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linzz

Geriatrics, Med-Surg.

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  1. If you are not a Canadian citizen, you will pay at least double the tuition fees to attend a Canadian University. As for transferring credits, that depends on the school and their policies. In...
  2. Alzheimers is the worst

    My grandmother had alzheimers from about age 65 and it followed the usual pattern. It was very hard on my mother, even though my grandma went to a nursing home, we still saw her each day and had an...
  3. I think it is great that the op is able to come to this site and get candid information about which direction to take her career. Wish I had done it a lot sooner. Anyways, best of luck
  4. RPN's Being Phased Out?!

    There are some LTC's that nobody could like but a good LTC is wonderful to work at. I am starting to accept that I actually like LTC and maybe even more than acute care however I am still going...
  5. What would you do?!?!

    The choices do seem a bit limited. The only choices I can think of are to request something near your area and wait for it if they will let you. As the other poster said, you have seven years and...
  6. If you have heard there is a high turnover at HSC from a reliable source, then it is likely that there are very legitimate reasons for this high turnover. You need to keep asking around and find out...
  7. RPN/LPN/RNA all the same???

    I think there will always be some hospitals that are RN only but usually they are those that handle patients with very acute problems that require more advanced skills. I have noticed somewhat of a...
  8. Student Clinicals in Ontario

    The poster above hit the nail on the head. It is the same here in Ontario. No night shifts until last semester depending on where you are doing your clinical time. You will find some nurses will not...
  9. RPN's Being Phased Out?!

    Please do a search as there are lots of threads in this forum on this
  10. Worried about the hours...

    In Ontario, all new grads get 7.5 months of full time employment which is paid for by the provincial government through Health Force Ontario. After this, you will decide where you want to apply and if...
  11. Med Surg Nurse Role -calgary

    Although I have never worked in a hospital, I did six months of each in school and three months of pre-grad in medicine and I came to the conclusion that I liked surgery much better. Medicine was very...
  12. New LPN = questions about handling emergencies

    All these responses are just what you should do so I will share an experience I had at an ALF. I had a lady fall, I did vitals, checked ROM, her pain level and she said she was fine, (but she really...
  13. RP: Questions on night shift working.. I'm new too

    I would love a casual night job. I love the calm of nights, I am also finding that as I age, I can't sleep at night
  14. does age REALLY matter?

    Lots of nurses here that start in their thirties and forties continue their education. We have a huge demand for nurse practitioners here and once a BSN grad gets five years experience, some hospitals...
  15. does age REALLY matter?

    I am not from the US, but I will give you my take on it. Here in Canada, seats at nursing school are parceled out with the majority of seats given to those just out of high school so it can be very...
  16. role(s) of RN in Ontario

    Hey janfrn, hope your wrist is feeling better. There is nothing worse than pain that goes on for
  17. role(s) of RN in Ontario

    Every grunt job like cleaning up poop, bathing, ambulating are all excellent opportunities for the nurse to make assessments of skin, gait, stool type, mental
  18. role(s) of RN in Ontario

    My aunt is an oncology RN and has been for twenty years and yes they clean up poop there too. She recently told me that she finds it frustrating that some of the new grads expect oncology to be an...
  19. Sounds like you and the other two were let go due to the new DON possibly wanting to hire others she had in mind. How very unfair to you. I am not sure if this is the right answer but maybe just say...
  20. Caught stealing drugs

    One place that I worked at, a nurse was caught diverting ativan. Is this a common drug that gets
  21. Wanting to become an RPN

    What you could do is either phone or go directly to Algonquin college and see if there is a program you could do to prepare yourself for entry into the RPN program. Some college offer a one year...
  22. On Precepting and the Precepted

    This should be handed out at nursing school
  23. What age do you plan to retire?

    If all goes well (health and $), be a casual employee by
  24. Thanks for the input janfrn, it is always helpful to get input from an experienced nurse. We can all learn from
  25. RPN to RN bridge

    I am starting the bridge in 2009 but where I live I have to go full time as there is no part time option and I would prefer the full time option anyway as I would like to get started sooner in order...