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  1. want to get into Diabetes education

    Have you talked to the practisoners where your children are following, or the center you would like to work at? They might could tell you what the preferred education/certification is. The hospitals around me were looking for CDE. A degree was an a...
  2. Wearing a beard as a male nurse?

    I wasn't allowed to have a beard while working at a rural hospital, as there was a possibility of wearing a N95. I was allowed a goatee. Now that I have a desk job at the same hospital I've grown a beard.
  3. RN/CDE foot exams?

    I recently did some training at the Diabetes Education Center (DEC) at the hospital that I work for. Our goal is minimum one foot exam per year. It can either be done at the DEC or their family doctor's office. Inlow's 60-second Diabetic Foot Scr...
  4. Nursing Assessment Class for "MALES"?

    When I went to school they paired up the guys in assessment class when we were learning to do bed baths and chest assessments. For some reason they didn't want the male and female students together when they were in partial states of undress. :imbar
  5. What is the start wage for a GN in your province?

    This is a list of wages that I got off http://www.canadianrn.com They have not updated it in a few years British Columbia $24.70 to $32.42 Alberta $23.75 to $30.11 Saskatchewan $19.29 to $23.44 Manitoba$20.46 to $24.12 Ontario $20.50 to $30.24 Québe...
  6. flu shot

    I got mine a couple of weeks ago. The only side effect was bit of a headache the next day. I live in Ontario so it was free.
  7. "but she's so nice!"

    I'm positive that the people with the extra work load are not going to hate you.
  8. Migrating to Canada from U.S as aregistered nurse

    Try looking for info here http://cicnet.ci.gc.ca/english/work/index.html
  9. Prescription meds without a prescription?

    Rubber stamping American prescriptions, sounds like a sweet job to me. Canada Certified Physicians Wanted 02-May-03 We are looking for Physicians with a Canadian License to review patient charts along with their American Physician's prescription. ...
  10. domestic partner benefits

    Common law relationships are not considered marriages in Canada and you do not have to get a divorce when you split up. After a specific amount of time (depending on which province you live in) there are legal issues with property division.
  11. domestic partner benefits

    Our benefit plan covers common law relationships. It is quiet a progressive plan too. Your spouse get the same coverage that you are eligible for, same sex couples are recognised and the coverage starts the day you move you partner in.
  12. I need a job !!

    try workopolis
  13. Disappointment

    http://www.trilliumhr.com/ I had a classmate who liked them. Never used them my self. You should look at workopolis to try finding a job in Canada. Did you ever think about going up North?
  14. Question for people from Toronto

  15. Question for people from Toronto

  16. Question for people from Toronto

    My father went to Toronto to do a little shopping today. If I'd known sooner I'd have asked the safety department if I could borrow a full face respirator and some N95 cartridges just to keep him safe :roll
  17. Question for people from Toronto

    It would take me about 90 minutes to drive to Toronto. I wouldn't break plans to see my friends let alone give up tickets for the Lion King. If you are paranoid buy a box of N95 masks and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Personally I think it is a gre...
  18. care in the home

    Your friend should contact the local Community Care Assess Centre as they are organization that contracts out home care.
  19. Bush adds SARS to quarantine list--just in from CNN

    WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush gave health officials authority Friday to quarantine Americans sick with the highly contagious new mystery illness. Health officials have no immediate plans to use the new powers in fighting severe acute re...
  20. Did they tell you how to sterilize the phone? If not seal it up in a ziplock bag at the beginning of the night and say you couldn't use it d/t universal precautions. It's not like you have time to clean out each little hole in the mouthpiece.
  21. SARS in Toronto!

    This issue just hit home for me. I found out before coming to work tonight that a close friend of mine in quarantine. She was working in the ICU and they had a SARS patient on her unit. Thankfully she was not providing care. I'm planning to drop...
  22. Thanks for posting this Oramar. I agree with what you stated, that nurses were told for too long not to speak up, but guess what? This is North America!
  23. Fraser Health Authority is in Canada.
  24. student nurse in BC

    I am not a member of ONA and I'm working (legally) in Ontario. You can only join ONA (Ontario nurses association) if you are working in a facility where they have a collective bargaining agreement. I'm not sure if all the hospitals are under ONA or j...
  25. Volunteers

    When I was a student I volunteered at a walk in clinic. I helped do the odd jobs that everyone else was too busy to do or had to do on the fly. Filling up the exam rooms, checking expired meds. transferring patients to the lab . As I was a volunte...