NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist

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    Ideas for gift to pediatric nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sufernan's topic in Pediatric

    This: http://www.aacn.org/dm/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=131103&prodtyp=product&subsystem=ORD It's filled with information for age/weight-based
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    2nd Entry Nursing Applications for Sept. 2013 - U of T, York, McMaster

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to cmkeenan's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

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    PICU Advice

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to asats's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Take the fellowship! All the learning you get from that will transfer very readily to PICU. You can pick up the peds pieces
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    CRNE assessment takes long time

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

    CNO has determined that you are eligible to be registered as a practical nurse based on the documentation ypu provided. They have not determined you're eligible to be an RN based on that same...
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    CNA Certification: Preparation Time While Working?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to joanna73's topic in Canada

    It's not twisted. There's a strong emphasis on clinical knowledge and only passing references to all that touchy-feely nobody-in-the-real-world-talks-like-that stuff . Few if any SATAs. CNA has...
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    UBC Nursing - September 2013

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to melodyinmocha's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I was rejected by four different schools, three of them two years in a row. It stings for
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    CNA Certification: Preparation Time While Working?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to joanna73's topic in Canada

    I just wrote the critical care pediatrics exam on Saturday. I work 0.7 FTE. I reviewed a couple of hours a day on my days off for a couple of weeks just before the exam. It wasn't nearly as bad as I...
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    CRNE assessment takes long time

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

    So you were given eligibility to write the CPNRE and become registered as a practical nurse TWO years ago, wrote the exam once in that time and failed it. What have you been doing in the meantime? It...
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    CRNE assessment takes long time

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

    Do you understand how the assessment is carried out? All of those documents that were requested as part of your application first of all must be received from the source. Then a reviewer examines them...
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    Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I suppose sildenafil could be the culprit, but it's actually mostly metabolized by the liver and largely excreted in feces. Severe renal dysfunction on its own wouldn't necessarily cause toxicity. Is...
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    CRNE assessment takes long time

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

    You didn't apply for the CRNE... You applied for registration, one of the requirements being successful completion of the CRNE. CNO cannot speed up your application. All requirements must be met...
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    AHS Hiring Freeze .

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to witness2012's topic in Canada

    I think the freeze may have to thaw... Our vacation planner was posted a few days ago and guess what? Out of more than 100 people only the top 5 were granted vacation. Yes, you read that correctly....
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    Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yes indeedy! Although there's a chance that with time on a Berlin he could recover enough function to come off. Seen it once with a kiddie who had chemotherapy-related cardiomyopathy and once in a...
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    For Pediatrics: What is Family-Centered care, who does it include, significance?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ranaejo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Family-centred care for pediatrics: This is a bit of a slippery topic. The family is viewed as a unit and the patient is viewed in the context of the family. Parents and older siblings know the...
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    Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    He sounds like a VAD candidate. We'd have either a Berlin or a Heart Ware in him by
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    Through The Eyes of The Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Great article, Karen. I'm printing it to leave in our break
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    Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Very odd... but he's obviously perfusing his
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    NICU to PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to BNE103's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You'll find that there are more similarities than differences. One notable difference (other than the size of our patients, of course!) at my hospital is in how we dose our patients with drugs. The...
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    AHS Hiring Freeze .

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to witness2012's topic in Canada

    I expect this to last for quite some time. All the tinkering around the edges that they're doing right now will take time, then they'll decide they need to chop some more and that'll take some time....
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    Pulmonary Artery Catheters - Yes or No?

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm reviewing for the Canadian Nurses Association certification exam in pediatric critical care. There's a lack of Canadian resources for this exam, and I had to miss the webinar that CNA provided for...
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    Pulmonary Artery Catheters - Yes or No?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thank you for your responses. The more I read about PA catheters, the more I'm convinced that there are safer ways of obtaining the same information. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure is basically left...
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    Short staffing/hiring freeze at AHS affecting morale?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    They're up to no good, that's for
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    Unpaid training (or: being a team player but not on our dime)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to flyingchange's topic in Canada

    You only get those three paid educational days IF "operational requirements" permit. I've had most of my more recent PD requests denied for that reason... they couldn't spare me. Or anybody else for...
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    Short staffing/hiring freeze at AHS affecting morale?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    The only units that are actually filling vacancies are in critical care and then only full-time positions. They're being allowed to fill vacancies because they have such high vacancy rates that...
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    Unpaid training (or: being a team player but not on our dime)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to flyingchange's topic in Canada

    CARNA does have an "education fund" but they're very stingy with the money. I applied for funding to attend an international conference a few years ago, one that had direct application to my job and...