aklrnbn

aklrnbn has 6 years experience and specializes in Critical care/coronary care.

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1. Does anybody know?

   aklrnbn replied to kitty catt's topic in General Nursing

   The 25 month program is an RN program. The BN is 4 years at the university of manitoba. This shorter program is the accelerated RN at red river college.

2. Does anybody know?

   aklrnbn replied to kitty catt's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in Winnipeg, and we do have a 25 month RN program.

3. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

   aklrnbn replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

   This seems a bit harsh. I completely agree that nursing is a 24 hour job, but the OP is not on for 24 hrs! I don't mind having work left for me if an admit just came through the doors. It is teamwork. As long as you settle the pt, do vitals, make...

4. "Nurses are not professionals"

   aklrnbn replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, in 2000, the BN was to be the entry level for a nurse. Due to the huge shortage, they opened up the 2 year program again (in Winnipeg anyways). IMHO, they did a huge disservice to the profession of nursing, due to the fact that for exampl...

5. imposter, incompetent or ?

   aklrnbn replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

   I feel exactly the same way, except I am a nurse (and have been for a little while), feel comfortable in my work, yet I am doing an advanced practice masters degreee, and feel the exact same way as you do! I felt the same way while doing the ICU cou...

6. Air Entry Assessment..

   aklrnbn replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

   Basically, it means, is there air moving in all fields. There is no 'air exit'. You can have fair a/e, poor a/e, decreased a/e etc.. First we deal with the a/e, then the adventitia, like crackles, wheezes etc.. Just how we've been taught.

7. Air Entry Assessment..

   aklrnbn replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

   I'm from Winnipeg (in Canada), and that is how we chart respiratory assessments, i.e. Good a/e bilaterally with fine crackles to the LLL, or decreased air entry to the RLL with coarse expiratory wheezes throughout. Been doing it for 6 years, and that...

8. Crrt

   aklrnbn replied to nurseasia94's topic in MICU

   We use new bags when changing the effluent, yet I hear in the 'olden days' they did reuse them. Probably changed d/t contamination issues.

9. Unit Clerks are Useless!

   aklrnbn replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

   A unit clerk is worth her/his weight in gold! When in charge sometimes and I answer the phone (big mistake), many a time I will say, I'm only the charge nurse, let me get the ward clerk!