NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    PALS

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Gina_Marie's topic in Pediatric

    I hear what you're saying, Gina. Learning the content is really important, and I truly don't believe that it's actually TAUGHT in the 2 day PALS course. It's reviewed. The afternoon of the second day...
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    Tattoos

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to niico's topic in Canada

    Generally speaking, visible tattoos aren't a barrier to health care employment. There may be some employers who won't hire someone with little visible un-inked skin but I think they would be in the...
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    Registration Verification from Saudi Council

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to EdOng's topic in Nurse Registration

    Just so you all know, every jurisdiction in Canada demands that verifications such as those for registration in good standing and education be provided directly from the regulatory body or faculty of...
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    Patient stable when I left

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yourbee4eva's topic in Pediatric

    Ruby's right. I've lost count of the number of codes we've run to at change of shift, and how many times we come out of the staff room at 0700 to find a crowd at one of the bedsides on the unit, the...
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    PALS

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Gina_Marie's topic in Pediatric

    Good question. I took it before I started my first PICU job (1997) and found it a little overwhelming. I didn't study nearly enough and was lucky to pass. A month might be a bit much, but when I took...
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    I violated the Prime Directive!!!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Pediatric

    Little girls will do the same, only the nurse doesn't get wet. I once had a little man who was on cytotoxics totally soak me from the waist to the knees. He was sitting on my lap in a rocking chair...
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    Registered Nurse Job Prospects Canada 2014

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Qing's topic in Canada

    It's not quite that simple. Nursing employment follows the boom and bust vagaries of the economy. When times are good, health region budgets get pumped up, new beds are open and there aren't enough...
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    SOS

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to KlaraMuzafarova's topic in Immigration Advice

    Your post is off-topic in the forum to which you've posted. I'll move it to a more suitable spot for
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    (IEN) I need help about the ENTRY-TO-PRACTICE COMPETENCIES...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jvre888's topic in Nurse Registration

    Please remember to use standard English in your posts, as advised by the notice immediately above the comment
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    Show Me the Money

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll echo the poster who said that people who go into nursing ONLY for the money are very soon disillusioned and don't stick around. Of course we should be paid a meaningful sum of money for the...
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    AFB smear and culture

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    No, the culture would be for the purpose of determining strain and sensitivity to antimicrobials. Based on your posting history, I'm wondering why the almost obsessive attention to gastric intubation....
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    diaper rash vs. burn and CPS case

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to typoagain's topic in Pediatric

    I've seen a lot of really bad diaper-area rashes in my day, but I don't remember ever seeing one that blistered the way you've described. Usually when the skin is open it's from maceration and not...
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    Interesting cases anyone?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Message received, Humbled_Nurse. Stay
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    PICU or NICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to SeattleRN6's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It can definitely be a bit intimidating to start in NICU/PICU with no critical care experience, but don't discount your OR/procedures experience. That's a big part of what we do in PICU - assisting...
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    ACLS and BLS taken in USA - are they accepted in Canada??

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bonsai_25's topic in International Nursing

    Well, since you're actually going to Québec and they have basically ALL of their own rules, you'd do best to consult your future employer about the transferability of
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    Trouble understanding PPHN...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LucyRn4's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, I very much doubt it. Most of the drugs we use aren't! Milrinone is almost a given for every cardiac kid we have, but when you look it up the section on use in pediatrics says, "Safety and...
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    Best working conditions for English speaking nurses in Montreal?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to blue-sky's topic in Canada

    Did you not see this immediately above the comment box? Per our Terms of Service please post in English only; no text/chat
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    Trouble understanding PPHN...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LucyRn4's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Steve, you missed ambrisentan... Some of our very refractory kids are on that. And we've used IV sildenafil a couple of
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    Help To Get Right Thing

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pavelpreis's topic in Canada

    Omni College is similar to the Bridge program provided by Mount Royal University in Alberta and a number of other bridges across the country. Omni is accredited by the BC Ministry of Education and is...
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    Pediatric Nursing

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Mostlovely's topic in Pediatric

    Definitely. It doesn't happen often but there are times when it's just better to ask them to leave. Usually I can get away with just asking them to move out of the way and they do. I like to say, "I...
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    Is there still a demand for nurses in Canada?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to fingers_crossed's topic in Canada

    We've been orienting RNs 8-10 at a time, every other month for the last two years. We've basically turned over 3/4 of our staff of 118. There are people working independently (off orientation) who...
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    I'm not actually from Québec (born in eastern Ontario) and I don't live there any more, but I did spend a good portion of my life there. As an anglophone Canadian, I found that I was treated quite...
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    Did you miss the warning that's right above the comment box that says: Per our Terms of Service please post in English only; no text/chat speak. You have to be aware that Canada is making very...
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    Crne february 5, 2014 takers

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

    All of this information has been provided for every single sitting of the exam for the past ten years. It isn't going to change until the new exam is in use, and then it will be a moot
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    Securing ET's

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to birdieshot's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our VAP protocol very deliberately avoids mention of tube route. We're all about the 45° HOB elevation and the "tubing draining away from the patient", as one of our intensivists reiterates at the...