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  1. GPA for nursing schools in Canada?

    student456 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in International Nursing

    p.s: we also all got in directly after grade 12 high school on our first try tuition here is WAY cheaper than US universities...i pay just over 5000 $ a year for BSCN tuition for a university compared...

  2. GPA for nursing schools in Canada?

    student456 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in International Nursing

    getting into my school in canada was easy i had friends that went to college for their BSCN here that got in with 65% to 75% - the schools that i know of do NOT look at other factors just your top 6...

  3. I've been crying all day reason- Sadly I failed my A and P exam today:(

    student456 replied to tiffany311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In Canada the passing grades for nursing school are often alot lower than in the USA...at least where I live. My NS passing grade is a 63 for nursing classes and 50's for non nursing classes we only...

  4. Cross Country Comparison of Wages and Benefits

    student456 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    thanks so much! it helps

  5. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3710322&page=1

  6. Whoops...hydrogen peroxide enemas put tourists in hospital!!!

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17931820080131?rpc=92 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians visiting a health resort received a rude shock when a nurse used hydrogen peroxide instead of...

  7. What would you have done?

    student456 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    Wow that director sounds really mean! Wouldn't you know if they check references if they hired you as a volunteer...didnt they check out your credentials before letting you triage? I would have said...

  8. Acceptable questions for nursing students to ask?

    student456 replied to linnywho's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We were taught to deep palpate livers We were never told in my assessment class that it was only for advanced practice... I wonder why some schools teach it this way and others tell you that you arent...

  9. Patients ordering their own meals

    student456 replied to cdktRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is a really stupid idea...hopefully itll change

  10. Hospital purges 20 grocery carts of pharmaceutical gifts and donates it to Africa!

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    From Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_he_me/drug_trinket_roundup By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press Writer Sat Jan 19, 6:42 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS - When a Duluth-based operator of...

  11. Amazing story / video - "The Boy In The Moon - about boy with rare genetic disorder

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I found this really good story piece from the globe and mail newspaper called "The Boy in the Moon" - its about a young Canadian boy born with this rare genetic disorder called CFC....

  12. Patient Sitter - Is 15 $ an hour good?

    student456 replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    It's a hospital based job

  13. Oops....

    student456 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    oh my god that toilet story is so sad thats

  14. Bad day in the psychiatric hospital

    student456 replied to Reute's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a nursing student (maybe I dont know everything yet...) but isn't it illegal to sit on your patient in order to restrain them in case something happens and they stop

  15. What is a VA hospital?

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard good things about VA hospitals here on allnurses and I know its a veterans affairs hospital but do they only treat veterans or is it just a regular hospital where anyone can seek medical...

  16. Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.wftv.com/news/14473736/detail.html SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Seminole County woman says she had to spend six months on a jury, but she said the hospital she worked for refused to wait and...

  17. Anesthesia awareness article

    student456 replied to BillboSN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    why did that woman watch the movie Awake...didnt she know it was going to traumatize her by reliving the experience

  18. Absolute No-No's

    student456 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I meant to say regarding consequences: "Administration of concentrated potassium injection can be fatal. Parenteral potassium chloride solutions must be well diluted, thoroughly mixed and...

  19. Absolute No-No's

    student456 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    Giving Potassum directly into an IV - instant cardiac arrest...not

  20. Do those back support braces work?

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was in a store today and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with those back support brace things? The ones that are usually black and you put it on when you want to...they are like 40 to...

  21. Do those back support braces work?

    student456 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    okk right after i posted this i saw some threads on this at the bottom lol! if anyone has anything to add thatll help though

  22. Children left to rot in their cribs

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This story is really disturbing - how can they treat them like this? :angryfire http://www.thestar.com/article/276635 From the Toronto Star

  23. What's the longest time you've had to wait for a grade?

    student456 replied to krenee's topic in General Students

    we handed in a paper on freaking november 5th! and we just got an email saying that we wont be getting it back until january 8th because they have found problems with our essays and want to spend...

  24. Docmentary "The Bridge" and Suicide

    student456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just watched this documentary called "The Bridge" - it was SO sad! Basically its a true life documentary that was fimed at the Golden Gate Bridge...they filmed continously for a year and caught...

  25. Docmentary "The Bridge" and Suicide

    student456 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I read online that they did in fact prevent 6 people I believe from jumping and if they saw someone they could stop in time they would. Most of the people they couldnt really tell because they would...