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alianeco

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  1. Canadian Nurses in France

    alianeco posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello! I am a Canadian RN and I've recently been toying with the idea of living in France. I was wondering if anyone here can tell me what it's like from a Canadian RNs point of view. How does the...

  2. Canadian nurse thinking UK

    alianeco posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello! I'm a Canadian RN who wants to get a different experience. I recently posted a question regarding what it is like to work as a nurse in France (pay, scope of practice, and what not), and now...

  3. How to become an RN in CANADA?

    alianeco replied to jh_nn3's topic in International Nursing

    I used to work in Calgary (Alberta), and they do a lot of sponsoring of international nurses. I think most of the health regions in larger cities would have programs and budgets to get you here and...

  4. Canadian nurse thinking UK

    alianeco replied to alianeco's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you all! That is great information to know. Perhaps I'll look into some other destinations instead :) Thank you especially Fiona! The things I didn't even know about my own country's nursing...

  5. How to become an RN in CANADA?

    alianeco replied to jh_nn3's topic in International Nursing

    Have you tried the Canadian Nurses Association website? It has some good information. Follow this URL to the CNAs page of links. These are all the provincial RN websites....

  6. Canadian nurse thinking UK

    alianeco replied to alianeco's topic in International Nursing

    Why is that? In North America we have a nursing shortage, so many nurses are recruited from all around the world. Is this not the case in the

  7. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

    alianeco replied to Natef26's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have RTs, but we do our own suctioning and ABGs. The RTs do rounds several times per shift and we call them if there is a big problem. They also make ventilator changes and take part in decision...

  8. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

    alianeco replied to Natef26's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm new to my ICU, but it seems that we generally have a 2:1 ratio. I've seen the occasional 3:1, but those patients are generally less acute. I'm in a small hospital and it seems our ICU frequently...

  9. care of patients with a loss

    alianeco replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a really helpful post. I've been in L&D for a year and I have never nursed a family with a loss. I know it's going to happen sooner or later and what scares me is that I won't be a good...

  10. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    alianeco replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that the coaching we give to laboring women has more to do with helping them feel more positively about their birth experience than it does with having more physically positive outcomes. A...

  11. New here, anyone had a pt with a Doula?

    alianeco replied to northwoods6pack's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I usually love working with doulas. Since most of my patients get epidurals and sleep through their labor, I find that working with a doula is a good learning experience. That being said, some of...

  12. Funny OB things people say

    alianeco replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This wasn't my patient, but a patient (who I'm assuming was about to have an ARM) asked another nurse on my unit if the doctor was going to break her bladder. Hehe. I believe the nurse explained the...

  13. NARCAN - what's your policy

    alianeco replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've given narcan a few times to babies whose mom's had had narcotic close to delivery time and who are very floppy and not making respiratory effort. As far as I can recall, PPV was always tried...

  14. Best province...

    alianeco replied to wasup's topic in International Nursing

    Fiona59, I think you're being discrete enough... I'm not entirely convinced we're at the same hospital. But I suppose it's probably the same all over

  15. nursing in the Canadian north

    alianeco posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I'm a happy labor and delivery nurse in Canada, but lately I've been feeling like I might like to try doing some contract nursing in the Canadian north. I'm a fairly novice nurse (about half a...

  16. Best province...

    alianeco replied to wasup's topic in International Nursing

    Janfrn, I think I work at the same Hospital as you! "Center of Excellence". Perhaps I was trying to word things carefully before. I know what you mean about being short staffed... I think we may have...

  17. outpost nursing/northern nursing

    alianeco posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello! I'm a happy labor and delivery nurse, but lately I've been feeling like I might like to try doing some contract nursing in the north. I'm a fairly novice nurse (about half a year of medical...

  18. Canadian master's programs

    alianeco replied to trent's topic in International Nursing

    Dalhousie university (in Nova Scotia) has a Masters in Nurse Practitioner option. I haven't heard much about it though. I only looked at it because I'd love to live in Halifax :) I believe you can do...

  19. Best province...

    alianeco replied to wasup's topic in International Nursing

    I've worked in a couple of provinces. I started off in PEI and now I'm in Alberta. They both have positives and negatives though. I found PEI to be great for working conditions and stress level. The...

  20. nursing in the Canadian north

    alianeco replied to alianeco's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies! This is something that I really want to do, but it's so easy to get caught up in fears since it's very different from what I'm doing now. But I suppose when I switched from a...

  21. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    alianeco replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think having a 4th degree tear with one baby is a perfectly good reason to have a c/s for your next. Jeepers! She'll probably have pelvic floor problems for the rest of her

  22. amniotic fluid embolism

    alianeco replied to Almabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow. I haven't seen one yet and hope I never do. I've heard of them happening with amnioinfusions and I'm a bit nervous each time I do

  23. L&D ladies who work nights...

    alianeco replied to allthingsbright's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D is one of those special areas where the staffing doesn't go down at nights, so I think we get good and used to turning around and living our lives when everyone else is sleeping. In my...