NotReady4PrimeTime RN

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    Nebulizer/MDI for toddlers advice

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Guest915876's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Well, nebulized treatments ARE aerosolizing, but not in the same sense intubation, BiPAP and sputum induction are. Medical gas from the wall outlet creates the aerosol in neb treatments, not the...
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    Doctors offended by TV show about nurses

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to FullGlass's topic in General Nursing

    After I read the original blog post, I fired off a reply to the effect that it was interesting that a physician would be offended by a stereotype and asked if any of the other physicians also whining...
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    Youth at Risk - Suicide and Self-Harm

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    For me, caring for the family was harder than caring for the patient. Especially when the suicide attempt was *almost* successful. Over the years I was assigned to care for several teenagers who'd...
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    University of Calgary January 2019

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Kenobi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    New members cannot use the private messaging system until they've made 15 contributing posts to threads on the site. That's why you weren't able to send one. This particular thread is nearly a year...
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    Patient to nurse ratio?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to soljhs's topic in Canada

    It all depends on where you work. Some units have the so-called CoACT model of care where the RN is in charge of 21 beds and has a 5-patient assignment as well, the LPNs have the remainder of the...
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    CARNA IEN processing times

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to gingereh's topic in International Nursing

    CARNA does nothing quickly. In fact, we're required to re-register a full month before our registrations expire to ensure our paperwork has been processed before the actual expiry date. (They also...
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    The Health Care Dominoes Have Started to Fall in Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in Canada

    As mentioned in other threads, with the election of the United Conservative Party led by Jason Kenney, health care providers are in the government's crosshairs. The UCP is vociferously opposed to...
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    The Health Care Dominoes Have Started to Fall in Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    I know, right? Interesting development late last week: The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (nursing assistants, unit clerks, porters, dietary aides, laundry workers and others) also have a wage...
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    New grad pediatric job or adult nurse residency job?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NRNBSN's topic in Pediatric

    I do! I might be in the minority here, but if I was in charge of hiring, I'd be looking for any peds experience first, then looking at the 'kind' of experience it was. As I said before, those "soft"...
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    New Grad moving from US to Canada

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to sjsingh's topic in Canada

    It IS possible that you'd be evaluated to be equivalent to an LPN and offered the opportunity to write the CPRNE. Just keep in mind that having a permit to practice is no guarantee of a
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    The Health Care Dominoes Have Started to Fall in Alberta

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    Yes, I'm afraid that's what it means. The UCP promised there would be no front-line jobs lost, but the only way to meet their goals is to leave vacancies vacant and then eventually delete the...
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    Language proficiency for International students

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NerdyNurse23's topic in Canada

    That's a shame, because I think they're going to tell you to get it before they take your application any
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    When Nurses Strike: Ohio Hospital Fails to Come to Agreement with Union

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Union representation for nurses by nurses is the gold standard, but there are so many places across the US where nurses aren't able to collectively organize in large enough numbers to lead to a...
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    Language proficiency for International students

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NerdyNurse23's topic in Canada

    Do you have IELTS or CELBAN results that are within the required time frame?
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    OIIQ vs. the NCLEX

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Soontobenewgradnurse's topic in Canada

    It's true that Québec will not accept the NCLEX, but the Rest of Canada will accept the OIIQ exam results. I think you should be guided by where you plan to live and work. Will you stay in Québec...
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    New grad pediatric job or adult nurse residency job?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NRNBSN's topic in Pediatric

    This is a toughie. In my opinion, you'll learn so much more about nursing children by working WITH children, even in a rehab setting. There's a lot of overlap between rehab and acute care, despite the...
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    Sad series of peds hem-onc patient deaths

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Rhan24's topic in Pediatric

    Ruby Jane makes some good points. But to put a little perspective on it, when my son was diagnosed in 1985, children with malignancies generally didn't survive. We were given a 5% probability that...
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    Certified pediatric nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to PedsNrse13's topic in Pediatric

    I became certified in pediatric critical care in 2013. There was no incentive through my work to take the exam, it's just not something they care about. I wrote it to prove something to myself. That I...
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    Language proficiency for International students

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NerdyNurse23's topic in Canada

    Is this a serious question? First, NNAS will be the ones requiring language proficiency before CNO even gets involved. Second, language proficiency testing must be through either IELTS or CELBAN;...
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    IEN Registration in Alberta to become more difficult

    NotReady4PrimeTime posted a topic in Canada

    This just in: "Immigrants with nursing credentials will soon have a harder time getting licensed to work in Alberta. Provincial funding for Mount Royal University's Internationally Educated Nurses...
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    RN moving to Edmonton

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    There are always positions posted on the AHS career website. Whether the postings are filled or not is anybody's guess. All I can tell you is to apply to the ones you're qualified for. Keywords will...
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    RN moving to Edmonton

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    To answer your first question, yes there are more than a few newer nurses working more than one job to get their hours in. To answer your second question, AHS is a HUGE organization and a lot of...
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    How important is your preceptorship placement in regard to job prospects?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to anthonyyy's topic in Canada

    It can have a huge impact. Some units will reject your application without even looking at it if you haven't had a preceptorship in their defined areas. On the other hand, some units are willing to...
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    RN moving to Edmonton

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    There are vacancies within the system; Covenant is more difficult than AHS to get a foot in the door because the majority of their postings are for Covenant internal applicants only. The only way...
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    Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a system where we accrue "sick" hours based on hours worked, which will accumulate until we reach 900 hours, then it stops accruing until we drop below. But we also have an attendance...