NotReady4PrimeTime RN

NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology

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    Nursing Questions!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ftee's topic in Canada

    The GTA is saturated with applicants, including home-grown new grads, home-grown experienced nurses and internationally-educated nurses (who generally only know of Toronto and Vancouver when they...
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    Moving to Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to mprasetyo's topic in International Nursing

    As far as your wife-to-be goes, there will be hurdles. If you were already hired into a professional position in Canada, it would be easier for her, but right now highly-educated and experienced...
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    LPN/RPN provincial transfer from Alberta to Ontario

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to christa101's topic in Canada

    Well, their registration year ends on December 31, so there will be a HUGE number of registrations being processed between now and the end of the year - as I said, CNO manages registration for both...
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    LPN/RPN provincial transfer from Alberta to Ontario

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to christa101's topic in Canada

    The College of Nurses of Ontario manages registration for practical and registered nurses. You will need to be registered in Alberta, since that is where you wrote your CPNRE before Ontario will...
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    Nursing program

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Ifeefave's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You also need to be aware that tuition for international students is about double what is charged for Canadian
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    What is the hardest shift you ever had?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a few really hairy shifts over the 22 years I've been nursing. One that stands out particularly clearly was about half-a-dozen years ago; the patient was POD 3 heart transplant but requiring...
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    Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of weeks ago our employer sent out a press release announcing they'd been named one of the top 100 employers in Canada. I'd sure love to know who the Globe and Mail surveyed to arrive at this...
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    Giving small volumes of IV meds

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LittleMermaidRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I see that all the time with central lines. The lumen might have a volume of 0.8 mL; the med is slowly infused into the lumen then the flush is slammed home. Not a lot of thought
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    Nursing in Calegary Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Rn.se's topic in Canada

    Getting a foot in with Alberta Health Services isn't easy right now for external applicants. AHS is the employer, not the individual hospitals or units so that's the biggest hurdle right there. So...
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    Nursing in Calegary Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Rn.se's topic in Canada

    Because you're already registered in Ontario, it'll probably only take you three or four months to get all your paperwork in order to be registered with CARNA. Part of the delay is with CARNA, part...
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    CNO registration

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hnstudent's topic in Canada

    There should be a pro rata discount on registration fees this close to the end of the registration year. If you're working already and your employer is waiting on that magic registration number, you...
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    Pension

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

    As of right now, most pension plans for Canadian nurses fall under a defined-benefit payout at retirement. The monthly amount paid to an annuitant is based on the person's best five earning years,...
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    In need of a confidence boost!

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Emm_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Your educator definitely needs to know about this, and the sooner the better. This just validates what I've been saying on my own unit about preceptor assignments - new staff members with no prior...
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    Giving small volumes of IV meds

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LittleMermaidRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That's pretty standard practice. It's not perfect, but when every mL of fluid matters, it's what one does. Our syringe pump tubing volume is 0.4 mL, so it works for most minuscule-volume meds to use...
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    What is nursing like in Toronto?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to RGNonthemove's topic in Canada

    You really need to look at the big picture. Your choice can't be made solely on the basis of where the process goes faster or easier. You need to factor in cost of living, affordability (and...
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    ***Internationally Educated Nurses: VERY IMPORTANT - READ THIS FIRST***

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in Canada

    there has been a marked increase in both threads and posts to this forum regarding the process of becoming a nurse in canada, what steps to take to get a canadian nursing license, how to become a...
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    How do I find specific salary/benefit info?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to LotusPetals82's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really don't think the OP meant "pilfer" to mean stealing from her employer. I think s/he was referring to having to use knowledge of the employer's methods to learn the information
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    Back to Sleep?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to middleagednurse's topic in Pediatric

    By 8 months, most healthy children are already rolling over, both front to back and back to front.... Don't forget that oximetry is a very fallible measure due to motion artifact and there's also a...
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    RPN job in Labor & Delivery

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to rosielolo's topic in Canada

    The only areas at the Stollery where LPNs are working with "premature" babies is on the general peds floors. Those babies might have been born prematurely and are stable but can't be discharged yet...
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    Job at pediatrics and your own kids

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to EliApril's topic in Pediatric

    My relationships with my children didn't change after I became a peds nurse. They were 15, 13 and 11 when I graduated and I was already one of those moms that said, "If there's no blood, or no bones...
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    Processing Time of Application CNO

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to GenesisG's topic in Nurse Registration

    Here's some background. Ontario is THE go-to location for immigrants of all types. So that automatically means there will be a queue for pretty much every kind of assessment and evaluation. The...
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    CPNRE Exam Requirements

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

    To summarize what dishes has told you: 1. If you graduate from a Canadian practical nursing program, you are eligible to write the CPRNE. 2. Passing the CPRNE makes you eligible to apply for...
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    Infant AND pediatric stethoscope?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yoganurse22's topic in Pediatric

    I only use a regular stethoscope. I bought a pediatric one when I first started in PICU but found that it made little difference whether I used a standard one or a peds one. So when the tubing...
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    CPNRE Boards next week

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

    I think you're totally overwhelmed and confused. That's pretty common at this stage of the game. I don't think the College lied to you though. I believe what they told you is that you could apply for...
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    U of Calgary Accelerated 2018 January

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NBolas's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    The two threads have been merged into this