NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    17yr old has questions NOT WASTING YOUR TIME

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Wannabenurse22's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Try using "PICU nursing" or "pediatric ICU nursing" as your search terms. Your lifestyle as a PICU nurse won't be all that different from any other nurse. We all work a variety of shifts, we all...
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    Thinking about become a (male) Nurse, parents disapprove

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ApnaPunjab's topic in Canada

    Um. I have not commented on this thread. Not sure why my name should come
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    Bereavement Chair Advice/ Help Nurse Cope with loss

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lynee's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You totally get it... Sometimes being human means doing something you never, ever, thought you'd ever have the wherewithal to do. I feel it's absolutely vital that we support each other at these times...
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    Bereavement Chair Advice/ Help Nurse Cope with loss

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lynee's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The night that I gave a baby that I knew was already gone fentanyl because his pacemaker was still pacing (we're not allowed to do anything with them other than verify settings - our doc being at a...
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    Macleans: Health care workers may be immune to unemployment

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to knina's topic in Canada

    The article didn't actually say registered/licensed practical nurses were recession-proof. "Health care workers" covers a LOT of ancillary positions that ARE being created and filled. Just look at all...
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    Bereavement Chair Advice/ Help Nurse Cope with loss

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lynee's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You would be surprised at what you're capable of when circumstances demand. With experience and longevity comes a sense of "how can I NOT?" that you aren't conscious of until after it's over. You do...
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    Long term effects of working night shifts

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yadirosa's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The ability to maintain a regular routine of sleeping and being awake is so important on so many levels. People who work permanent days or permanent nights who have a routine are much healthier...
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    So you want to move to Alberta for a job

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    I'm intimately acquainted with that angle, Fiona, only our new hires aren't casual... they're in regular full time lines and are already looking for the days-only, no weekends or holidays,...
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    So you want to move to Alberta for a job

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    There's so much missing from that Global story. I just looked at the AHS careers board and could find only 5 postings specifically for new RN grads... 1 regular full time, 2 temporary part time (0.52...
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    CARNA let me choose SEC or the full bridging program. What should I do?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yurieh19's topic in Nurse Registration

    The thing is, the profession of nursing is constantly changing. It's like sticking your hand in a stream again and again... it's never the same stream. And you haven't practised in several years. If...
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    CARNA let me choose SEC or the full bridging program. What should I do?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yurieh19's topic in Nurse Registration

    If you've been here for 3 years and haven't worked as a nurse in at least that long - never in Canada - the SEC may simply end up with you having to take the bridging program. Have you already applied...
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    Nursing Fear

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MN-MN's topic in Pediatric

    Your fear is about as common as grains of sand in the desert. I don't think there's a nurse alive who wasn't terrified of the day of their first patient death. There really is no way to plan for it or...
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    I'll be completely honest with you...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sarahdanielle14's topic in Pediatric

    Eleven years of peds cardiac has me climbing the walls! I'm really hoping I can switch to peds medical-surgical ICU
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    Health Superboards: do they work?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    Well. That's long on rhetoric and short on details. It's true that by amalgamating the regions into one super-board there are significant workplace issues created. Having a single employer across the...
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    Health Superboards: do they work?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    Can you expand on your union's concerns? Are they using the Alberta Experiment (now heading into its 6th year) as an example of what NOT to
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    Sometimes it hits you...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I had one of those moments recently. I admitted an infant from an outlying hospital who had been seen in the ED for decreased urine output. Further history revealed a several day history of being...
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    Are we tyrants?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was just about to suggest that Bortaz edit the title of this thread to something a little less... erm... incendiary, but elvish beat me to it. I like ​her reference to the five rights too. Those...
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    Health Superboards: do they work?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    In theory, the notion of economy of scale is quite promising. But the application of it has to be done properly and that wasn't what happened in Alberta. When AHS was created, the boards from the 9...
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    Bereavement Chair Advice/ Help Nurse Cope with loss

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lynee's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That's so far from what happens on our unit that you can't even see it from here. One night I had an infant 29 days old die in my arms. I'd been one of his primary nurses so it wasn't even a question...
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    Journals and confrences for picu rns

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to AMR21's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    wOOt!! That's awesome... can't wait to see what
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    Wrong Breast Milk

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to SummerLei's topic in Pediatric

    That's exactly what we do here too. There have been a handful of incidents of feeding the wrong EBM to infants here with no adverse outcomes other than the frustration and anxiety associated with all...
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    Home Vent Training for Parents

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We're pretty lucky in that we have a trach-vent stepdown unit; kids have to have been successfully transitioned to a home vent such and the LTV before they can go upstairs. Virtually all the teaching...
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    Reviews for Travelnurse.ca?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to rhodonite's topic in Canada

    There's a very good reason why you won't find much about travel nursing in Canada. That's because it doesn't exist in the same way that it does south of the border. Canadian nursing registration costs...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    It's very unlikely there will be prep courses for OSCE. The assessment relates to how the candidate uses the nursing process to plan, execute and evaluate care, as well as how the candidate will...
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    Benefits of taking PSW program instead of Pre health program

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Missfuturern1690's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Okay ladies. This thread has gotten way too heated over something that's purely a matter of opinion. If you can't play nice, I'll have to cover the sandbox for a few