Lori75

Lori75

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  1. Where to live in BC?

    Lori75 replied to rockstarjk's topic in International Nursing

    I live on Vancouver Island, but I am wondering how far North Vancouver is from Children's. North Van is nice. West Van is $$$$. Surrey is horrible. I work with a nurse from Port Moody, it sounds...

  2. Hello Haldol

    Lori75 replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    OMG, I loved it...thanks so

  3. I am GETTING out of hospital work! This is BULL!

    Lori75 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I thank God quite often that I am Canadian, and work in the Canadian Health Care system. Also my union is also so strong, that I can't imagine this happening here! I am so sorry you had to go through...

  4. I quit nursing school

    Lori75 replied to curiousrainbowfan's topic in General Students

    A couple points: - LPNs have a heavy burden of responsibility. Many places here can now have LPNs in charge (LTC) of a shift. -Some LPNs have a harder job than the RN on shift (more back breaking,...

  5. I quit nursing school

    Lori75 replied to curiousrainbowfan's topic in General Students

    I agree that being a care aide (what we call them in Canada) was a FANTASTIC way to decide if nursing was for me. In Canada, one must do a 6 month full time course to be able to work as a nurse aide...

  6. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    Lori75 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Nursing Humor

    omg :chuckle thanks for the laugh...he does have an accent, but it would never make a "sp_" sound turn into a "sh" sound...but you wanna bet that's where our minds kept

  7. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Today is my 5th anniversary of Quitting drinking. My 5th birthday as we call it up here. And I feel so lost. When I quit drinking I was waitressing and continued to waitress for the first...

  8. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My friend got me a chip...but I will get to a meeting any way...thanks so much...it has felt good just to reach out and communicate with other recovering

  9. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We have the same concept up here...but one must attend their home group at least once in a while to receive the lovely medallion. My home group is the lunch meeting, at the Alano club. Does the...

  10. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    Lori75 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just yesterday a man with dementia, who has no history of hallucinating and is legally blind, started going on and on about "shanking a monkey"...first he asked "may I shank your monkey" then it was,...

  11. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow, thanks for all the great advice, support, wisdom, and stories. I am doing a pretty crazy 6 day in a row schedule since my original post, but I told someone I work with how I was feeling, (she is...

  12. "Our Spirits Don't Speak English"...this may make you cry

    Lori75 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    So sad. Thank-you for posting this. The British Columbia government just paid out settlements to thousands of boarding school victims, that is a whole other subject as it is a very controversial...

  13. Good Joke!!!

    Lori75 replied to BookwormRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I will be telling that one at work!!!! OMG

  14. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    Lori75 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    Whoa! We are just venting about classroom issues really. And the LTC facility I work at treats our paramedics like Gods. I am an LPN, and I have never seen a paramedic treated poorly, we are...

  15. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    Lori75 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    What a very helpful suggestion! These are some great tools, and may just help some of our children too! Yours was a very good post!!! Thank

  16. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    Lori75 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    I am that student that was so irritated by everything...it has always been my nature to be easily irritated. I used to yell at my little brother when I could hear him chewing...(sorry bout that!) I...

  17. Worried about telling people I'm in recovery

    Lori75 replied to lovelynurse123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have been a student of Health Care twice in sobriety, first for my Care aide cert ( the Canadian equiv. of nursing assistant) in 2006, when I was 2.5 -3 yrs sober, then I just Graduated my LPN in...

  18. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Lori75 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    "How not to laugh when a resident says "I'm going home" and another resident in a wheelchair yells "You stupid a**, you're not going anywhere! You're stuck in this hole like the rest of us"(while 3...

  19. How do you address your patients?

    Lori75 replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    I voted for mr or Mrs....but that is not entirely true, I am 33 yrs old, if they are my age or younger I tend to use their first name, if older then the "Mr or Mrs"...then when I have built a rapport...

  20. Filed a Grievance against my Manager....now I'm worried

    Lori75 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Today I formally filed a grievance with my union against the Manager of Med/ Surg. I orientated on the Medical floor. I have been working in the Extended Care Unit up until now. I am a new LPN,...

  21. Filed a Grievance against my Manager....now I'm worried

    Lori75 replied to Lori75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I should have included the information that I was put on the call list, and she kinda admitted that she made a mistake. I now have scheduled shifts. When I mentioned that I spoke to my union she...

  22. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    Lori75 replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What a great idea for a thread!!! I just wrote my Canadian LPN exam, some of this stuff is above my scope, but so much of it is stuff I learned, and I find myself saying, "Oh yeah.... I forgot that...

  23. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Lori75 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck! I just wrote my Canadian LPN licensing Exam (a 7 hour test here) last Wednesday! I am a mother of a 3 year old, and writing that exam was up there with "one of the biggest things I've...

  24. i got a needle stick today need prayer

    Lori75 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Prayers for you radiating calm peaceful thoughts. You must be very full of anxiety, but if your body is waging a battle right now, it can't be fatigued by stress. You need to focus positive energy...

  25. Pt Ptt Inr Huh?

    Lori75 replied to Holly27's topic in Cardiac

    I'm a new member and a new nurse preparing to write my Canadian Licensing Exam, Thanks so much for the responses to that question, I found it just by Googling "PT PTT" and I found this site and your...