chihuahuaman

chihuahuaman has 3 years experience and specializes in Acute Medicine.

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1. Student loan taking forever to pay off...

   chihuahuaman replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

   I graduated with 65k in student loans. I'm 3.5 years into my 10 year repayment. Thankfully, for the Canada Student Loan Program we can make additional payments ! I'm planning on doing OT to speed up...

2. Job Interview - Ethical Dilemma Question

   chihuahuaman replied to chihuahuaman's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your thoughts on this subject. I had my interview today and they didn't ask any questions about ethics! Yay for

3. Job Interview - Ethical Dilemma Question

   chihuahuaman replied to chihuahuaman's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. Now that you've mentioned your story, I too have been in a similar situation, but with physical restraints that I felt were being used just for the convenience of the

4. Job Interview - Ethical Dilemma Question

   chihuahuaman replied to chihuahuaman's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I like your

5. Job Interview - Ethical Dilemma Question

   chihuahuaman posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I have an interview on Monday for a new position and I'm trying to get ready for the questions. One of the common questions I just can't seem to wrap my head around is the "Tell us about a time...

6. BC Nurses: please fill out BCNU survey!

   chihuahuaman replied to chihuahuaman's topic in Canada

   Thank you for your comment. BC nurses should still make it a priority to fill out their surveys and mail them in the postage paid envelope before October 21! If we don't demand that our union...

7. BC Nurses: please fill out BCNU survey!

   chihuahuaman posted a topic in Canada

   "Hey everybody! I just received a survey from BCNU regarding the next round of bargaining next year. I know many of us have been negatively affected by the poorly thought out changes to our health...

8. Pronouncing patients death

   chihuahuaman replied to ambrosial's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Where I work in Canada, an RN can pronounce death provided comfort care orders have been signed by the doctor and death is expected. This, however, has no bearing on what you can do in the facility...

9. iv infusion therapy course

   chihuahuaman replied to serenie222's topic in Canada

   In BC, only RN's insert IV's and yes that is taught in the hospital. IV insertion is outside the scope of practice of LPNs and they can only hang plain NS, no KCL or meds. Perhaps it's different in...

10. Are RN's going to be a thing of the past?

    chihuahuaman replied to Emma_H's topic in Canada

    My unit has an LPN on per shift, but the acuity of the floor keeps rising so there might be fewer appropriate patients for them to care

11. Being bullied by my clinical instructor

    chihuahuaman replied to Hello.Kitty's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I had a horrible term 7 clinical instructor when I was at Langara. She was very persecutorial, and not supportive. Even in the classroom, her anecdotes were about how she hounded someone under her...

12. Opinion, WWYD?

    chihuahuaman replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your co-worker has a really sweet deal there! She's got the

13. Does the BSNs get paid more than ADNs hold true across the board mostly?

    chihuahuaman replied to mell260's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I get an extra $100 a month with my

14. nursing diagnoses

    chihuahuaman replied to gette's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with Esme12; Get a care plan book. Once I got one of those, doing my care plans became so much easier. The book I bought was Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Ackley and Ladwig. It had all the...

15. CRNE February 2012

    chihuahuaman replied to Lols ireland's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Some results were delivered today in BC. Got my certificate today. I passed. In