nikki_nurse

Hi, Just wondering what are some of the major differences between Australia and US or Canadian Nursing. Are there different medications that are used? Is the scope of practice of the nurse different? What level of care is the nurse providing (is it ...

Hi, I feel like I'm in the same position as you. In a RN and I worked acute care in a rural hospital for a year and now I'm working in LTC. I'm thinking about trying to get into acute/ER care at our small hospital so I'm working on getting my ACLS si...

Just coming from the other side, I was assigned someone to orientate and wasn't let notified beforehand and I felt like I was a deer in the headlights since I had no idea. It was also my first time ever orientating and I had only been working on the ...

You need to use action words in your resume. Here is a list Resume - Action Words and Phrases For example you say "Managed high-volume customer accounts and provided superior customer service to ensure needs of vendors and sales personnel were met....

I graduated two years ago and got a job in March (after finishing in Dec and writing my exam at the begining of Feb). I did get to do the new grad initiative but I did move about 8 north of Toronto to a small rural hospital and got 6 months of precep...

Thanks for the comments. Keep them coming. Yes I am in Canada but I included US as well to try to get more comments. I actually worked in a small hospital with 11 acute care beds so we had both RNs and RPNs working but we worked in a total patient c...

So tonight I was called out of my basement apartment to front of the house because the older gentleman who lived there had fallen. When I got there, he had no pulse and was not breathing, and he was frozen cold. It has been about -10 here today and w...

Thanks for the comments. They think that he had a heart attack or something along those lines. I thought that I would be more shaken up and having my anxiety increase (also due to other issues going on in my life) but I've been able to rationally go ...

I was working in long term care on night shift and one of the residents had just been started on an antibiotic for cellulitus. I had gotten into a routine and while I noted that she had the antibiotic, I didn't check it against her allergies. A while...

The summer camp that I work at, we do lice checks in the evening after the have arrived earlier that afternoon. Any campers who have lice gets their hair shampooed with lice shampoo and combed through to get rid of nits. We then have then wear a band...

He is definitely in the placebo stream. Really? Have you seen the other patient? Wow. Thinking back, I haven't seen our intern since then...

His lungs are clear, had a BM this am, denies pain and that is all I have to report. See you in the morning.

When I did my phone interview, I had papers spread out so that I could answer or ask questions. I did as much research as I could about the hospital and then the questions that I wanted to ask about the hospital. Also, I went though some sample inter...

In my experience, it depends on the patient's condition. We have two RN's as well as two RPN's (only on day shift) working at our hospital with the MD on call. If it was a trauma patient coming in, I would have a co-worker call the MD. If I did not h...

I would hope that you would be able to continue with nursing since you just finished your degree. I agree with others who have posted who said to try and get a position at a doctor's clinic. Is it the 12 hour shifts that are difficult for you to wor...

Here in Ontario, Canada we have a new graduate initiative where the hospital applied for funding from the government to train a new graduate nurse. They then can hire a nurse and train them with the intention of transitioning them to a full time or p...

I would agree with one of the above posters who mentioned a place to crash when you work the 3 12's. You said that you have family back to go home to, but if you are working 3 12's straight (I'm not sure if you said if they were in a row or not), the...

I would also strongly recommend that you fill in the scan tron as go along as you may not have time at the end of the exam to copy it over from the test booklet. What I did was circle the answer on the booklet, put it into the scan tron. If I really ...

Hi everyone, I wrote the exam in February and have a few tips/answers to questions I have seen here. I definitely recommend wearing layers that you can put on/take off. It was cold in the room that I wrote in and it distracted me for sure. You are al...

I had an interview last week and I did send them a thank you email along with my references. It has been one week and they said that it would take about 2 weeks to hear back from them. I was wondering if it is appropriate to send another email saying...

i have looked through the website but i wanted to know if anyone else had done this program and if they had any additional information besides what is on the website

Does anyone have any additional information about this reimusement? I know the general facts of what are online, but I am wondering if you get the money up front or if you have to wait, and if you have to wait till you actually move to the area to ap...

I called the CNO earlier this afternoon to ask about the snow. They said that the exam would not be cancelled since it is a nationally written exam. They advised to prepare for more travel time. They also said that if you could not get that you need ...

I would be interested in a study group... maybe once or twice over January?

I am also taking the CRNE in February. I live in Ontario and I am planning on taking a prep course. I am soo nervous for the exam as I just want to pass the exam so I can start working.