Guest233447

Guest233447

Member

  • Content

    118

  • Visitors

    4,324

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by Guest233447

  1. TAX season

    Guest233447 replied to pokerface's topic in International Nursing

    That sucks Jan! I'm dropping hundreds of dollars this year to get all the materials I need. What is killing me is that I've paid over $3000 in tuition for last semester and only about 1200 of it was...

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

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Sounds like some of these nursing students didn't learn manners. What other advice do you have for a nursing student to avoid ******* off the staff? LOL I'm pretty sure I have "common courtesy"...

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

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Hmmm. How would using my cuff be different than using a piece of equipment that belongs to the unit? Obviously I'd avoid using it on anyone in isolation - not that I'll be dealing with that this...

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

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Morte - no mea culpa necessary! LOL. I like to learn about anything I can from wherever I can - realizing all systems are different, it's still good to learn. I think I might just carry my cuff with...

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

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a bit sad we won't be doing pressures manually - I'm a star on that front. LOL I'm glad to hear that it's a good skill to learn (calculating drip rates, etc) I just had wondered why the "older...

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

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Ok.. good to know. Trust me I was very alarmed too. The "pass" for the calc exams is 90% though, so they're learning fast. LOL "Kids these days" are allowed to use calculators in about grade 5 so...

  7. Nobody Likes A Tattle Tail

    Guest233447 replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only in nursing school, but trust me - the backstabbing and brown-nosing happening here are enough to make me wonder how I'm going to deal with it all in the "real world". In a perfect world,...

  8. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    As an aside: I'm in 1st year PN programme. The grads for this year have been told that the local AHS liason who usually comes in to try to recruit for this region will NOT be coming this spring. I...

  9. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    What I would REALLY like to see is for Haiti to get the restructuring it so desperately needed - even before this catastrophe. For the amount that would be spent to transport, care for, house, etc,...

  10. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has confirmed he'll shuffle his cabinet this week and then return to the legislature to deliver a cost-cutting budget on Feb. 9. Stelmach would not confirm...

  11. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    Guest233447 replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    LOL - I realize I'm "idealistic" at this point. Regarding the germs and hygiene practices, it is my intention to stay that way. It may be true, as you stated above, that not everyone is a nurse....

  12. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    Guest233447 replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    After everything I've learned in only one semester as a nursing student, I must say how astonished I am that anyone would question the statement that wearing scrubs outside the work environment is...

  13. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    What an insulting offer. I hate bureaucracy - a system that seems only to take care of the bureaucrats. Something is wrong when you have the power to "vote" yourself a raise, and set the own terms of...

  14. HELP Resident calling baby "stupid" What to do!!!??

    Guest233447 replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting responses throughout this thread. :) What about trying a "perception check" in order to try to understand where the resident was coming from with her comments? This exercise will also...

  15. Opportunities for Teaching/Counselling as a LPN?

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Thank you for reading my post. I am currently enrolled in a PN training program, with only a month to go before the end of the first semester. I am really enjoying the challenges so far - and my...

  16. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    Guest233447 replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    As a Canadian working to get my LPN education (here it is a 2 year diploma program) when I graduate I can expect to make about $23.40 an hour as a starting wage. LPNs go up to just under $30 an hour,...

  17. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    From what I've been hearing, and from conversations with RN's I know as well as RN students, this could get very ugly. Apparently Liepert is quite "pro-LPN" and the word is that as much as where...

  18. Alberta Health Services

    Guest233447 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    Didn't you hear Stelmach's "inspiring" speech tonight? We just need to have "courage" to embrace the "new health care" that the Conservatives have planned for Alberta. Truly frightening. Someone get...

  19. BC to Alberta LPN

    Guest233447 replied to alabatiuk44's topic in Canada

    No, indeed thank you for posting the information about provincial transfers, it is valuable. I just wasn't certain if she realized there IS a LPN program available IN Grande Prairie through Northern...

  20. BC to Alberta LPN

    Guest233447 replied to alabatiuk44's topic in Canada

    Just glancing briefly over all the posts in response to yours, sorry if I misunderstood. It seems you might be unaware that there IS an LPN program offered in Grande Prairie - I am registered in it,...

  21. How's the job prospective? I heard there is a hiring freeze

    Guest233447 replied to mrnursing's topic in International Nursing

    Some more good news from Stelmach: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090825/CGY_stelmach_economy_090825/20090825/?hub=CalgaryHome This looks like it could get interesting. I am...

  22. How's the job prospective? I heard there is a hiring freeze

    Guest233447 replied to mrnursing's topic in International Nursing

    I'm only a nursing student at this point (start program in 3 weeks, yay!) so I'm watching the politics of all this with interest. Will Albertan LPN's expect to see their wages rolled back? When I was...

  23. Sad night

    Guest233447 replied to chellelynn25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    How wonderful for her that she had someone who cared for her with her when she passed. How wonderful for you that you had the chance to know and care for her. She sounds like she must have been a...

  24. How Could This Happen?

    Guest233447 posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31892804/ns/health-swine_flu/ I'm starting my Practical Nursing program in September, very excited and a bit scared because I know I'll be working my butt off for 2...

  25. How Could This Happen?

    Guest233447 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Aw. You sound discouraged. Think of it this way: you get the opportunity every day to make a little, positive difference in the lives of both patients and coworkers. Sitting there coding wouldn't be...