leosrain

leosrain BSN, RN

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  1. Student male Nurse today in L+D

    leosrain replied to Thedreamer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Once your practicum is over, I would write a letter to the manager of the unit recounting your experience. This nurse acted inappropriately and should be called on it. Whether anything is said to her...

  2. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    leosrain replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am Canadian...you are wrong. Our healthcare system is miles above and beyond the American system. Watching "Sicko" drove this point

  3. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    leosrain replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Watch "Sicko." Then you may understand how important its message is. There is a reason nursing organizations are supporting it!

  4. What is the funniest thing that you have seen while working?

    leosrain replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    Freakin' awesome story!!!! Thanks for the

  5. Grauduating Nurses Unable to Find Employment

    leosrain replied to Jussurfin's topic in International Nursing

    Our unit is moving away from 12 hour shifts. We have three full time 8 hour positions open right now (and nobody applying).

  6. Grauduating Nurses Unable to Find Employment

    leosrain replied to Jussurfin's topic in International Nursing

    If there's anyone out there in this situation, PM ME!!! My unit needs nurses! I love my unit and would love the chance to promote it to people. And there's lots of full time jobs to be had! :)

  7. Accelerated Nursing U of Calgary

    leosrain replied to mypaintcan8me's topic in International Nursing

    Good luck to both of you! I loved my time at U of C. As with everything, it had it's ups and downs, but for the most part I'm happy with my education. More than anything, the friendships that were...

  8. What was your first day as a nurse like?

    leosrain replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    My very first day in clinical as a student nurse, it took me and my buddy student nurse two hours to get our patient up to the bathroom to wash and back. In the process my buddy started crying, we...

  9. Nursing and unionization...

    leosrain replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My first thought was whether it was your human resource department that was telling you this information about the union. If so, watch out! Their interest is in stopping you from using a union at all...

  10. Is this in Scope of Practice for RN's?

    leosrain replied to Snurse3959's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Find out by asking your charge nurse or unit educator (or whomever is the best resource for education on your unit) if it is common practice for nurses to perform that skill on your unit. If it ISN'T,...

  11. Should I push the issue?

    leosrain replied to Mabel 29's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, the union should be sticking up for you. However, I'm worried about the fact that you LOST sick days/personal days in your contract. I would be asking the union why the hell they let that...

  12. My school Sucks!

    leosrain replied to MedicGA's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's a poor attitude. Nurses pay a LOT of money to schools to teach them how to be a nurse. If the students are failing, it is often because the school, as you stated, "sucks." The fact that...

  13. CRNE??? What to do if failure happens?

    leosrain replied to AussieKylie's topic in International Nursing

    If you fail three times, you must take a refresher course before writing it again. You should be fine though!

  14. New to night shift

    leosrain replied to Cowboys_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I work days, I sleep 9pm to 5am...when I work nights, I sleep 9am to 5pm. It really works out well that

  15. Are You A Good Leader?

    leosrain replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    What you're describing is managment...leadership is a whole other skill/talent.

  16. "Nurse" on Ellen Gegneres today?!!

    leosrain replied to tridil2000's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it's ok to poke fun at things (like nursing stereotypes) and sometimes it crosses the line. I think a more interesting question is where should we draw the line? At what point to we start...

  17. New syringe every day?

    leosrain replied to MNNurseCorps's topic in General Nursing

    We change them q24h here as

  18. PCA Pump Settings

    leosrain replied to Scoobiedoo's topic in General Nursing

    This makes sense too. Make sure to read the orders carefully as they should be explicit as to what the different numbers mean. If they aren't explicit, clarify with the docs before ordering.

  19. PCA Pump Settings

    leosrain replied to Scoobiedoo's topic in General Nursing

    We often have continuous rates included, but not always. And I agree with DutchgirlRN...never change settings alone. In fact, it's policy where I am to have two RNs sign off on the PCA dose when...

  20. PCA Pump Settings

    leosrain replied to Scoobiedoo's topic in General Nursing

    The order may be different but it generally means something like (using your numbers): 10mg/hour infused, 80mg dolus, 10min lockout This means the PCA will continually give them 10mg/hour, when they...

  21. Crossing the Line?

    leosrain replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she could have borderline personality

  22. about half my class is failing first semester in an ADN program.

    leosrain replied to deliverator's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I COMPLETEY feel your pain on this one!!! Nursing school and WoW are pretty much mutually exclusive.

  23. Passed the CRNE! And now a question...

    leosrain posted a topic in International Nursing

    I wrote the CRNE on Feb. 7th, 2007. I received my results today....passed! WeeeEEEEEeee! My workplace will give me retro pay back to February 7th for the difference between grad nurse pay and RN pay...

  24. Male pts.

    leosrain replied to anonymurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm struggling to see a question or discussion point. Are you trying to talk about the difference between male/female nurses in regards to interactions with male patients? Could you clarify?

  25. Which is quicker??

    leosrain replied to victoynurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    You should be worried more about quality than speed. Never underestimate the power of more/better