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  1. Nurse switches off ventilator by "mistake" - caught on camera

    Guest233447 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-11612402 This is an unbelievable and tragic story of a man with a SCI and paralyzed from the neck down, reliant on agency home nurses and who didn't...

  2. RN vs RPN Career

    Guest233447 replied to NursetobeSil's topic in Canada

    I am currently in school to become a LPN. Here in AB the program is 2 years long (and they're talking about wishing they could increase it because as things keep getting added to our scope, they just...

  3. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    some new protocols... like building new (for profit) ltc facilities, and closing the old one here where i live. net number of new beds (where the wait list to get into ltc is 1-2 years long) zero....

  4. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    You can't put toxic waste on the curb Fiona, so no, I don't think they'd take him.

  5. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    If we're going to talk about property taxes, I may implode. Ours have gone up 20% in the last 3 years! We are supposedly getting a new hospital (I'll believe it when they start digging) but we have a...

  6. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    I am actually afraid the pendulum may swing from "bad" to "worse" with this new Wild Rose party. It seems like it might be even more extreme - for those Albertans who've drummed up some...

  7. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Clearly those are people who've been fortunate to never have an emergent, or chronic, health concern. Any Albertan who has had to wait 2 years for a new hip, or 8 hours in Emerg for a Dr's note so...

  8. I'm Eating My Cookie...

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    holy cow, if this wasn't so sad, it would be laughable. they've fired from caucus dr.raj sherman, the former er doctor who is also an mla, *or was an mla for the tory caucus* for his criticism of his...

  9. One math prob that could help please regarding infusion rate

    Guest233447 replied to TJG21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Formula is always: Volume to be infused _________________ X Drop factor (gtts) Hours (into minutes) So your equation would be 500 divided by 240 (there 240 minutes in 4 hours) multiplied by your...

  10. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Guest233447 replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    Learn something new everyday as the saying goes. I had no idea that JW's were opposed to hanging blood - I thought the prohibition against blood products had to do with "receiving" not "giving". Odd...

  11. What can CDN LPN's do for specialty?

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi - I'm looking for some information on what CDN (specifically AB) LPN's can do for specialty - or do you need a BScN for all of the fields. Specifically I'm interested in Palliative or Oncology...

  12. The balance between Defensive and Doormat?

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    So I'm a student on clinical. Surgical unit. So far, seems like the place I want to be. I recognize that there is an implicit hierarchy wherever you go, and I respect that. Gotta earn your stripes....

  13. If you saw a doctor...

    Guest233447 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How would you react if you saw a doctor using very poor surgical asepsis while changing a client's dressing? What action would you take? This is a question I have to answer for a short school paper....

  14. Should I switch careers? (Canada)

    Guest233447 replied to Beebop25's topic in International Nursing

    Wow. Because LPN's aren't real nurses? LPN's are "ultimately responsible" for their own patients. We aren't playing "nurse" with the RN's as our overseers. We have our OWN licenses with our own...

  15. can't get a job

    Guest233447 replied to mLPN79's topic in International Nursing

    Do you have any contacts from your graduating class of nurses? I know (from watching this past spring's grads and keeping my ears open at the LTC facility I work in as a NA) that some positions are...

  16. What can CDN LPN's do for specialty?

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Well, I might not always be in a small town without the specialities... The province did announce a new 520 million hospital due to begin construction next year. It will have radiation vaults so that...

  17. Orientation for Practical Nursing Program (yesterday)

    Guest233447 replied to MC-Jo's topic in International Nursing

    Hi there! I finished year one of the two year PN program here in AB. I didn't have a "part time job" but I DO have 3 kids, so I'd consider that similar. As to "double class time" in studying, we were...

  18. Horror stories about RPN program...Yikes!!!

    Guest233447 replied to MC-Jo's topic in International Nursing

    I am a PN student. I got a job for summer with our local health region as a Nursing Attendant (actually on the unit I did my LTC rotation for class). I did it both to gain valuable experience and to...

  19. Alberta Nurses asked to take 0% increase by Duckett

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    CBC News - Edmonton - Health-care wage freeze in works for Alberta A quote from the article that I thought would raise an interesting discussion: Is this true? Would you take a zero percent increase...

  20. Is my nursing program "rockin' it old-school"? because...

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    I was reading a thread on "old-school" nursing practices and I'm wondering WHY I am learning to do those same things the same way? For instance, we are learning to do IV Calculations the gravity-feed...

  21. Holy Heck I am SOOO scared!

    Guest233447 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So. I'm a Canadian LPN student (our program is 2 years). Today was my first day of clinical. We toured the hospital and did a bunch of "housekeeping" stuff regarding assignments that are due over the...

  22. Holy Heck I am SOOO scared!

    Guest233447 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So. I'm a Canadian LPN student (our program is 2 years). Today was my first day of clinical. We toured the hospital and did a bunch of "housekeeping" stuff regarding assignments that are due over the...

  23. Holy Heck I am SOOO scared!

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in General Nursing

    I got my patient assignment today. I was hoping for a "nice little old lady," but was assigned to a 41 year old man who has been an spastic quad with limited right arm mobility for nearly 20 years...

  24. Holy Heck I am SOOO scared!

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! That, right there, is my fear! LOL. I can laugh at myself, so hopefully I'll think it's funny and carry on if I make a goof similar. So glad that I found this board - it has been...

  25. When do you guys buy uniform or shoes?

    Guest233447 replied to elmo25_p's topic in Canada

    I bought my scrubs from http://www.dailyscrubs.ca. They were great to deal with and I thought their prices were pretty good (KOI was $10 cheaper per item than the brick and mortar store in Edmonton)...