NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Alberta or manitoba?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to new2012grad's topic in Canada

    The contents of the "wish list" are confidential to UNA members until February 12. Please don't reveal anything else. There are no provinces currently recruiting IENs. As for permanent residency you...
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    Alberta or manitoba?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to new2012grad's topic in Canada

    Posts that seek information related to immigration, permanent residency, how to become registered in Canada as IEN and so on do not belong in the Nursing in Canada forum. The average Canadian nurse...
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    Irish RPN moving to Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to psychonurse86's topic in Canada

    This website will tell you what you need to know about requirements to become a registered psychiatric nurse in Alberta: Applicants Finding a job might be the hard part. Although the Alberta Health...
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    Canadian uk trained nurse moving back to Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ginamak's topic in Canada

    As silverdragon102 will attest, nurses trained in the UK often are required to obtain further education in pediatrics and mental health before they can be registered here. Registered nurses in Canada...
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    Continuity of care/Routines

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Perhaps we are "advanced"; I wish we were also realistically selective. Our child life program is divided up on party lines too. The CL therapist assigned to the non-cardiacs is better at interacting...
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    Alberta or manitoba?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to new2012grad's topic in Canada

    There's no such thing as the perfect life. No matter where you are there will be trade-offs. I moved from Manitoba to Alberta 10 1/2 years ago. In that time, I've paid off a mountain of debt, only...
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    New grad moving from ontario to alberta .

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to new2012grad's topic in Canada

    Most postings are up for at least 10 days. Then HR takes them and sorts them first into internal/ external then by how well your resume fits the requirements in the posting. Then the potentials pile...
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    Continuity of care/Routines

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Are you sure we don't work
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    ACLS? Pedi CVICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Julia77063's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That's more than a little frightening, Julia. Flutter isn't even remotely similar to SVT! Vasopressin is part of the PALS algorithm so why they wouldn't know doses is a bit odd. The...
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    CNO Jurisprudence Exam

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

    Yes you do. Criminal records, child abuse registry and vulnerable persons checks are required documentation for registration in all
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    Varied Days & Night shifts

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working rotating day-night 12 hour shifts for 18 years. (In my part of the world we don't have a choice, in acute we all work rotating shifts, pretty much.) It's not impossibly difficult if...
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    How does your PICU handle Chemotherapy administration

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Starbuck4's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    At our hospital all PICU nurses are certified to administer cytotoxics such as mycophenolate mofetil, valgancyclovir, azathioprine and similar drugs. But when it comes to chemotherapeutics such as...
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    International nurses longer registration?

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

    Your citizenship isn't pertinent in this situation baby_gumma. What CNO is interested in is where you were educated. They have to do a thorough assessment of your education as compared to that...
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    Emergency/ Critical care nursing in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to UK_RN_AJ's topic in Canada

    Of course you can obtain both certifications. But it isn't necessarily a condition of employment to be certified. I've been working in peds critical care for more than 15 years and have no formal...
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    Less men in pediatric nursing?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to marinelayer's topic in Pediatric

    Men will choose areas like ER, ICU, PACU and psych because those are areas where nurses have the greatest degree of autonomy. In general peds, there's very little of that. If you're not being directed...
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    Emergency/ Critical care nursing in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to UK_RN_AJ's topic in Canada

    The Canadian Nurses Association doesn't recognize the American certifications and many employers don't either. The designations CCRN, CEN (American), CNCC© and ENC© (Canadian) relate to the nurse...
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    Challenges of IV starts in the Pediatric Population

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Beverly Sampson's topic in Pediatric

    As the parent of a medically-complex individual I know first-hand how beneficial Child Life support can be. As a health care professional working in a high-acuity PICU I'm very frustrated by the fact...
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    You Know You're A *Pediatric* Nurse When

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to slbull07's topic in Pediatric

    Right now I'm sitting in a room with two infants who have RSV. They are both extubated and the older one is talking to herself, playing with her linen and smiling at me. The other one is starting to...
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    Should I go to NTI even if I am not in critical care?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PacoUSA's topic in Critical Care

    You'd be surprised at how much you can learn and how many connections you can make in just a day. But you will have a lot going on around that time. Maybe you should start planning now to be in Denver...
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    You Know You're A *Pediatric* Nurse When

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to slbull07's topic in Pediatric

    Actually, *most* PICU patients are small children with respiratory issues who recover fairly quickly and go home. Many of our chronics are actually very interactive and have families that love them to...
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    Should I go to NTI even if I am not in critical care?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PacoUSA's topic in Critical Care

    All the advertising for NTI states that the conference is for "acute and critical-care nurses". There's so much that you could learn there that applies to your current position! It's totally worth it...
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    Continuity of care/Routines

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That's a great question... one I wish I could answer. We don't do a very good job when it comes to chronically-critical kiddos. The patient you describe sounds so much like one we had here a couple of...
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    The University of Alberta?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Dezy's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I read your post in another thread and just KNEW you were talking about the U of
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    Student VISA TO JOB

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to singh2manish's topic in Immigration Advice

    Moved to World Nursing: Advice on Immigration as per focus of post. You need to read this article: News Release — Proposed Changes Would Strengthen Canada's International Student Program...
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    Vomiting while on vent

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ans0014's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    If his ETT cuff is properly inflated he should not aspirate. Are they feeding him via nasogastric tube, or nasojejeunal tube? You can't vomit from your small bowel, and most PICUs feed continuously...