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I use the formula drug ordered drug on hand Ex: 150 mg Demerol s/c Q2-3h prn pain. Amps of 100mg/1ml available 150mg = 1.5 ml of Demerol You will use 2 vials and waste 50mg of Demerol 100mg I always double & trip...

I have to agree. I will correct a patient by saying "This is a brief, not a "diaper"and will further explain that diapers are - as many have mentioned before are for children/toddlers/babies. A brief is a more respectable term - and that is huge to s...

Here in BC where I work (VIHA), there are student nurses (in the RN program heading into year 3) that can get paid student positions. I am not sure of the parameters around their practice or supervision required. I am an LPN and love it. I know the c...

Currently in BC, the majority of LPN's working in hospitals (and some private facilities) are in the HEU (Hospital Employees Union). This union consists of Support Workers. http://www.heu.org/ LPN's have mixed feeling about HEU in their history both...

HSA (Hospital Sciences Association) does not want the LPN's. They were approached a few years ago when HEU negotiated a 15% CUT to LPN wages. So those initial LPN's approached BCNU and it has been a work in progress for 3 years. BCNU does good work f...

I think we also need to consider the patients we are caring for. The older more senior population could/can be offended by your ink. I personally have 2 tatts and they are covered (lower back and inside left ankle). There are SOME cultures that see t...

I lived in PEI from 1986-1989 in Summerside - hubby was in the Canadian Airforce. The winters are brutal, the summers OK. Beaches are nice, lobster dinners fantastic (Mother's Day they start). You take a step back in time about 20 yrs - the island wa...

I work at Saan Pen - we live in Brentwood which is less than 5 minutes from Saan Pen. AND I also work at RJH and for a 0700 shift, I leave my house by 0620, and am parked and on the unit by 0650. Coming home can sometime take 40 minutes depending on ...

http://www.viha.ca/careers/job_postings/nursing/ That is for the public job postings. Once you are hired - likely casual at first? then you can apply for the internal job postings http://www.viha.ca/careers/internal_opportunities/ for all the other ...

downtown victoria proper does have people on the streets but nothing like the east end of vancouver. the mild climate brings transients to the west coast. we are on the peninsula and you don't have that homeless quota as the facilities are down town ...

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"We have a long way to go with this in Canada" To add to that comment, each province and then within that province, down to each hospital there are HUGE differences. Example - As an LPN in BC, in my scope, I can hang a bag on NS with KCl - that KCl b...

I agree with you Pepper. We loved our time in Comox. Two of our 4 children were born in St Joe's. My brother & family live in Black Creek (between Comox and Campbell River) and it is lovely. I didn't like the thermal inversion that sits in the Va...

We had a fair dump of snow this year but for the most part, normally, Victoria does not get much snow. IF we get snow, it usually melts within a day or two. RJH is having the new 500 bed patient tower built, to open in 2010'ish (so they say). The car...

Hi CristinaUK - Not wanting to bash the Island as I am an island girl born and raised - but the interior - Kelowna/Penticton area is really nice too - some people feel *trapped* living in Vancouver Island - just an fyi. As I said, born and raised Vic...

I work on a Hospice Unit. This person was not MY patient but I knew them from a previous unit as a student nurse. While still a student, on preceptorship, I encountered this family again but in a palliative setting. One evening, the husband now a 10%...

I wrote the PN Exam in BC on Sept 10th. I found using the study prep guides to be a great help as that was the exam format. I studied throughout the summer while I was on preceptorship - just a few times a week and a bit of review on the math calcula...

I too wrote the exam Sept 10th, here in Victoria. I felt Camosun College prepared us very well for this particular exam. I used the prep guides for study and practice. I felt confident writing the exam. My results arrived Tuesday Oct 14 with a pass. ...

http://camosun.ca/learn/programs/pn/pn-study.html I just completed my LPN here in BC. The licensing exam was Sept 10th and got the letter Tuesday with the PASS. The course at Camosun College was 50 weeks. BC is the only province with the condensed c...

Personally I would take the Comox Valley over Nanaimo any day of the week. We lived in Comox from 1989-1993 - with our 4 kids - 2 born in St Joe's from there we were posted to Nova Scotia. My brother currently lives in Black Creek which is about 15 m...

I was blessed to be a part of hospice for 5 weeks (preceptorship). It is truly an amazingly wonderful experience - and I love it. I hae been offered (and accepted) a casual position - fortunately or unfortunately there ase not a lot of hours as the s...

Hi 2bornot2b - I only just got your message now and there was no way to reply - so sorry. The link I have that is helpful for APA Formatt is http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01 sorry it's late Hope to hear from you Cheers

My hubby and family (4 kids - son who will be 23 soon - on his own, daughters 20 1/2 - who moved back end of June - daughter who will be 19 soon and 17 1/2 who will be grading in June '09). where extremely supportive. Unfortunately hubby lost his job...

I have just completed the PN programme at Camosun College in Victoria BC. http://camosun.ca/learn/programs/pn/pn-study.html I am delighted to be done - it was a fast and hugely busy year (ask my family). If there is anything I can do to help out, ple...

Hey 2bornot2b I am in BC and just completed my PN course. I am writing the National licensing exam on Wednesday. In BC LPN's are full scope. LPN's handle the stable pts, RN's the unstable. As an LPN I can not hang blood but I can monitor the infusion...