Xenawarrierprincess

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1. Work At Hospital Or Nursing Home?

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to garmon1966's topic in Career Support

   I am also a new nurse and I have faced the same quandry as you. In Canada there are no "full time" jobs for new nurses, though, and many of us work part time in two spots. I work casual call in for a nursing home and currently full time, soon to be ...

2. Why is it so bad to be an LPN ????

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to hair_tie's topic in LPN/LVN

   I trained in a facility that didn't allow their RPN's to do IM injections or insulin to scale... Truly ridiculous.

3. Why is it so bad to be an LPN ????

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to hair_tie's topic in LPN/LVN

   That's so. The education varies too. the RPN course in Ontario is 2.5 years.

4. How do you deal with working weekends?

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to jensfbay's topic in New Nurse

   I don't mind weekends at all. I am divorced, and the two youngest kids spend that time with their dad. It's a great way to rack up the hours without taking away from the kids.

5. Why is it so bad to be an LPN ????

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to hair_tie's topic in LPN/LVN

   In Canada RPN's out number RNs. We cannot hang blood, or initital doses of antibiotics, and some institutions allow us to hang antibiotics and narcotics on predicatbale clients and some don't. To say RPN's are utuilized to the fullest is an understa...

6. Let's introduce ourselves...

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

   Hi. I'm Zena. I'm a Canadian RPN in my hometown hospital and a nursing home nearby. Recent graduate and best move i ever made was to go back to school.

7. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   Xenawarrierprincess replied to Brian's topic in New Nurse

   As a recent graduate, I can assure you that asking questions not only enhances our knowledge as new nurses, but earns respect from other more experienced nurses that can and will be valuable allies and sources of support and info. Hopping on the def...