NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Discouraged from pursuing Nursing...

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mimi26's topic in Canada

    There's a huge gulf between having a zero-tolerance policy and enforcing a zero-tolerance policy. I've seen situations where nurses have been verbally abused and denigrated by patients or family...
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    Pediatric Home Health

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kdavispn's topic in Pediatric

    If they're not on home oxygen why would they need to be bagged with a concentrator? There aren't enough details in your post to help us see what it is you're
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    Heres what I don't get about hiring

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

    And I'm seeing the attitude that good looks and a sparkling wit matter more than the ability to provide even adequate nursing care to vulnerable patients as far as the person doing the hiring is...
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    Changing vasoactive drips

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to heartcare57's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    With kids we don't have the luxury of running dop at 40 mL/hr and just swapping out the bag when it gets empty. Their TFI might only be 300 mL (3 kg infant) in 24 hours... and then we restrict them to...
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    Heres what I don't get about hiring

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

    It's not just at hiring either. This kind of blatant favouritism will be a theme, just you wait and see. I work in critical care, an area very attractive to male nurses. We have... let me count them...
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    What becomes of them?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Seizures are clearly visible on ultrasound. They look very different from normal fetal
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    How was your Friday the 13th!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Well, I had 3 different assignments before noon. We started out tight then had a no-show - but wait... she wasn't really a no-show, she'd called in the evening before to cancel her OT shift and the CN...
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    Internationaly educated new grad

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to n0name's topic in Canada

    You never mentioned that you were a new grsd. That makes it a lot harder for you and actually explains a lot. Newly graduated Canadian-born and educated nurses aren't having much more luck than you...
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    Changing vasoactive drips

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to heartcare57's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It really bites when you have more than one vasoactive drip that will run out in a short period of time. For kids on a higher rate of infusion I prefer to double-pump. If you took a poll though on our...
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    Internationaly educated new grad

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to n0name's topic in Canada

    Again, these issues you're having have been well-identified long ago and reported here and in other forums. In the current economic climate, very few employers are willing to provide breaks for IENs...
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    CRNE June 2012

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bella.donna's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Actually, you are not a professional until you have your registration in hand. There are many who post here who truly do not understand how the Colleges work. I don't see how my response was...
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    CRNE June 2012

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bella.donna's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Why are you so surprised that not every single person in an organization the size of CNO would know every single thing going on in the building? Maybe the person who answered the phone was just...
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    How many of you are forced to clock out to stay back and chart?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work for the same system that calgarynurse403 does. I work in critical care. We don't clock in, swipe in or employ any other blue-collar method of recording our time on the unit. The charge nurse...
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    Internationaly educated new grad

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to n0name's topic in Canada

    I'm sorry... I don't know what you mean by "gnie". You must be in BC if you need to have 250 hours of supervised practice to be registered. That is a safeguard for the population you will be providing...
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    Irish nurse failed CRNE 1st time-can i work as a grad nurse?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Lols ireland's topic in Canada

    Most provinces have VERY FEW vacancies in nursing now. The recruiting drives of the 2008-2010 cycle filled the most pressing holes and now the remaining postings are for casual nurses in just about...
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    Bactrim dosing?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RumpelstiltskinRN's topic in Pediatric

    Bactrim/Septra labels give you both the sulfamethoxazole concentration and the trimethoprim concentration. For tablets, there is 400 mg of sulfamenthoxazole and 80 mg of trimethoprim in each tablet....
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    crne june 2012

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

    Excuse me? What is it you want deleted? This isn't a blog it's a social network so I'm
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    CRNE June 2012

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bella.donna's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    All the results are mailed out in one batch on the same day. And there's no way of knowing by envelope size whether it's a pass or fail. Just open the envelope and read the
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    Mistake that cannot be done by nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to deepurple's topic in Pediatric

    I'm happy that it
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    Mistake that cannot be done by nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to deepurple's topic in Pediatric

    I know you've read the reply that Ashley, PICU RN posted into the thread you started with this question. There's not much I can
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    CRNE June 2012

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to bella.donna's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    While there are different versions of the exam, everyone who writes on a given day writes the same version. Once the exam is computerized it'll be like the NCLEX and the questions will be
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    Code Blue Announcement

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to airborneinf82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospital doesn't have Code Blue buttons; all Code, MET and RRT calls go through the switchboard which pages overhead with the unit number. The Code Team carries pagers and we have a 0900 hours...
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    Pediatric PIV starts

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NewPICURN's topic in Pediatric

    Moved to the Pediatric Nursing Forum for more attention. The great saphenous is a good place to look for a large vein. It's closest to the surface right there between the medial malleolus and the...
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    Taxes in Canada for nurses

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to stacie_pen7's topic in Canada

    You don't MAKE as much as a full time nurse. But you do take home (get to keep) a bit more of the money you do make. I wouldn't say that the scales are perfectly balanced, but it's
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    Peds CVICU vs PICU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Myprettykitty's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The unit where I work has split... sort of. The split was poorly-planned and organized so it's not a real split in the sense of two completely separate units. We're separated by a hallway. The...