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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 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...

  4. 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

  5. Job Interview - Ethical Dilemma Question

    chihuahuaman replied to chihuahuaman's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I like your

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  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

  16. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    chihuahuaman replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It's not "un-natural". Nurses are professionals and asking those kind of questions are part of the job. Doing a thorough assessment is part of the job. Do you think these women have never seen a male...

  17. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    chihuahuaman replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    i'm a male, much older than you and like you i had no interest in mat or peds. however, that didn't stop me from wanting to get the most out of the situation. knowing mat and peds are part of being a...

  18. CRNE February 2012

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

    It seemed harder than the practice tests. I don't know if anyone else had this issue, but my answer sheet was printed incorrectly. The answer bubbles had white backgrounds but on my sheet some of the...

  19. CRNE February 2012

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

    My friends who took the CRNE June 1st of last year got their results July 11. Gahhhh!!! I don't like

  20. ABG question

    chihuahuaman replied to Lbarrien's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There's a whole thread right there... https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/easy-way-remember-144947.html And if you type "ABG" into the search thingy up at the top of the page you will...

  21. My CNAs dont seem to respect me...

    chihuahuaman replied to CCFCP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You might want to start by not thinking of them as *your* care aides. That sort of phrasing shows you are working from a patriarchal paradigm and not an inclusive, team based point of view. All the...

  22. Langara College, Vancouver: Nursing Students

    chihuahuaman replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I'm not sure. As someone has said upthread, they have changed the evaluation process to get into the program from when I started 4 years ago. It sounds like you are in though, if they said you have a...

  23. Langara College, Vancouver: Nursing Students

    chihuahuaman replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    The classes are set. You pick either section 1 or section 2. There usually isn't too much difference between the sections; one might get out earlier on a Monday while the other will get out earlier on...

  24. wound care

    chihuahuaman replied to sonstermonster's topic in General Nursing

    The best thing to do is check with the wound care nurses if you have one or look up the policy. Where I work we do irrigate. I couldn't imagine packing, then pulling out, then packing a wound. So much...

  25. Critique my resignation letter

    chihuahuaman replied to Mrs.RN85's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to put the "would like to continue on a PRN basis if possible" later or get rid of the first instance. It sounds like you are just repeating yourself. The syntax of the last sentence is...