Lori75

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 nice enough. I am not the best responder though......

OMG, I loved it...thanks so much!!!

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 this!! Last week I got a migraine on shift, at 0...

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, more room for pt. error & self injury) - I was t...

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 / care aide. So one can't just casually try it ou...

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 going...lol

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 year of my sobriety. I still had to mix and serve dr...

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 alcoholics

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 Alano club exist in the USA? I know there are several ...

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, "I need to shank this monkey on me", then it was ...

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 also in the fellowship of AA) and she goes regul...

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 topic. After seeing this I will be able to have even...

I will be telling that one at work!!!! OMG thank-you!!!:yeah::bow::chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

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 usually so happy to see them. Why would you go into nur...

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 you!!!:yeah::bow::up:

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 also had the best grades in every one of my classes,...

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 March, my 5 yr b-day is on Sept 10th, God willing. I...

"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 family members walk by)!" OMG!!! I would have been ...

Right now I have a pt with end stage ALS, she is getting Dilaudid 6 mg Q4H, with 2 mg Q1h PRN (usually giving 2 to 3 prn's between the q4h doses) via subcutaneous infuser. She is pretty snowed now, this has been going on for a few days, her old ord...

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 or gotten a sense of what they prefer to be calle...

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, After I finished my orientation I expected the phone ...

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 said it was my right. BUT yes I agree with the posts...

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 one" One of the things I love about being a nurse...

I have seen both ends of the spectrum. I recently upgraded from Residential Care Aide to LPN, and I have found that Care Aides are WAAAAYYYYY nastier to their "young" especially if they are truly young. There is a large element of people who wish...

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 ever done" I think I did well...I get my results in...