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  1. Shift Cancellations (Please HELP!!)

    jrsmrs replied to wenRN01's topic in Nursing Career

    Come to my hospital lol! No such thing as low census.... We're in constant gridlock

  2. Part time Nursing shifts

    jrsmrs replied to Amber307's topic in Nursing Career

    I do part time 8s, but I imagine it would completely depend on your place of work. I don't do strictly 3 8s a week, though. My schedule is more sporadic, so I might work 4 or 5 shifts one week, and...

  3. RN total patient care...

    jrsmrs replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep, same here. Also in Ontario, and each nurse here (whether RN or RPN) has their own load of pts, no help. If you're one of the 4-5 (days) or 6-8 (evenings/nights) pts assigned to me on my shift, I...

  4. Filter needles for glass vials?

    jrsmrs posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Does your facility have/use filter needles for meds in glass vials? We were taught to use them in school, but I've never actually seen them on any floor I've been on, so I just do

  5. Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    jrsmrs replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm just under the 1 year mark since I started working. I've not had a chance to do compressions myself, but have been otherwise involved in 2 code situations at work, one of them being my patient who...

  6. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Reading another thread got me thinking about this...I always get to work at least a half hour before my shift starts. Do I want to or like to work for free? Hell no! But I really don't know how else I...

  7. IV push medications - nursing students

    jrsmrs replied to Lev's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm in Ontario, Canada. As students we were not allowed to do any IVP meds. We had to minibag everything or have the RN do

  8. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow, it sounds like things very different where I work! We are not a teeny hospital by any means, and actually a smallish regional center, with lots of pts coming from outlying areas.My floor is not...

  9. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also, since there is no overlap of shifts, at 0730 (or whenever my shift starts), it is me and only me who is responsible for those pts. If I don't know anything about them, what if the doo-doo hits...

  10. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do you all have overlap of shifts, or....? We don't have any overlap, so even if I only wanted to get report, I'd still have to go in a few mins early or else the previous shift would have to stay...

  11. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just to be clear, a good 90% of the nurses where I work come in early. The ones who don't are more or less skipping chart checks from what I can tell (although I'm usually too busy to really pay a lot...

  12. Is nursing a depressing job?

    jrsmrs replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    In my limited experience, it's all about perspective. You can choose to focus on all the things that are wrong with people- chronic illnesses, cancer, addictions, terminal illness, loneliness in LTC,...

  13. Help with the lymph nodes!

    jrsmrs replied to krissy28561's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you feel your own? My submandibular nodes are always palpable, but just slightly. When I'm fighting some kind of infection, they're quite swollen and often

  14. Has anyone had a similar experience during clinicals?

    jrsmrs replied to rnwannabe77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've heard of similar things happening to a few people in my program. If you know you're prone to this kind of thing, you need to take care of yourself and make sure you've had something to eat and...

  15. MRSA Concerns

    jrsmrs replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Students

    MRSA really shouldn't be a concern for you as long as you're healthy and not immune-compromised. Lots of health care workers are carriers. MRSA precautions aren't really for you as the nurse, but so...

  16. Measure Ostomy Effluent?

    jrsmrs replied to KatePasa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Empty the bag into a graduated

  17. What does a CNA do?

    jrsmrs posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So I live in Canada, and I'd never heard of a CNA before coming here. Just curious about the roles of an RN or RPN/LPN vs a CNA. Who does what, how are patients assigned etc? Here, in hospital, a...

  18. What does a CNA do?

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oooh, ok. That sounds very similar to PSWs, as they're called here- personal support workers. Here they only work in LTC, though, not in hospitals. So how many patients would an RN have then, and how...

  19. OB: Biophysical Profile

    jrsmrs replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmm, not sure what you're confused about. It's pretty straightforward. Even wikipedia has a good

  20. Touching blood without gloves

    jrsmrs replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Just because it's done doesn't mean it's right. Keep a pair of gloves in a pocket at all times so that, in case of emergency, you don't have to go running for a

  21. Filter needles for glass vials?

    jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Patient Medications

    Sorry, yes, I did mean amps, not vials. And yes, I have asked on a few different floors if they had filter needles, but they never do. As far as changing needles, if my needle has pierced anything...

  22. how long does it take your profs to grade?

    jrsmrs replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    In second year psych nursing class we had an assignment that, I kid you not, the prof took something like 4-5 months to mark. I was

  23. DVTs!

    jrsmrs replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a student with no personal experience or expertise, but we were taught that most of the time, if a person had been ambulatory prior to the DVT being found, then it was likely safe for them to...

  24. Question about avoiding constipation

    jrsmrs replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    Just a guess, but I think I'd say no. IV fluids would be filtered and removed via the kidneys rather than the gut, right? So Those fluids wouldn't really help with motility. At the same time if the...

  25. How many of your schools require a pharmacology class?

    jrsmrs replied to Coruscatedgirl's topic in General Students

    I'm in a BScN program in Canada, and we don't have any pharmacology classes in the