NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Do you provide palliative-type care to children awaiting transplant?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    umcRN, it seems as though there are very few absolute contraindications for transplantation here. Active sepsis only means shifting the candidate to Status 0, meaning that they're still on the list...
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    Do you provide palliative-type care to children awaiting transplant?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Interesting that you should ask that, netglow. Some of the most wrenching and soul-destroying situations I've ever witnessed have involved transplant recipients - or candidates, to a lesser degree....
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    Graduating Nurse from Ontario Moving to Calgary

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to blissity's topic in Canada

    Actually, they can't. There's only a 28 day notice period for people who resign from AHS. Just had a spotlight on that from UNA. There is no specific time frame for
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    Graduating Nurse from Ontario Moving to Calgary

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to blissity's topic in Canada

    Funny thing about that. Take a look at the closing dates for the postings. They're usually only a week or two before the desired start dates. It's impossible. I applied on a posting that closed...
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    CNO Jurisprudence Exam

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to steven007's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Dealing with the colleges of nursing will always be frustrating. It seems that the people who have positions of authority there don't live in the real world - they have NO clue what the role of...
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    CNO Jurisprudence Exam

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to steven007's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    That would be a relatively recent change. Because I live in the land of milk and money I've precepted a number of new grads from other provinces who were all required to register where they trained....
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    CNO Jurisprudence Exam

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to steven007's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    That's not news. All the Colleges require Canadian applicants to have registered in the province where they were educated. You can write the CRNE anywhere in the country with permission from both the...
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    Full Time Work Nursing Positions - Fact or Fiction -2013?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to teehee's topic in Canada

    At our staff meeting yesterday we were told that we have 23 vacancies on our unit, soon to be 25 if the two people waiting to hear the outcome of their interviews are successful. (And we have 6 on...
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    Ontario RN working in Montreal, QC

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RNontario83's topic in Canada

    People moving to Quebec from Ontario aren't considered immigrants by the OLF unless they were born outside Canada and were simply "passing through" Ontario on their way to God's Country. No free...
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    I want to make the most of my time while waiting in the dark

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nmlola's topic in Canada

    Have you stopped to think that perhaps not all of the fault lies with CNO? All the necessary documentation that must be submitted from the original source is beyond their control. Documentation is...
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    Pls help me decide

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to samantha08's topic in Canada

    Read this: http://www.nurses.ab.ca/Carna-Admin/Uploads/FAQ_SOH2013.pdf That will explain it all quite
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    Do you provide palliative-type care to children awaiting transplant?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    umcRN, I know I've said this before... Are you SURE we don't work on the same
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    Mic-Key g-tube documentation

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nurse4sale's topic in Pediatric

    I'd probably also include, "Mic-key remains in situ with gastric contents obtained
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    Question about AHS

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Novo's topic in Canada

    While AHS's board is an elected body, it's largely collection of what basically amounts to a bunch of political appointees. The org chart is 99 pages long. The government loves to state categorically...
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    Question about dose and rate

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nurse4sale's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    If you look at this equation as dose (volume)-over-time that might help. You have a dose of 240 mL to deliver over 45 minutes. What rate will you set to accomplish this, given that your pump is...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    I have no information about what's available in your area. I live in another province. The lab scenarios might be very beneficial to you to help you understand how the assessment is organized and what...
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    Need Advice for the CRNE tomorrow

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

    Historically the passing mark on the CRNE has been betwen 59% and 67%, depending on the difficulty of the questions on that specific exam. You've written twice before so I'm sure you're aware of how...
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    is MAP or diastolic BP below 60 that means tissues are not perfused?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to loftay13's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Coronary perfusion occurs in diastole. One requires a certain amount of pressure to adequately perfuse the myocardium, but 50 is usually
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    The Faces Behind the Scene at allnurses.com!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Brian's backyard is pretty big. Definitely big enough for an AN get-together. What do you say, Brian?? Your place... summertime? Somehow dianah has been missed in this who's-who. This little lady...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    The competencies are listed here: http://www.cno.org/Global/docs/reg/41037_EntryToPracitic_final.pdf?epslanguage=en Unless you're planning to take an entire nursing program it's unlikely you'll find...
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    The Faces Behind the Scene at allnurses.com!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I sure as heck don't recognize that "NotReady4PrimeTime" so highly praised above! But lemme tell you a little about madwife2002... She is delightfully witty in that way only Brits can be. She's...
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    British nurse writing CRNE - any help welcome.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pamiwhite05's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    The exam is a mixture of general nursing knowledge (pathophysiology, assessment, nursing diagnosis, care plans, intervention and evaluation), the determinants of health, ethics and Canada-specific...
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    It'll be a general exam. It'll cover randomly selected competencies from the whole spectrum of
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    osce ( observational structured clinical examination)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to guppawan's topic in Nurse Registration

    The OSCE is a recent addition to the assessment of IENs in Ontario. Please see this for details: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) - CNO When an applicant's education is considered to...
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    Frequency of BP in Pediatric Patients

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to CLC172's topic in Pediatric

    My comment is anecdotal and definitely not evidence-based (in the purest sense ) but I'll share it anyway. With infants and small children (under 3 years old and developmentally normal) with no...