dishes

dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Leaving current job after only 5 months

    dishes replied to mlang's topic in General Nursing

    Your current employer will find a new employee and will forget about you in no

  2. Frustrated and Unsure

    dishes replied to ajlamb's topic in General Nursing

    It is premature to know what your gut instinct is telling you, but if it turns out that your personality is better suited to another field, I recommend you look at OT. OTs schedule therapy times with...

  3. How much is enough

    dishes replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's ok to redirect a patient to go to group even when they are feeling anxiety, others in the group are often understanding and treat each other with respect. North American culture encourages group...

  4. Newer nurse who acts like a know it all

    dishes replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why is a nurse with six months experience training a new hire? Is there a high turn over of staff on the unit? If so, maybe it's a poisoned work environment and her behaviour is just one of many...

  5. How much is enough

    dishes replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with been there done that, sit back and observe (in a non-judgemental way) so that you can adapt to the workplace

  6. GNIE or individual courses after SEC

    dishes replied to Mrscricket's topic in Canada

    How do IEN re-entry programs work in BC, do students apply for their own consolidated clinical placements? or do schools place students in clinical

  7. FNP Essay Help Please

    dishes replied to christinaj54's topic in General Nursing

    Are you on any professional or workplace committees? If not, can you join a committee that help supports evidence based practice or improves patient

  8. Urgent job as a nurse!

    dishes replied to grandiocissist's topic in Nurse Registration

    Obtain legitimate work experience from another hospital, look up application requirements for internationally educated nurses, on various North American nursing licensing body websites, you will see...

  9. Hospitals Volunteer in B.C

    dishes replied to john snow's topic in Canada

    If you plan to apply to work as a care aide in a public health care setting, you should check if you are eligible to register with the BC care aide & community health worker registry. If you plan...

  10. Hospitals Volunteer in B.C

    dishes replied to john snow's topic in Canada

    I am not clear what you are asking, but I consider 'professional' to mean someone who holds a license for the profession in which they are working and if they move to a new country, their professional...

  11. Respect the letters

    dishes replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I measure my colleagues this way, it is actually pretty common for staff to measure colleagues by personality traits not by

  12. Respect the letters

    dishes replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In my expereince, most patients don't measure nurses by their PN or RN designations, they measure nurses by their attitudes and personality traits and prefer nurses who are motivated, conscientious...

  13. Light Duty, workers comp, cast

    dishes replied to sashamay's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that by offering you admin/secretary duties on the day shift, your employer is complying with their duty to accommodate your disability. It is in your best interest to accept the day shift...

  14. GNIE or individual courses after SEC

    dishes replied to Mrscricket's topic in Canada

    I agree people have different opinions based on their experience. Nurses job hunting experiences depend on the economy and the type of job market they are job hunting in (surplus or shortage). In an...

  15. GNIE or individual courses after SEC

    dishes replied to Mrscricket's topic in Canada

    As a nurse with experience on hiring interview panels, I can say that from a Canadian employers perspective, an IEN who has had a comprehensive re-entry education will be more desirable than one who...

  16. Is this illegal?

    dishes replied to Taratoes's topic in Home Health

    I think the patient should be the one who decides if they are comfortable with one of their neighbours being their homecare

  17. Fellow student=back stabbed?

    dishes replied to esrun77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "back stabbed, passive aggressive" are not allegations and

  18. Fellow student=back stabbed?

    dishes replied to esrun77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Find a better way to deal with conflict, you're going to be dealing with it throughout your career. Making allegations, labelling someone and judging a person doesn't define who they are, it defines...

  19. GNIE or individual courses after SEC

    dishes replied to Mrscricket's topic in Canada

    Is the program with the two short courses listed on CRNBC's website under 'programs that recognized by

  20. GNIE or individual courses after SEC

    dishes replied to Mrscricket's topic in Canada

    If the IENs you asked all gave a consistent answer, why do you doubt

  21. Nurses are not in high demand!

    dishes replied to VAMPRISS1973's topic in General Nursing

    Understanding the nursing surplus/shortage job market and how the cycles impact career choices, is important to longevity in nursing. Asystole's example of taking it as a challenge and learning as...

  22. Hospitals Volunteer in B.C

    dishes replied to john snow's topic in Canada

    It can take many months for education to be assessed by NNAS, suggest you start the application process ASAP. Also, consider applying to be assessed for both PN and BSN, as your BSN from the...

  23. Should I go into nursing?

    dishes replied to looking4options's topic in Canada

    Rural areas could be an option. With your background, research nursing could be an option, but I don't know if it is worth more education to stay in research. Do you currently work with research...

  24. Should I go into nursing?

    dishes replied to looking4options's topic in Canada

    I think your impression that the lower mainland BC job market is fairly decent may be inaccurate. Currently, there is a suprlus of new grads in all of the large and medium size cities in Canada. Also,...

  25. Nurse stealing narcs advice

    dishes replied to Nursenicole1's topic in General Nursing

    Did you do incident reports for the patients who said they did not receive their pain medication? An incident report is not 'going above the manager', it is advocating for patients who were harmed...