NotReady4PrimeTime RN

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    NIGHT SHIFT

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jar312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I use a brand that sells at Walmart and Target under the Truly brand. They're very soft, highly compressible and shape to the contours of your ear canal. They also are very effective at blocking...
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    RN collect blood samples in canada?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mickey613's topic in Canada

    Yes nurses in Canada give IV medications and draw blood samples. We are taught how to do both in nursing
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    NIGHT SHIFT

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jar312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A number of studies have shown that apples increase alertness even better than coffee. I stop drinking caffeinated beverages after 2 am (don't need the sleep disruption caffeine brings with it) and...
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    Overwhelming days... Remember why you became a nurse

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

    I would guess that your patient was having a far worse day than you were. Put yourself in her shoes for just a second. The total loss of dignity she experienced can't possibly be the lesser of two...
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    First job... NIGHT SHIFT....

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jar312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Up at the top right of your screen, above your account box and just below the yellow header is a keyword search box. Type "night shift survival" into that and then click SEARCH. You'll have a VERY...
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    Pay for parking?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Paws2people's topic in General Nursing

    We pay by the hour, about 55¢ an hour for every hour we are paid... including vacation and sick time. I paid $671 last year; I worked a 60% FTE but was off sick for a total of 9 weeks. When they...
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    Too much stuff behind ID badge!!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NurseEric81's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our management keeps adding more and more useless junk to our lanyards too. The latest was a cheat sheet for our new standard drug concentrations - which are anything but standard, which is why we...
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    Edmonton Remand Centre

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NWT.NURSE's topic in Canada

    You've both misunderstood the PM qualification. Any member who has verified their email address can RECEIVE PMs. They just can't SEND them. So Fiona59, you could send NWT.NURSE a PM and s/he could ask...
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    Is it necessary to be a LPN before applying to nursing school?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to planetoi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Another thing to add to your confusion, OP... RPN stands for Registered Practical Nurse in Ontario only. In the rest of the country practical nurses are Licensed Practical Nurses. In the western...
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    Advice for a new peds nurse?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sassandscrubs's topic in Pediatric

    My variation on that is "Never turn your back on a child. You know that IV in their hand? Well, it's in their mouth
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    crne critical thinking questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pdemmy77's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I sure hope these questions are not coming from a copyrighted
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    crne critical thinking questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pdemmy77's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Elevating the head of the bed allows gravity to assist in lung expansion. Try this. Lie down flat on your bed and take the deepest breath you can. Take note of the effort required and how much you...
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    need nursing care plan for adult with cerebral palsy

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to margaretrivers's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello and welcome to allnurses.com. Please take this in the spirit intended... you might want to reconsider using your real name as your user name. At some point in the future your posts here could be...
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    Should I quit now in orientation?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lacnola's topic in Critical Care

    It sure sounds like a place I wouldn't want to work. New staff members need support and guidance while orienting to a new environment. There does come a point where people have to stand on their own...
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    Reciprocity of US RN and Canada RN in 2015

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meenaabraham's topic in Nurse Registration

    You're also basically comparing apples to bananas. IELTS is a measure of English language proficiency. NCLEX and CRNE measure nursing knowledge and critical thinking. As JustBeachyNurse said,...
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    Reciprocity of US RN and Canada RN in 2015

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meenaabraham's topic in Nurse Registration

    It seems you have the belief that having passed the US NCLEX makes you a US RN. It does not. You are still an RN from your country of origin and are still expected to meet the same criteria as before....
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    Can an Overseas Nurse come to Canada and work without CRNE?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to immfull123's topic in International Nursing

    If you don't mind me asking, why would you think it would be possible to work in Canada as a nurse without passing some sort of exam? Job prospects for IENs are quite poor these days. Nursing is not...
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    Question about registration- Help please

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to petras's topic in Canada

    joanna73 brings up a couple of good points... fraud and protecting the public. That's the major role of our regulatory bodies, to protect the public by verifying and validating the competence of those...
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    Question about registration- Help please

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to petras's topic in Canada

    Just to clarify... If CNO is the regulatory body under which you applied for and wrote the CRNE, then you must take out your initial registration with CNO before you can register in any other...
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    Question about registration- Help please

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to petras's topic in Canada

    Everywhere else in the country you have to first register in the province or territory where you were educated and then transfer your registration. I wouldn't think NWT/NU would be any different. From...
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    Hiring statistics needed for my divorce

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ShirleyMc's topic in Canada

    Have you thought about contacting AHS' human resources department and asking them to compile them for you? They'd probably say no, but I don't think you have anything to lose by having the...
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    What do YOU do with your old scrubs?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I have scrubs in my closet that I've been wearing for 15 years or more. They just seem not to wear out... and they still fit! I've bagged up some that were too big or the wrong colour and donated them...
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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We always seem to do things halfway. We've had EMRs in our ICUs for about 5 years, but all our orders, MARs, specialist consults, specialist progress notes, lab reports and diagnostic imaging reports...
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    Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This may seem like a rather odd set of questions, but bear with me. 1) Do you prepare your drug infusions or does pharmacy prepare them for you? If pharmacy prepares them for you, you may or may not...
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    CRNE oct1,2014

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Erican5588's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Please don't mistake this for being mean. I strongly recommend you withdraw from the October exam and instead take an English-as-a-second-language course to improve your English skills before you try...