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  1. CNO Registration Times - Usually This Long?

    Does your friend receive her registration? The CNO requires an original police record
  2. Dealing with doctors

    hmm....mental note to self, the unit clinical educator has a passive aggressive communication
  3. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    I think in some cases the use of anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication is increasing because people are mistaking feelings of stress and sadness, as a psychiatric disorder and are asking their...
  4. Forced ultrasounds

    I am puzzled as to how these types of support group are therapeutic, it seems like they would reinforce feelings of guilt and pain, rather than alleviate
  5. I would caution you about helping each other to complete the competencies, the CNO requires that you base your examples on your individual work experience and will considers it dishonest if you use...
  6. BC RN wanting to practice in AB

    Fiona There were amendments made to the Labour Mobility Act in 2009, did BC require the extra course before that time? I think the practice of each province evaluating an IENs application every...
  7. BC RN wanting to practice in AB

    I agree with RN_Canada about contacting the MLA in Alberta for advice, it seems like CARNA is violating the Labour Mobility
  8. Follow the instructions for submitting your application on the CNO website, the application process can take 12 months or longer. After the CNO has processed your education qualifications, and advised...
  9. Planning to take NCLEX AGAIN on another state

    The New Jersey BON are the ones who can advise you if you are required to write the NCLEX or if you are required to take a refresher
  10. Do you you have a legal argument to justify saying that the OR consent form isn't valid if the patient is in the post operative period? What exactly does the agreement to decline or accept blood say...
  11. Forced ultrasounds

    Maybe the VA politicians should be required to have a trans-rectal ultrasound prior to voting on the
  12. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

    I work in a unionized environment and do not face the same pressure as you. If I were working in an environment that was violating labor laws, I would print off the law, highlight the part about...
  13. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

    At my workplace, a lunch and learn is different from a mandatory education session. Lunch and learns are optional and for education purposes. The sessions are held off the nursing unit and all...
  14. Straight cath BID?

    The risks associated with intermittent catheterization are less than the risks associated with retention and incomplete emptying. The risks associated with urinary retention are UTIs, sepsis,...
  15. Straight cath BID?

    Why do you not feel this is good for the
  16. CNO- listing your employer question

    Nurses report the name of employer and position when they renew their licence with the CNO. I don't know if nurses need to notify the CNO of changes in employment prior to
  17. The ordering physician and the lab should be notified that the specimen was contaminated and sterile specimen should be sent. Waiting for results from a contaminated specimen is a waste of time and...
  18. Nursing Graduate from Phil

    Hi philgraduatenurse You are not alone in your struggle to become a nurse in Canada, many IENs have encountered difficulties and there have been several published articles about their experiences. I...
  19. CA Board of Nursing

    Did someone say they are going to "recall all the Philippines graduates from 2004 and up" or do you have that in
  20. I am so glad I finished my degree, I never have to read or regurgitate a paper on nursing education and patient outcomes again. When I was in a post-diploma BScN program, I grew very tired of patient...
  21. Hi Dogoodthengo I to have listened to countless discussion about mandating a degree to enter practice as a registered nurse. Initially, when I graduated from a diploma nursing program in the 1980's, I...
  22. Forced ultrasounds

    I agree medical care should be up to the physicians not the government and the legislation is being pushed by antiabortion lobbyists. However, I am confused, when you say that the informed consent...
  23. Nursing Graduate from Phil

    The CNO used to require that IENs be licensed in the country where they trained, but the licence requirement changed. Now the requirement is registration or eligibility for registration in the...
  24. Nursing Graduate from Phil

    philgraduatenurse If you are unwilling to go back and write the exam, submit your application to the Nova Scotia college and wait for the results, they will advise you what you need to
  25. Nursing Graduate from Phil

    To gain a better understanding of CNO's application process answer the questions for the requirements Start with Requirement 1 Completion of an acceptable nursing or practical nursing program and use...