flyingchange

flyingchange

MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research

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  1. Seeking Advice - NP program

    flyingchange replied to SanahRajk's topic in Canada

    Food for thought, but if your desired program is for an NP qualified for all-ages, you may not have enough pediatric experience to get in (assuming you work adult med/surg). When I was interested in...

  2. Any MPH students out there?

    flyingchange posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm starting in Fall 2014 at University of Alberta. Is there anyone else out there, Canadian or

  3. Any MPH students out there?

    flyingchange replied to flyingchange's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi Crisbiss, I haven't been back on this forum for a while, but I decided on MPH because I really like how diverse everyone's background is. We have lots of physicians, allied health, epidemiologists,...

  4. Looking for work in Alberta? Don't give up...

    flyingchange replied to youngblood19's topic in Canada

    I would just like to add that AHS is not the only game in town! I work for a major university, get way better benefits, and an excellent schedule with summer holidays and a week at Christmas. What's...

  5. Removing a ring with O2 mask strap

    flyingchange posted a topic in Emergency

    Saw this going around FB and it's quite clever!

  6. Butterfly Injections

    flyingchange replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

    I had a homecare infusion client whose RN wife wanted to give his infusions via butterfly as she was not comfortable with IV catheters. His infusions only lasted for 15-30 minutes. All the research I...

  7. Nurse Practitioner specializing in Trauma/Emergency?

    flyingchange replied to alkatize's topic in Canada

    In my ED, there are a few NPs, but their role is to manage chronic disease patients. So there is one who sets up follow-up care for heart disease patients, and another who prescribes IV antibiotics...

  8. Iv mag or k+ which do I hang first?

    flyingchange replied to JenniferG rN's topic in Emergency

    According to Lexicomp, these are compatible, and there are no warnings against infusing concomitantly - is there any reason you couldn't run them

  9. Alberta Cuts Nursing Jobs and to "Restructure Health Care"

    flyingchange replied to loshki's topic in Canada

    Already have my grad school application in for 2014, and it's not in

  10. Where to start?

    flyingchange replied to FutureResearchRN's topic in Research

    I would recommend that you work in the specialty where you eventually want to work in research. I'm an emergency RN and I have been working in Emergency Medicine research since January; my experience...

  11. Need advice! Private clinic nursing..

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    I work for a university and a private homecare company. I don't regret leaving AHS for a second. The benefits are way better outside of the union negs, too. I kept my casual position to maintain my...

  12. AHS Media Campaign

    flyingchange replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    I heard the radio ad. They are very disparaging... the whole campaign is baffling! Unless it's to try and justify bringing on more NAs and HCAs in lieu of

  13. Health Superboards: do they work?

    flyingchange replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    Well said

  14. Moving from ICU to research?

    flyingchange replied to Deetail's topic in Research

    Research nurses need to be highly organized and very detail oriented (ask me how I know). In life I am a very Type B, but at work I know the status of all my studies, my research patients, and all of...

  15. Can a new BSN grad w/research experience get a research nurse job?

    flyingchange replied to troop949's topic in Research

    Depends what area you work in. I'm in Emergency Medicine. Several of our studies get me in the heart of the action without TOO much responsibility. I also find working to tight timelines to be very...

  16. Source Documents

    flyingchange replied to gsi00154's topic in Research

    Yes, these are called Case Report Forms, and they are for officially documenting the data to be tracked at each visit: bloodwork, vitals, that kind of thing. We consider CRFs the actual study...

  17. Can a new BSN grad w/research experience get a research nurse job?

    flyingchange replied to troop949's topic in Research

    I had 6 months of ED RN experience before I was hired as research coordinator in emergency medicine research. It was all about what I brought to the table from my previous experience. I think you'd be...

  18. Creating CRFs from scratch

    flyingchange posted a topic in Research

    Hi everyone, I'm currently in the beginning stages of coordinating a new study. I'm pretty new to this role (just hit 6 months). It's a brand new study (the PI basically just handed me the grant...

  19. Creating CRFs from scratch

    flyingchange replied to flyingchange's topic in Research

    Amazing! Thanks for your

  20. Negotiating Salary for a Clinical Research Nurse in Charlotte, NC

    flyingchange replied to NICU1209's topic in Research

    Me

  21. AHS Board Fired

    flyingchange replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    I'm curious about how "at-risk" the bonuses really are. I mean, AHS fell short by basically every metric they measured. OCP all the time, no decrease in LOS for subacute, deep cuts to disabled care....

  22. More bad news at AHS - layoffs

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    So happy my primary employer isn't AHS anymore. Although it's not so great working for a university right now

  23. RAAPID

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    They aren't - we call RAAPID

  24. RAAPID

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    They find beds and consults for patients who need to be moved from one place to another. All requests for beds and consults must go through RAAPID. The nurse on the phone ultimately decides what...

  25. RAAPID

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    Not sure what it's like to work for them, but I definitely know what it's like to call them... dare I say RAAPID is the bane of our existence in Emerg? It all depends on the individual nurse you speak...