

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lorichka6's topic in Pediatric

    Most children have perfectly normal, healthy kidneys. As long as they have urine output, a little bit of KCl in their IV fluid isn't a big deal. A lot of our post-ops will come with orders to the...
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    Needing opinions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to manda.xo's topic in Canada

    Your now-merged threads aren't and weren't in the immigration part of the forum, but "immigration" was one of the keywords in the thread I replied to. I also see no "cheap shots" in any of the...
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    Needing opinions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to manda.xo's topic in Canada

    I'm quite sure you'll find that your student handbook will say something like, "Minimum passing grade 70% with no individual examination grade As an aside, what relationship does this post have to...
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    possible career change advice? leave nursing for rad tech/x-ray school?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ontarionurze's topic in Canada

    I find it quite puzzling that someone would go through all the trials and tribulations, to say nothing of the expense, of becoming a nurse then have no desire to have any patient contact. It's not...
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    Where is the line?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to toomuch25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a terrible situation for you. I strongly recommend that you NOT wait until Monday to seek help. Please go to the ER now, tonight. You need to be somewhere that you will be safe while you work...
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    rpn/rn renewal of membership questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ontarionurze's topic in Canada

    No. As long as you work at least some hours per year IN ONTARIO your license will be renewable. As joanna73 said, when you fill out your renewal each year there's a question about your hours worked as...
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    Pertussis

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kp1987's topic in Canada

    Well, it's definitely out there! I'd say it's sporadic; we see the occasional baby in our PICUs with it and the suspicion is always there for infants with a cough. There are outbreaks every couple of...
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    Adult ICU nurse transitioning to PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Keep in mind that children generally don't suffer cardiac arrest initially. They're much more likely to stop breathing and then some short while later their heart stops. Kids compensate a lot better...
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    Nursing student nursing culture question?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kathleen07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You could word it that way. You might also want to think about what conditions could result in a culture of team-work being lost. For example, what would happen if the shift supervisor retired? Would...
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    Need help with salary

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Nicolee.mb's topic in Canada

    Click on the circle next to the number you think is fair and then click on the VOTE
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    Nursing beyond the bedside-for new grads? Help!

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

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    Nursing student nursing culture question?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kathleen07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think that would be a great paper to write. Too many times only the negative is examined, so it's possible that yours would stand out from the crowd and perhaps offer your classmates something to...
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    CRNE ending, NCLEX beginning

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

    It's not as simple as that. You can't just show up at a testing centre and say "I'm here to write the NCLEX." Just the same as in Canada, you have to apply for registration in the state you plan to...
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    Timetable RPN at George Brown

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jennifer5290's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    It never would have occurred to me to expect my nursing school to flex their schedule around my family. I would have thought that notion to be completely absurd. My children were 9, 11 and 13 when I...
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    Oct 2014 CRNE Result COUNTDOWN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to angel005's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    You might find what you're looking for by reading through the last few pages of the threads here that relate to those exams. Or you might not, since most people are simply told pass or fail. Maybe do...
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    Did CNO honor the NCLEX passers?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bingzhang305's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    bingzhang204, the quoted information is from this and is about halfway down the
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    Oct 2014 CRNE Result COUNTDOWN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to angel005's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Passing scores range from 59% to 67%. (106 to 120) All of that information is in the
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    Failed crne 3 x

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to GymGirl8's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Let me see if I have this straight. Someone educated as a nurse in a Canadian institution of learning cannot pass the Canadian entry-to-practice exam (although much of what is taught today in nursing...