HenryH0

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  1. Tax deduction as RN in Alberta

    HenryH0 replied to doublea08's topic in International Nursing

    in alberta the starting wage is $30 but with previous experience that would be different we get taxed about 25% on our wages. evening shift diff is 2-3$ night shift dif ins 5$ weekend diff $2 charge...

  2. Registered nurse vs Registered Psychiatric Nurse?

    HenryH0 replied to bigtoque's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking about psych nursing in Canada if so there are a few options: 1) there is the rpn program that allows you to graduate as an rpn and work in a psych facility, if however you at some...

  3. Checking placement on a PEG tube?

    HenryH0 replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    We always confirm placement on all tubes such as these not only through a bolus of air but always with an x-ray before using the tube. This is to ensure that we are not in a lung. Once the tube it...

  4. post-op question

    HenryH0 replied to GingerSue's topic in International Nursing

    We use a sliding scale if they are just going to be npo for a while. If they are going to be npo for longer than we use an insulin drip. usually we do not give dextrose iv to a diabetic patient even...

  5. IV start trouble

    HenryH0 replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in General Students

    Another great tip I learned from an ER nurse is to float the insyte in . So you puncture the vein and you get a little flashback then remove your needle a little bit. Now this would be the part where...

  6. Why you want to be a nurse?

    HenryH0 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    I am a third generation nurse and my grandfather was a doctor. So I was brought up around medicine and knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a nurse. I throughly enjoyed teaching and really...

  7. Please Help!!!

    HenryH0 replied to TruDivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    You can also use other diagnosis such as risk for second mi as many people who have one will have another this can then lead you to help the person change their lifestyle exercise and diet changes to...

  8. an appropriate pre-op medication

    HenryH0 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgery floor and the doctors are great they usually prescribe different analgesics to try like prescribing T3's, demerol and morphine until the patients find one that works for them and...

  9. Nursing diagnosis

    HenryH0 replied to Liebchen's topic in General Nursing

    I just completed my RN program and I found that the thing that helped the most for diagnosis was NANDA you use the diagnosis and elaborate Like: Pt at risk for uncontrolled pain due to inability to...

  10. Moral Issue Question...

    HenryH0 replied to Thepreacherswife's topic in General Nursing

    I always wondered how I would feel about letting a pt go. I think that people sometimes glorify what a really sick, close to death person in the hospital looks like and what they go through on a day...

  11. Pre-Nursing Student Trying Which Route is Best to get her BSN

    HenryH0 replied to Cinderella21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well in Canada you have the option of applying to the college under open studies you can get a list of courses from the college and take many first year courses and then apply to the nursing faculty....

  12. Is it customary to give clinical instructor's gifts at the end of a rotation?

    HenryH0 replied to lizmatt's topic in General Students

    we always gave our instructors a gift at the end of clinical rotations but then again our school kind of set the bar on that one the students would buy a gift for the unit, the college would buy a...

  13. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    HenryH0 replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    i live in alberta canada and starting wage is about 28 per hour i am a diploma completion student soon to be

  14. Where do you purchase your scrubs???

    HenryH0 replied to couldntbhappier's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i like scrublovers.com for nice scrubs but wallmart sells cheap ones that are nice 14.00 for the top and 14.00 for the bottom they have the wrap around style, plain colours and

  15. Can someone please explain INR & Coumadin therapy to me?

    HenryH0 replied to christvs's topic in Patient Medications

    I once was told this and it really helps me remember INR OK so the if the normal persons blood takes 30 secs to clot a person on coumadin you want their INR to be 2 or 3 so you want their blood to...