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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 the process. My monthly payments are high and I'd r...

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

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 you had an ethical dilemma and how you dealt with...

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 management.

Thank you. I like your approach!

"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 benefits, and I personally am not at all happy by the...

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 leadership fight on our behalf we could very well end up w...

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 where you work in California. Your best course would...

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 Alberta.

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 for.

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 supervision until the other nurse quit her job. PM me...

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

I get an extra $100 a month with my BSN.

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 NANDA classifications and plentiful interventions wit...

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

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 doctor? Of course they have. Most of the doctors o...

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 registered nurse. there's no way around it. from y...

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 number 4 had the darker pinkish background. I hope...

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

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 find loads of links to discussions.

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 people working with you have knowledge and skills th...

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 seat. Best person to talk to is the senior nursing...

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 a Friday. There might be an earlier start on cert...

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 pain for the client! After we irrigate tunneling ...

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 wonky and the wording is convoluted. Perhaps "I h...