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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    My attitude about patients who confide to me, is not that they are manipulating me, but they are responding to the communication style I used. When I tell the team what the patient confided, I also...
  2. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    I would have advised the doctor and the team just as you did and would have received the same response initially
  3. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    If the patient is open to accepting psych care where she had a better experience, she should be referred and an appointment made. It is in her best interests to receive psych care with someone she has...
  4. New Grad in Toronto Cannot find job

    The op has had her resume assessed and it was ok, it is more likely that the saturated job market and hospital budget shortfalls are the reasons that GTA new grads are unemployed or
  5. I am a new nurse and I am hating my job

    Make plans to manage your stress or it will manage you. Eat and drink at work even if you only have time for an energy bar and swig of water, it will help you to think more clearly and feel less...
  6. Healthcare Policies

    The over saturation of new grads who are unemployed or underemployed is a current
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  8. She may have a valid complaint, but unless she has a large amount of money to spend in the event that the hospital pursues a libel or defamation of character lawsuit, she should follow proper...
  9. New Grad in Toronto Cannot find job

    I hope so too! If you are taking the Humber course and you plan to stay in the GTA until the course is completed, consider volunteering with St Johns Ambulance, it's one of the few volunteer...
  10. She knows there are proper channels to go through when patients or families have concerns about nursing care, if she cannot control her emotions enough to go through the proper channels, she is too...
  11. @shelbs, If she was level headed she would not have vented on social
  12. The facebook poster's assumption that it was ok for her to talk about her sister-in-law's healthcare shows questionable understanding of patient privacy laws, seems like the pot is calling the kettle...
  13. New Grad in Toronto Cannot find job

    @depressedrn, are you taking the ER course through one of the GTA community colleges and will you be doing a clinical placement with the course? If so, the course should help your resume stand out...
  14. New Grad in Toronto Cannot find job

    Re going to the US and Ontario license, according to CNO's website if you have not practised nursing in Ontario within the previous three years you can renew as a non-practising class member. I think...
  15. New Grad in Toronto Cannot find job

    @nursemidwife, is your downtown emergency department hiring new grads? If so, maybe you can try and get a job for the
  16. DR fail

    If you can be recognized by your user name and/or avatar photo, suggest you change it, due to patient privacy and medical legal
  17. Fiance from Germany RN to United States

    gauntlet, if you look on ncsbn org '2014 nurse licensee volume and NCLEX examination statistics', Jan 1- Dec 31 2014 out of 28 German educated candidates who sat the NCLEX exam 12 passed,
  18. Fiance from Germany RN to United States

    If she is educated in Germany she will have to her education evaluated by an approved agency, if her transcripts and course syllabus are written in German she will have to pay to have them translated....
  19. Fiance from Germany RN to United States

    She is taking chances that she may not end up being qualified to work as RN in the US and would be better off taking her nursing program in the
  20. Are you the type of person who wants to know worst case scenarios so that you can avoid them? If so, read nursing malpractice case studies and BON disciplinary
  21. Moving to Manitoba?

    @floxyji you will need to
  22. dispute with NZ nursing council

    How come NZ didnt evaluate your education prior to the competency assessment? From a fair registration practice perspective, an education assessment should be done first and the applicant should be...
  23. Why will getting the RN license and getting a nursing job be a long
  24. Where do RPN's work at full scope of practice in Ontario?

    You started working in the late 2000's, so by the time you started the PN role was already established, when Fiona started the hospital was probably in the early stages of expanding the PN role. RNs...
  25. Working as a CNA will not provide you with nursing experience, if your goal is to work as a nurse, I think you would be better off taking a RN refresher course that has clinical placement(s), then you...