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  1. Leaking Ileostomy - any ideas?

    alli replied to lovesmarissa's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Where I used to work we had this round putty like ring we used with the wafer, called an eakon sp? How it works is that you can put it around the stoma to kind of even it out then you put on the...

  2. Mcgill or Athabasca?

    alli posted a topic in International Nursing

    I am looking into pursuing my master's degree and am looking for information from people that have received their master's from either school. I have thought of pros and cons of both school but have...

  3. Mcgill or Athabasca?

    alli replied to alli's topic in International Nursing

    Athabasca seems much more convienient, I mean I wouldn't even have to leave my place but it is also a lot more expensive. Since I live in Montreal Mcgill would be less expensive, but I would have to...

  4. I feel really awful

    alli replied to alli's topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, thanks so much for being so supportive I really needed it. To reply to Daytonite's questions, the nursing supervisor wanted to make sure the patient's oxygen level had incresed before...

  5. I feel really awful

    alli posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last evening I was taking care of a lady with an extensive past medical history. For most of the evening she was complaining of feeling weak, since she is older and just had surgery I figured it had...

  6. epidural catheter removal

    alli posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering the correct technique for removing epidural catheters. Two people told me two different things. When removing the catheter do you pull down (parallel to the back) or straight out...

  7. epidural catheter removal

    alli replied to alli's topic in General Nursing

    I am certified to remove the epidural catheter but when I was certified I was taught one way and then a few weeks ago I was talking with a co-worker and found out we had not been taught the same

  8. How To Say No

    alli replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad I felt the same way as you do now. I got a call almost everyday that I was not working. I felt that if I said no I would be letting my co-workers down. For the first year or so...

  9. What is your work schedule?

    alli replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I work either D (7:30-3:30) or E (3:30-11:30) on rotation. I am only working part time because working full time with this type of schedule and school at the same time is just too much. I used to work...

  10. Where do your Miscarrages admit into

    alli replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working on a gyne/oncology unit. We would get this type of patient for sure. Today I had a patient who had a miscarriage at 11 weeks, quite an emotional situation to deal with...

  11. New job, feel emotional

    alli posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I just accepted a new job and will be starting after the New Year. When I told my current employer (I've been working there since I graduated 3 years). I was leaving it was a very emotional...

  12. What about breaks?

    alli replied to avahsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is a union

  13. 12 hour shifts to 8 hour shifts...

    alli posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a job interview tomorrow on a gyne-oncology unit. Currently I am working on a busy surgical unit and doing 12 hour shifts. The new unit does only 8 hour shifts. Has anyone ever switched from 12...

  14. What about breaks?

    alli replied to avahsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I guess I am pretty lucky. Where I work now we get a 1/2 morning break, 1 hour lunch break and sometimes even a 30 minute supper break. This is for a 12 hour shift in

  15. Vacation entitlement in Canada

    alli replied to britnurse600's topic in International Nursing

    I am a from Quebec. For fulltime employees you get 4 weeks vacation plus about 13 stats (for all the holidays). It's not that

  16. Do you have any allergies?

    alli replied to roadfollies's topic in General Nursing

    One of the patients on my unit somehow knows that she is allergic to

  17. Blood administration

    alli replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Same here we change the tubing after every

  18. Gastric Bypass

    alli replied to minnieme104's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work in Gen Surg and we take care of gastric bypass patients. It is unsettling to see so many of them return with complications, most commonly abd.pain, n/v, dehydration, infection... They are...

  19. Difficult patients and families

    alli replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One time we had a patient that needed to use the urinal often, so as a test the family member pushed the call light to see how long it woluld take someone to come. There were 3 RN's working and 2...

  20. feelings about double rooms

    alli replied to starryx2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The unit I work on has only 4 private rooms the rest are four bedded rooms. The private rooms are predominantly used for MRSA or C-diff. Many people request single rooms but we can't accomidate most...

  21. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    alli replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on a Gen surg unit. As a new grad I was assigned a patient on 48 hour stool collection. The patient would keep the stool in the bathroom and our job was to transfer it from the bedpan to the...

  22. Epidural & post-op pain management

    alli replied to Jemma's topic in Medical-Surgical

    On my unit (General surgery) we have epidurals all the time. q4h VS and sensory checks. No need for other monitoring. With an epidural they always come up with a foley.