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My hospital agreement states we do not get compensated for up to 15 minutes after our shift ends for report. If it goes past that amount of time we are entitled to OT.

Excellent article. Thanks for posting.

Well said Fleur-di-les!!

I would recommend wearing cotton socks and possibly put baby powder, corn starch or dr. scholls medicated powder on your feet. The powder really does a great job in absorbing excess moisture.

I am in the GTA as well. There are "short-stay surgical units" in some hospitals which are only open for daytime and evening hours. Maybe you could look into that. I also believe that most Perioperative Nurses work straight 8 hour day shifts- some wo...

Yess!! In Canada ALL surgical plume is evacuated using a smoke evacuator- this is a basic requirement and part of out ORNAC standards as perioperative nurses. Surgical plume contains viruses/bacteria and cellular debris/blood in it. Numerous studies ...

Hey katygw! So Sorry for not responding... when you wrote your last posting I typed up a nice response, hit the enter button and then it never submitted! I was so angry I just left it for a while hehe. So right now you are most likely working at the ...

A surgeon named Dr. Slaughter!!

hey katygw, I am a new grad nurse currently worked in an acute care hospital with the float pool. I find that the med-surg floors are extremely stressful too and I find myself relating to you 100% in that I am very detail oriented and like to focus o...

I understand where you are coming from when you say you are overwhelmed and are feeling unsupported as a new grad. I graduated early this year and have started working at a hospital through the Health Force Ontario new nursing grad guarantee. This is...

I'm a new graduate nurse as well. When you had your orientation, did they not go over all of the medications and supplies in the crash cart? They should have explained the general sequence of events that would occur when you hit the code blue button....

I am like you and some of the other members as well, I am very awkward and shy around new people or places and sometimes do really stupid things because I'm so anxious. I thrive is situations that are consistent and with people that I know. Having sa...

I'm so sorry about your story. I guess my suggestions would be to not only study from Mosby, but look into the actual CRNE study handbooks. They sell these on their website (they are not cheap) but the questions are more similar to the ones you see o...

I'm sorry to hear that you can always go to the website- there is a service that can re-evaluate your exam result. There is a fee for this service though. Good luck.

Hey guys! I got my letter today... I passed! I'm from Toronto.

Good for you nursemich!!!!! what a relief, i'm sure!! :)

I spoke to a phone representative from CNO a couple days ago and she said the results will start to be mailed out next week!

I think a major disadvantage (depending on how you look at it) is that the men will ALWAYS be called to help with the heavy lifting and reaching! LOL.

Hey guys, I don't think it's necessary to start waxing and shaving yourself to go to work. I think if you have some crazy chest hair you can trim the top to look more controlled. For your arm hair... maybe you can wear a long sleeve shirt under your ...

I think it's wonderful if men are interested in OB, L&D! However, when I was in school during my maternity placement I found that a lot of the women on the unit (despite having male OB-gyns) refused to have a male nursing student. Not fair, huh?

I am a graduate from the 2 year BScN program at UofT in Ontario. I have to agree with snowyowl in that the program was stressful (mostly first year), crammed full of work and assignments and difficult. However there were many positive aspects that ca...

You seem to know your personal pros and cons of moving from RN to RT. If you truly believe that you will be happier and more content with doing that for the rest of your working career I say go for it. I guess if I were in your shoes I would probabl...

I agree with Dela_RN... this does not seem to be a good place to start as a new grad RN. I think the best places are often in hospitals where they are used to hiring new grads and have a stable orientation package that allows the new grad to shadow a...

Hi everyone, I am in a little bit of a pickle... I did my final placement of nursing school in a cardiology unit, and I know that is what I really enjoy doing and want to do in the future. However, actually finding a job in that setting is not so eas...

Hi everyone! I was just wondering... did you get into fertility nursing straight out of nursing school or did you gain some experience working in a hospital setting before going to the clinic? From your experience what would you suggest doing first? ...