Sarah, RNBScN

Sarah, RNBScN

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  1. ACLS or TNCC

    ================= Call ENA: 1-800-900-9659 They can assist you and tell you what is available in your province.
  2. *Operating Room Nurses*

    ------------------ Check these sites and do a search http://www.campusaccess.com
  3. Refresher course: do I need one?

    ------------------------------ Check out these sites, they will list some RN refresher courses available. Good luck. Sarah http://www.campusaccess.com http://www.allnursingschools.com...
  4. An Ethical Dilemma

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  5. nursing magazine info please

    -------------------- I subscribe to that mag. It is really good and I recommend it for anyone. Your facility library should have a variety of nursing magazines. We do at our university and the...
  6. Pain Assessment/Reassessment

    We use the pain scale 1 - 10 for adults and faces for children. We document the pain scale, assess individual and give appropriate analgesia for discomfort. Forms that we would have would be for our...
  7. TNCC tips

    Read the book. Prepare. Relax. I agree with dixielee comments. They like order and structure. Stay focused and have fun. I practiced on my daughter and husband and talked out loud. One would tell...
  8. Enpc

    -------------- Where are you taking this from? I haven't but am interested. Please advise. Thanks
  9. Are all Dr.'s like this?

    Respect should be for all individuals. MD's are not superior than anyone or one profession. Respect yourself and others. Just the other day, I had an ortho. guy clap his hands together in front of...
  10. questions to ask at ER interview

    You have covered quite a bit already. ? education monies for certifications held (ie: TNCC, PALS, ACLS, APLS, ENC) to name a few ? education days paid or renumeration for attending education...
  11. Triage Form

    Send me your email and I will forward you what our ER uses.
  12. Have you worked outside the OR?

    Started first on surgical floor, then left for occupational nursing (mining company), then community health, back to hospital OR, PACU and presently in ER/ICU. Casual on Maternity floor. Teach part...
  13. What does your screenname mean?

    Sarah is my part of my middle name and the rest self
  14. Do or nurses do pacu after hours?

    Our PACU nurses are on site until 2000 hrs. then they are on call after that BUT we (OR) have recovered our post op when we know we do not have another case back to back.
  15. Should OR RN's be ACLS/PALS certified?

    Our OR is small we are a district hospital. Our OR staff do not even start IV's. They are BCL only. The anesthetist does it all. We only have 3-4 rooms running a day. We only provide general...
  16. Best ECG text?

    Dale Dubins is the best book and very easy to
  17. suturing information required

    In Ontario, suturing is a responsibility of the physican, or nurse practitioner, or RNFA. I have never met a physicians assistant. What schooling do they have? Is that only in the US? Curious....
  18. YEs. THey are allowed to review them but not remove them or have a copy per University policy. I am speaking for Laurentian, U. (Ontario,
  19. What does your spouse do?

    ============ Thought so.
  20. What does your spouse do?

    Locomotive
  21. What does your spouse do?

    ---------------- Do you have a Weimaraner too? Love the picture.
  22. "Document! Document!! Document!!!"

    Nothing as serious like that, but I documented that I verbally instructed a pt. on the care of a leg bag. We had no written discharge instructions left to hand out (which I documented too) and his...
  23. Hospital cutbacks...

    Hello Are any of you employed where the hospital is in a deficit? Do they want you to donate 2% of your wages towards the deficit? Do they have a website for you to post ways in reducing cost at...
  24. Married/single/male/female

    =============== 34 12 yrs 12 yrs Married None that I know of personally. 2/23 staff in our ER includes FT and PT Actively
  25. I don't have the Discovery Health Channel, only Discovery Channel and that series is only available on "Health" channel. If I had a dish, I was told I would be able to watch it and unfortunately, I...