NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    RN-BSN online Programs in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RN in USA's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Yes, our Colleges are required by law, the Health Professions Act, to approve all educational programs, which include clinical placements. The accreditation process for these programs is quite...
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    New grad PICU nurse - learning tools?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to KimCaliRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hi and welcome! I think it's awesome that my 10,000th allnurses post should be in this forum, the area of nursing I've spent more than 20 years at. Your question isn't that easy to answer though....
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    Social work

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Goodman2's topic in Canada

    There are no nursing diplomas in Canada any more. You would either be taking a practical nurse program or a nursing
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    Holding babies for lumbar punctures

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to charlimoon's topic in Pediatric

    What OldDude, RN said. It's an uncomfortable and unnatural position for both the child and the person holding them. I've had sore shoulders after more than one LP over the years. My technique has...
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    How do you administer your chemo?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    I remember that day like it was yesterday. Actually, I have quite a few freeze-frame moments that are crystal-clear in my memory. There's still so much we don't know about the different histiocytoses...
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    How do you administer your chemo?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    Yes, my CA means Canada, not California. My son was diagnosed with disseminated LCH (known as Letterer-Siwe disease in those days) in 1985 at the age of 26 months. The prognosis we were given at...
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    No experience as RN

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Aurora2018's topic in Canada

    Every province has a minimum number of experience hours required for registration. Only brand-new graduates are exempted from that requirement. When you think about the over-arching mandate of the...
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    All about AHS & Covenant

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

    That isn't quite accurate. The only UNA local that provides education funding is the University of Alberta/Stollery. The money comes from Employment Insurance overpayment refunds and the amount has...
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    All about AHS & Covenant

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

    It's really hard to make sense of it all. Eleven years ago, Alberta's health regions were hiring nurses from all over the world. Oil and gas were selling at good prices and the economy was humming....
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    All about AHS & Covenant

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

    AHS has to post RN vacancies as per the collective agreement they have with the United Nurses of Alberta. But posting them and filling them are two different things. They continue to experiment with...
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    Acute or Primary Care NP for Specialty Practices

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to adventure_rn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm not sure this is a PICU-related topic, but I'll answer it as it is where I am. The PNPs I know are all acute care NPs in various specialties; we have one in neurosurgery, one in the pediatric...
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    How can I be a nurse for older people, but I do not have a degree in nursing

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Chikky's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    To be a registered nurse requires a 4 year university degree in nursing science. To be a licensed practical nurse requires a 2 year college diploma. To be a health care aide requires a multi-week...
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    Travel nursing from USA to Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ldejohn's topic in Canada

    Travel nursing (in the way you mean it) isn't really a thing in Canada. Health care in Canada is federally funded, provincially regulated and almost totally unionized. Temporary positions exist but...
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    When to delegate to CNAs?

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

    I don't think that's what they teach in nursing school these
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    about be a canada nurse.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Hazel Han's topic in Canada

    Please don't make it sound like English proficiency is a negligible issue. There's a very good reason why IELTS scores are only valid for 2 years. If you don't use a second language all the time,...
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    Doctors handwriting

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bluestar776's topic in Canada

    It's definitely a significant problem. And some physicians will try to rip you to shreds when you ask them to clarify. So start growing that thick skin now. Until every aspect of our world goes...
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    Columbia College Calgary, Alberta. Give your reviews please.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tenkun yyc's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Holy moly, that's an expensive program! Nearly $73,000? Whoa!! Their website claims 100% pass rate for the CPNRE and 85% employment rate. But
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    New pediatric nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nurseontheway's topic in Pediatric

    Welcome to pediatrics! You might want to brush up on your pop culture: cartoons, ABC Spark shows and Nickelodeon shows and listen to some music recorded for the adolescent market. Because you're going...
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    As a new nurse, how was your first experience with trach patients?

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

    Nope. Not me. I've worked with dozens of trached patients and I concur with everything you've said, right down to the "sterile saline loosens plugs" part. I could, however, expand on the pedi trach...
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    Pediatric Pearls of Wisdom

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to thatpedsnurse's topic in Pediatric

    As a peds nurse who was the mom of a medically-complex child first, I can't possibly "like" pedi_nurse, ADN, RN's response more. In the first 3 years after my son's diagnosis I learned more about his...
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    evidence of nursing practice

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mahsandy's topic in Canada

    Did you contact CNO and ask them? They're more likely to have accurate and up-to-date information for you. I believe that if you have passed the IENCAP exam and have been given authorization to write...
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    How do you administer your chemo?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    Do kids have 24-hour infusions of cytotoxics? Yes, they do. Not all the cytotoxic infusions we run are "chemo" in the cancer-treatment category though. We run things like ATGAM, cyclosporine,...
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    How do you administer your chemo?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    Our children's hospital eliminated all burettes a little more than a year ago. Depending on the volume, our cytotoxic drugs come from pharmacy in either a syringe with special tamper-proof connectors...
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    Peds Med calculations during a code

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Guest1059175's topic in Pediatric

    I really like the WETFLAG mnemonic, Freya008. On the three units I've worked, two had manually calculated emergency drug sheets for each patient. When the admistting weight was known, the admitting...
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    AZ LPN looking into move to Vancouver

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to cjaye's topic in Canada

    Actually, the immigration part of this is important, because LPN isn't on the NAFTA professionals list. That will have an impact on the job market for you, even if it doesn't impede your registration....