NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist

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    New CRNE assessment

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to forever24's topic in Nurse Registration

    There's no way to accurately predict that. It depends on a lot of factors: - where you're coming from (the country where you were educated) - where you've been in between graduation and now (the...
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    What becomes of them?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I worked in a pediatric ICU for nearly 15 years. Many of the patients that we admit are the kids you're talking about. They come in for seizures (outside of their "normal" pattern), aspiration...
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    Practical Nursing in Canada for 2 years

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kamae's topic in Canada

    the short answer to that is "No". At this time there is virtually no offshore recruitment efforts being made by any province. There are many Canadian-born and Canadian-educated nurses who are...
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    Contract via Kijiji to work in states for a canadian nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to rinks2010's topic in Canada

    Kijiji is NOT a reputable employment site. It's an online flea market. I'd regard any promises made with a very jaundiced eye. Rinks, your sentence structure and use of language suggests that English...
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    Canadian nurses working in the US- liability insurance?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to FinallyLPN,RN's topic in Canada

    Anybody who thinks they can find a good job on Kijiji is in for a rude awakening. And anybody who advertises for employees on Kijiji has reasons why they aren't hiring through the usual channels. I'd...
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    SEPTEMBER 2012 CPNRE Exam

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pinaynurse24's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    You don't have "90 days to respond".The 90 days refers to the deadline for applications to write. All applications to write a given exam have to be received by the College at least 90 days prior to...
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    More than one part time placement?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to jladha's topic in Canada

    please refrain from using text-speak in your posts here. Allnurses.com expects and requires use of proper english. Thank
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    British nurse looking at working in Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to pamiwhite05's topic in Canada

    That may be a moot point. It's already the end of june and it's going to take six months or more for all the evaluations and assessments to be accomplished. You will probably be finished your degree...
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    To the nurses who already completed SEC Assessment in BC please help

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to nurse gwen's topic in Nurse Registration

    Please refrain from using text-speak in your posts. Allnurses.com expects and requires the use of proper
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    CRNE June 2012

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

    Not so. The results were not out until mid-July.
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    DNR versus AND

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    I'm not so sure we're actually ON the track. The track has been laid but I'm not seeing any trains moving along it. I'm quite positive that the Goals of Care module is copyrighted by the health system...
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    Sec assessment result

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Gievan's topic in Canada

    SEC assessments are required for those applicants whose education isn't easily determined to be equivalent to that of Canadian-educated nurses. The point of the assessment is to evaluate the...
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    The Biggest Challenges of Peds?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to GinaCat's topic in Pediatric

    The God's Will argument is very difficult to win. When you suggest that God (or whatever their deity is called) has already decided and we should allow Him to take the child, they'll counter with,...
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    DNR versus AND

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    We're in the process of changing our language from DNR to Goals of Care... similar to your AND. On our unit these conversations are handled poorly by some of our (11) intensivists and very well by...
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    CRNE OCTOBER 2012

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

    You cannot compare Canada to the US. Everything is different in Canada and that's just the way it is. Canada has the same population as the state of California - about 34 million, or about 1/10th that...
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    Shift work help.

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to frozenyogurt's topic in Canada

    Weekend and night shift scheduling provisions in the collective agreements in Alberta refer ONLY to schedules set by the employer. Anyone who voluntarily chooses to work all weekends does not attract...
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    CRNE OCTOBER 2012

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

    There's actually A LOT of information about the CRNE on this site. You just have to look for it. Every exam sitting for the past five years at least has been heavily discussed with details about...
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    I am curious to know what other children's hospital MRI suites/experiences are like

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Oh... I WISH!!!! But on a positive note, I learned last week that my ID badge will let me into radiology through the back door... saves about 5 minutes of hallway safari
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    I am curious to know what other children's hospital MRI suites/experiences are like

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    "Okay, lemme just throw my patient with the open sternum and four chest tubes who is on nitric and CRRT into a wheel chair and we'll be right down..." They need to get their collective stuff together...
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    CRNE OCTOBER 2012

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

    Pudina, did you read the post immediately before yours
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    I am curious to know what other children's hospital MRI suites/experiences are like

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our pharmacy doesn't prepare our infusions - that's entirely on us. We don't have coiled tubing, just the least expensive extension tubing and there has to be enough slack for the kid to be completely...
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    RN in VON- Victorian Order of Nurses .

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MarinaH's topic in Canada

    The VON has been an institution in Canada for 115 years and has an excellent reputation. Its president and CEO is Dr. Judith Shamian, RN - who has also just competed her two-year position of president...
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    I am curious to know what other children's hospital MRI suites/experiences are like

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Let me guess... you're not working in a free-standing, fully-resourced children's hospital. Neither am I. BUT... we do so many peds cardiac surgeries that we have a cardiac MRI suite and a second MRI...
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    RPN or RN in Ontario

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Navjot bawa 786's topic in Canada

    Why did you not seek assessment as an RN in the first
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    ETT tape - which brand do you use?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PCICURN_JAV's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We use 3M cloth tape over Mastisol. If the kid will be intubated for more than a few days or is very young, we put Duoderm underneath the tapes to save the skin. Probably 90% of our patients are...