RN4ev'r

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1. Disappointment

   RN4ev'r replied to silentmonolith's topic in International

   :) Great idea! I went after I graduated and had a terrific time. Got experience in nursing, met great people, and had a year round tan.

2. Disappointment

   RN4ev'r replied to silentmonolith's topic in International

   Don't give up. I have known others who have taken positions, that were not their choice, but got them into the hospital of their choice. This gave them a better chance of moving into their preferred area when they had an opening ie: start in a chro...

3. SARS in Toronto!

   RN4ev'r replied to TX Guy's topic in General Nursing

   Can someone refresh my tired brain? Did the nurse that travelled to the Phillipines have symptoms before she left? Same question for the children in Australia? I do remember it was around this time that one of the doctors involved with looking at ...

4. any POSITIVE comments????

   RN4ev'r replied to ams02's topic in Career Support

   :) Absolutely recommend it! I have been nursing for 27 years, fulltime. Although I have spent it doing direct patient care, nursing provides opportunities for you to move in many directions. I found that by being involved in other aspects. like n...

5. SARS in Toronto!

   RN4ev'r replied to TX Guy's topic in General Nursing

   Toronto RN: Thanks for your input on intubating sars patients. I heard at work today that there was a lot of secretions and that the goggles fell off of one of the staff during the procedure. (Supplied with one size fits all.) On my floor we are no...

6. SARS in Toronto!

   RN4ev'r replied to TX Guy's topic in General Nursing

   steven44121: Thanks for the link. Unfortunately it didn't work, but I found the one in the Cdn discussion board. Sure was glad to read something good about nurses and their dedication during this stressful time.

7. SARS in Toronto!

   RN4ev'r replied to TX Guy's topic in General Nursing

   I've been off work this weekend and have just heard the news about the ICU's being closed at Sunnybrook. As I said before, I guess we had just been lucky. The papers quoted the head of Infection Control as saying a mask or face shield slipped durin...

8. SARS in Toronto!

   RN4ev'r replied to TX Guy's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I work in is one hospitals in Toronto. We have had 50% of the SARS patients admitted to hospital in our facility, according to what we have been told. To date, there has been no staff members contracting SARS. All the precautions ever...