NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    When to use 02 on a newborn

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ro1992's topic in Pediatric

    The screening is usually only done on "normal, healthy" newborns who are being discharged home so it's no surprise you haven't heard about it before. I wish there was some sort of universal screening...
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    can RPN work as PSW??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jrcbtst's topic in Canada

    We're aware that this is all new to you. This is one of those situations that arises every time provincial health care budgets are cut and facilities stop filling their vacancies to save money. When I...
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    When to use 02 on a newborn

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ro1992's topic in Pediatric

    CCHD is the acronym for critical congenital heart defect. Neonates are being discharged home earlier and earlier, resulting in a rise in the number of newborns rapidly decompensating at home. Some of...
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    Trusting my judgment...

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

    I was exactly the same way when I first started out. I was working with premature babies and there were many times that I'd hear in report that there was no murmur. (Prems are at high risk for patent...
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    can RPN work as PSW??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jrcbtst's topic in Canada

    So now you've heard the same thing 3 times from 3 different people. Agencies make a lot of 'promises' to get the unsuspecting to go along with them and then when the time comes, they'll tell you...
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    Do I need a Pediatric Stethocope?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hopeless romantic's topic in Pediatric

    In our PICU/PCICU we're supposed to use the supplied cheaper-than-borscht basic adult stethoscopes the hospital provides. I find that I can pick out murmurs quite well with them, but figuring out...
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    can RPN work as PSW??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jrcbtst's topic in Canada

    Don't do it. It won't count as experience when you're applying for PN positions, and it could be one of those situations where you're taken advantage of because you're not "from here". By that I mean...
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    Job Prospects in Toronto for New Grad RN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kate.l's topic in Canada

    Very few employers accept school clinicals as experience. They want experience that reflects actual work under one's own license and references that reflect a person's ability to perform to the level...
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    Pressure reduction for ECMO kids

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We use Gortex covered memory foam pads for our smaller kids. They're very similar to the Sizewise bassinet pad, but don't have the non-skid bottom cover. We can x-ray through them and usually do. We...
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    Job Prospects in Toronto for New Grad RN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kate.l's topic in Canada

    I'm not sure a new grad would be suitable for the type of job posted on a free-ad website by a recruitment agency. You are aware that linking to any site that could be considering self-promotion or...
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    Job Prospects in Toronto for New Grad RN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kate.l's topic in Canada

    Kijiji? REALLY?? Why would a responsible, licensed and reputable facility or agency post FREE ads as their recruitment strategy? Why would a health care professional look on a free advertising board...
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    Mosby

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

    Yes. The algorithm for an unresponsive person is call for help, assess pulse, assess breathing, perform CPR in the absence of a pulse and so on. If the patient is unresponsive but breathing with a...
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    Mosby

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

    Your first response when finding a patient cyanotic and unresponsive ALWAYS is to call for help. You can be assessing for breathing and a pulse while you wait for help to arrive. Applying O2 to...
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    When You Request I Switch Shifts with You

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our schedule comes out 12 weeks in advance and our rotation is 24 weeks long - impossible to memorize- with a wide variety of patterns. There is no such thing as working for someone else, it has to be...
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    got CRPNBC may I work in BC?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to qveronica's topic in Canada

    The British expat nurses would have had their immigration status sorted out and established before they could work. Period. It is possible to work here without having registration, as a graduate...
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    got CRPNBC may I work in BC?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to qveronica's topic in Canada

    You MUST have legal permission to work in Canada. Having professional registration is important but it's only a SMALL part of the package. If you don't have the legal right - via temporary work permit...
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    RN job with 'normal' hours?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to htanis's topic in Canada

    OR and PACU usually require a good portion of on-call, meaning that you may be able to go to a family gathering with your significant others, but you'll have to take your pager and two cars. You'll...
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    Are there work opportunities for LPN's in Canada?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Davidsch1's topic in Canada

    Yes it is. Alberta and BC are the two provinces that are the most well-off economically. Ontario is really struggling with a huge deficit and their health care system has seen cut after cut after cut....
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    Should i get my bscn?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to brittrose's topic in Canada

    Who was it that said, "There are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics"? (Mark Twain) If you're talking to nurses in the work force and they're telling you that the aging population is going...
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    Are there work opportunities for LPN's in Canada?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Davidsch1's topic in Canada

    Let me add to what Silverdragon102 says. My whole extended family lives in BC; Mom, Dad, brother and one sister live in Kamloops, second sister, brother-in-law and niece in Comox. My brother and...
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    New Grads Finding RN Jobs?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to htanis's topic in Canada

    I think your goals of working full time M-F 8-4 with weekends off and "rural - the more secluded the better" are mutually
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    Major med error wrong fluid! Need advice please :(

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

    We don't scan anything either, except we have to scan our IDs to be able to do ANYthing with our volumetric pumps and to do POC glucose monitoring. Meds -
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    I passed! How I studied for CRNE:

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to anastasia1987's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Not on here they won't! Those types of posts are not permitted by the Terms of Service of allnurses.com. What you do in private is one thing, posting solicitous posts or arranging a commercial...
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    Jobs in AB?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MissElizabeth's topic in Canada

    Somehow that wouldn't surprise me at all. Pretty much everything AHS does is Calgary-based and Calgary-first. Payroll, EHR software development, email servers... it's all down there. And I thought...
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    Australian Nurse moving to Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tamaralee88's topic in Canada

    I've worked with several nurses from both Australia and New Zealand. Generally speaking they've had some issues with insufficient didactic and clinical education in pediatrics, obstetrics and mental...