dishes

dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Sure didn't expect this!

    dishes replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired Nurses

    @aklgap, the greenmile is in Michigan and in the past Canadian nurses from Ontario have been hired to work in Michigan under the NAFTA agreement. The number of nurses who are registered concurrently...

  2. Sure didn't expect this!

    dishes replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired Nurses

    @greenmile If your background is in psychiatric nursing, one possible career path to explore is to become a mental health first aid instructor. The basic courses and instructor courses are available...

  3. Would you take a patient's blood sugar without an "order"?

    dishes replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was asymptomatic, so I don't think a policy and procedure for blood sugar to be done at the nurses discretion would be applicable in this case. A patient being curious about the effect of...

  4. Bedside Report

    dishes replied to Jen_Loves_Nursing's topic in Home Health

    Is he currently having caregivers in his home 24 hours? Many people find 24 hour caregiving is very intrusive to their privacy and they prefer having gaps in their service, for example one caregiver...

  5. Bedside Report

    dishes replied to Jen_Loves_Nursing's topic in Home Health

    The only thing you can change is your own attitude. Report should be based on objective information and the client's goals, not the caregiver's judgements. A person who is adjusting to living with...

  6. TN then HB-1? Permenant residency question

    dishes replied to Mike32110's topic in Immigration Advice

    Before the economy tanked in 2008, Canadian nurses were recruited by American hospitals via career fairs that were held annually or sometimes every six months. If there is still a need for American...

  7. Complaining about your employer, loudly, at nurses' station

    dishes replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @tarotole, not sure if you are aware but high irritability and cynicism with an employer can be the beginning of compassion fatigue or burnout in

  8. Does U.S. ADN transfer to other countries?

    dishes replied to butterflykissesxo's topic in International Nursing

    @butterflykisses, I am curious how did you come up with a list of Canada, Egypt, Turkey and Sweden? It seems these countries have nothing in common, not even their

  9. International PSW/nurse

    dishes replied to Melcole's topic in International Nursing

    @ghillbert, In Ontario, the baccalaureate as entry to practice came into effect January 1, 2005 and IENs who applied to be licensed since that time must show equivalency to a Canadian BScN. Even if...

  10. International PSW/nurse

    dishes replied to Melcole's topic in International Nursing

    I have met many IENS who took the path you are thinking of taking, some have been succesful, many have not, before you consider taking this route consider the following; Many IENs including...

  11. IEN's ontario

    dishes replied to kirti's topic in Canada

    My understanding is that kirti has met all the requirments to be licensed as a RN except for proof of working as a RN within the last three years. Unless kirti has a time machine and can travel not...

  12. Applying to a Canadian Nursing School

    dishes replied to Loskene's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Just to forwarn you, if you dislike ambiguity, you will probably dislike nursing theory, the nursing theorists and their models are maddeningly opaque

  13. English Requirement of CNO

    dishes replied to ien.P's topic in Nurse Registration

    shona, have you checked if Algonquin college offers IELTs prep courses? Have you checked if there are free ESL courses offered through LINC in Ottawa? and/or the YMCA? Have you checked the Ottawa...

  14. Applying to a Canadian Nursing School

    dishes replied to Loskene's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Most universities admissions offices do not tell the average GPA of previous admissions, it is known that admission GPAs for nursing programs have been steadily increasing across the country for the...

  15. Applying to a Canadian Nursing School

    dishes replied to Loskene's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Anticipate that there will be more applicants to the program than available seats and that most will have GPAs above the minimum, one possible way to have a competitive edge, is to have outstanding...

  16. Don't listen to the nurse

    dishes replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why from a liability point of view, both the nurse and doctor should quote the American Academy of Pediatricians guidelines, not the National Associate of Neonatal Nurses guidelines. If a...

  17. Don't listen to the nurse

    dishes replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Instead of offering opinons, both the doctor and nurse could quote the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, twins should not share a

  18. Canadian nurse wanting to do masters in US

    dishes replied to dmuhajer's topic in International Nursing

    Check the admission criteria for D'youville College in Buffalo, they have had Ontario licensed nurses in their graduate programs in the

  19. IEN's ontario

    dishes replied to kirti's topic in Canada

    If you want to practice as a RN take the 18 month course, you have no other

  20. Nurse Education Inc. are they qualified to provide trainings?

    dishes replied to squeak's territory's topic in Canada

    @ squeak's territory I just wanted to share some tips, so that in the future you can determine for yourself if a school is qualified to provide training. First, check if the school is a registered...

  21. IEN's ontario

    dishes replied to kirti's topic in Canada

    Did CNO specify the course you are required to

  22. Critical Care Course

    dishes replied to nurseSM13's topic in Canada

    The chances of a new grad external applicant being offered an ICU position in Toronto are slim. The ICU jobs go to internal applicants with acute care experience, as most Toronto hospitals are...

  23. Is it legal to have RN's use full name on badge?

    dishes replied to nitrorocket's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    @brownbook, if this happened at my workplace management would have to inform staff of the reasons, otherwise the rumours would be

  24. Nurse Education Inc. are they qualified to provide trainings?

    dishes replied to squeak's territory's topic in Canada

    @squeak's territory, although you will have covered the material in the past, if there has been a gap since the last time you worked as a nurse until becoming licensed as a RPN in Ontario, then you...

  25. Nurse Education Inc. are they qualified to provide trainings?

    dishes replied to squeak's territory's topic in Canada

    Nurses Education Inc is a private training centre and is not accredited. For a list of accredited Canadian nursing programs look on Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. Also, CNO has a list...