flyingchange

flyingchange

MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research

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  1. Help! At my wit's end with reconstituting a med

    flyingchange posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I can't take it anymore. I have wracked my brain trying to figure out the math or even best practice on this issue. In desperation, I turn to you, o mighty nursing think tank! Behold, the most...

  2. Help! At my wit's end with reconstituting a med

    flyingchange replied to flyingchange's topic in Patient Medications

    WOW I knew you guys would be able to help me out. That's why I love this website. Right, it depends on the lot number. Each lot number has a different mg/vial. The order is for 4g/week. This drug...

  3. Working for VON or St. Elizabeth as RPN in Ontario

    flyingchange replied to sun2bnrse's topic in Canada

    I'm not an RPN but I work for Bayshore as a side job. I like it. If I wanted to go fulltime I could, and it's a much better work environment than hospital-based acute

  4. What are you researching?

    flyingchange posted a topic in Research

    This forum is pretty quiet. Research nurses, what studies are you involved in? I'll start. My first-ever study got ethics approval last week! It looks at cardio adverse events following ED discharge....

  5. IVs/blood draws

    flyingchange replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Pediatric

    Unrelated, but kind of related. We often get orders to rehydrate kids via IV saline. Well, poking a dehydrated kid is pretty terrible. Recently I've heard that some studies suggest hypodermaclysis...

  6. 10 minutes and no emergency meds for seizure

    flyingchange replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    That does seem like a long time... Years ago I worked home care for a developmentally disables person with epilepsy. We were to call after 5 minutes. Can you clarify with the paediatrician? Mom...

  7. Any home care PSWs around?

    flyingchange replied to caleo's topic in Canada

    The company I work for does not pay mileage, generally. I am paid mileage because I am in a branch funded by pharmaceutical

  8. Unpaid training (or: being a team player but not on our dime)

    flyingchange posted a topic in Canada

    I have to ask this in the Canadian forum, because the situation for our southern neighbors is a bit different when it comes to taking advantage of employees. I work in homecare as a side job. I...

  9. Short staffing/hiring freeze at AHS affecting morale?

    flyingchange replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    You will likely get more answers by making a new thread, so more people can see your question. I don't know anything about CBI. This is a big forum, try to avoid

  10. Speciality Nursing

    flyingchange replied to lachaph's topic in Canada

    My advice: keep your options open during school. Treat every clinical experience as a possible career path - try it on, try it out. I thought I was made for oncology and my actual career has turned...

  11. What do you like about being a research nurse?

    flyingchange replied to AwayWeGo's topic in Research

    We have our own mapped drive with all the studies on it. Any of our staff can access the drive. The study folder has all the current studies (the older ones are archived in a different folder). Each...

  12. AHS Jobs.....Poof! Gone

    flyingchange replied to joanna73's topic in Canada

    Drink your Kool-Aid and repeat after me: "These layoffs had nothing to do with the

  13. What is the correct title?

    flyingchange replied to Redriver's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would just be happy if the docs I work with actually remembered my name instead of "hey you". It is my job to learn their

  14. Career change from ER nurse to infusion nurse-advice please

    flyingchange replied to msrhodes28's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hello, infusion nursing is not my primary role but I may be able to offer some insight. I too am a former ER nurse (still work prn) and I now work full-time in research. However, I see 3 clients...

  15. Is it Safe for UAP's to manage G-Tubes?

    flyingchange replied to antropov87's topic in General Nursing

    I did home healthcare for the developmentally disabled as a PSW before I decided to enter nursing school. One of my clients had a g-tube. I did the best I could at the time with the knowledge I had,...

  16. What do you like about being a research nurse?

    flyingchange replied to AwayWeGo's topic in Research

    I second this - my research director told me that nurses were innately good as research coordinators because we already know how to talk to patients. I use my floor nursing skills every day on the...

  17. AHS Cost Cutting and Fee Increases

    flyingchange replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    So happy AHS isn't my primary employer anymore! I am watching to see what happens with interest. I was initially quite excited to see Alison Redford become premier but now I'm kind of wondering how...

  18. The University of Alberta?

    flyingchange replied to Dezy's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    My friend was in the after degree. Her intake had a 50% dropout rate. It's a lot of BS (questionable administration, notorious PBL/CBL classes, back-to-back nursing classes with no "breaks" like...

  19. Grant Macewan JAN 2013

    flyingchange replied to 7angeldust's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    The furthest clinical locations are up to and including 40 minutes from Edmonton. (Leduc, St. Albert, and just past Spruce Grove). Most clinical placements are accessible by transit. There will be...

  20. Full Time Work Nursing Positions - Fact or Fiction -2013?

    flyingchange replied to teehee's topic in Canada

    Honestly, by the time you get through your program, the game will probably change re: job opportunities. When I entered nursing school it was at the peak of the boom and hospitals all over Canada/the...

  21. Offered a position as research coordinator

    flyingchange posted a topic in Research

    Hello all, I have about 1.5 years experience working in the ED, with about 10 months as an RN. I was recently offered a position in Emergency Medicine Research as a Research Coordinator. The research...

  22. finding a job as an undergraduate nurse (UNE)

    flyingchange replied to baby_nursling's topic in Canada

    Which city are you

  23. Orientation Lengths for New Hires

    flyingchange replied to RN.Jillian's topic in Canada

    I had 6 shifts in the ED and no shifts in home health. My first visit had a supervisor stop by to make sure I was there and doing okay. My ED skills were really important in home health. Agree that...

  24. Uncomfortable from Sexual Remarks from Patient

    flyingchange replied to tinkywinky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    P.S. 60's is WAY too young to be getting a "dirty old man" pass. You want that crap to go on for another 30

  25. Uncomfortable from Sexual Remarks from Patient

    flyingchange replied to tinkywinky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry to be blunt, but that behavior is disgusting, and from your post it sounds like you haven't really made that clear to your patient. You need to put a stop to his behavior immediately, not just...