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and so I'll be retiring my Allnurses' account here. Can't believe the 3 years went by so fast. I got lots of good advice in my posts and readings here (read a lot more than I ever posted). I finished my last student shift yesterday, so I'm going to...

Graduated from the 2 year LPN program in AB. New grad as of this past May. I felt scared and excited, I knew that I knew the "book stuff" because I had a GPA of 3.9 but I knew that "book stuff" doesn't count for much. I wasn't (and still am not) af...

Got my results today - PASS! I'm in AB. Best of luck!

A bunch of girls from my class got their results yesterday. I'm still waiting, nothing in my mailbox yesterday. There was a girl who was just unbelievably... er, well, anyhow, none of us expected her to pass... but she did. So, I've told myself if S...

The info on results we were given stated that failure to pass notices would be sent by Registered mail.

I turned down the offer of a full time line. I'm staying casual. Currently working full time hours, but want the flexibility of being able to choose when I can get time off. For the record, even though I'm casual, I DO work nights and weekends. I'm i...

Just reading the Care magazine in which it mentions that the new mega-hospital in south Calgary may be planning to staff the hospital using RN's and HCA's and not LPN's? Any of you know of this is true? If so, what a slap in the face to all the LPN's...

Page 4 of the new Fall issue. In the "From the College" article titled, "A Collaborative Practice Strategy" I'll excerpt the relevant part: As a new grad LPN, I would LOVE to see a MAJOR advertising blitz by the CLPNA. I really don't feel that peop...

Daily Scrubs .ca. I've bought all Koi pants, because theirs are the best in terms of being both comfortable and flattering. I buy my scrub tops at Giant Tiger and sometimes Marks.

A new grad LPN from my class is currently being orientated to the NICU here... so it does happen.

Thanks Ogopogo - I can't believe how the time seems to have flown. I am so happy to nearly be done, I know that a casual position is a foot in the door and I'm happy to start there. Things are opening up in AB so hopefully it won't be long. I asked ...

Cleaning the resident rooms and bathrooms." This line drifted to my ears in the orientation for a brand new (lovely) private LTC facility opening here soon. This is Canada - we don't really do "private" care but the gov't of the province in which I l...

I tidy patient rooms when I go in - who likes a big mess? But tidying and cleaning (we got a tutorial on which rags are used on which surfaces!) are two different things. *sigh* I am afraid this COULD be the future of nursing. I don't know - certai...

Yep, you guys are all confirming my gut feeling. I did get an offer today for a casual position on a med/telemetry floor, so I'll resign and let the housekeeping/nursing duties go to some other hapless nurse. At the risk of sounding... racist... and ...

The on-site pharmacy will be packaging all the meds with pt name, name of pill, description of pill ie: "Mr.Smith, Levodopa, round, white pill" and these will all be kept in a locked pill box and in a locked drawer in each patient's room just as the ...

Oh, and doing the residents laundry (not including facility linens) and cooking breakfasts in the "cottage". It's the Eden philosophy - less "institutional" which I guess blurs the lines between professional nursing care and general housekeeping...

I wish it were a joke... but it isn't. They even took the time to show us which color of cleaning cloths are to be used where, and all the janitorial carts/vaccuums, etc. HCA's there do meds, the nurses do assessments, charting, etc and PRN narcotics...

I agree. The only girls from my class (we grad this month) who've gotten interviews/jobs so far (only as casual) were the ones who dropped the resume off in person to the UM. It worked for me. I'm still waiting to hear "for sure" that I got a positi...

Thankyou for your responses. Can I ask what the starting wage is for a new grad PN? Here in AB it is $23 and change. How do the RNs treat the PNs? Here I find they refer to themselves as "nurses" and call us only LPNs. As in "we'll be holding a meet...

Bumping this thread forward. What is the scope of a RPN in Ontario, and how does it compare to the scope of the LPN within Alberta? What is the hourly starting wage? Just doing some comparative research.

We get pinned at ours in June - I can't remember what the pin looks like, but it's custom ordered from Birks. We're wearing the traditional white uniforms (but can wear white pants if we choose) and getting our pins and caps at the ceremony. LPN pro...

I wish the issues such as "boredom and alcohol" fueling such dysfunction would be truly addressed by our government instead of throwing endless tax dollars in the direction of the reservations year after year. They deserve better.

What a coincidence!!

Have you checked out the AHS job postings? Last I looked there were plenty of LPN postings for both major AB centers both Cgy and Edm. Talking to a graduate RN from Cgy today on my clinical rotation who just moved up here and she said that there are...

I'm sorry to hear about your dad's MI but glad to hear things look like they'll work out for the move. Good luck!