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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. New RPN in Ottawa - what is the wage scale and staffing ratios?

    dishes replied to LuckyBreanne's topic in Canada

    The op has worked both LTC and acute care and will be aware of the differences in time management for each, I don't think they will learn any new time management and assessment skills in this...

  2. Calling nurse managers?

    dishes replied to Fancypants09's topic in Canada

    @fancypants Were you told that there are US hospitals willing to hire Canadian grads? I find that surprising since the US has grads who are struggling to find

  3. New RPN in Ottawa - what is the wage scale and staffing ratios?

    dishes replied to LuckyBreanne's topic in Canada

    The OP is not a novice, she has seven years nursing experience and very likely has well developed time management and assessment

  4. New RPN in Ottawa - what is the wage scale and staffing ratios?

    dishes replied to LuckyBreanne's topic in Canada

    I think before you accept the job, you should try to negotiate a better hourly rate, your manager needs an experienced RPN and she can use her discretion to pay you more than starting salary. She is...

  5. I want to throat-punch my co-worker

    dishes replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you can be recognized by your user name you should consider changing it or changing the title of the

  6. New RPN in Ottawa - what is the wage scale and staffing ratios?

    dishes replied to LuckyBreanne's topic in Canada

    You may change your mind about preferring to work in LTC over hospitals after you experience working in Ontario's LTCs, between the unsafe staffing levels and the low pay, LTCs are not very desirable...

  7. Ignoring your education?

    dishes replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    The last page of thread contains the recent posts. Bloodless medicine can be with or without surgery, for example treating severe anemia without blood

  8. Ignoring your education?

    dishes replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Bloodless medicine is something for educated nurses to be frustrated

  9. Ignoring your education?

    dishes replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    @dinah, not sure why you dragged this thread out as an example of nurses ignoring their education. It is an old thread and the recent posts discuss bloodless medicine, this is an option that is used...

  10. Ignoring your education?

    dishes replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    I am not concernd that the poster (in the linked thread) embraces holistic therapies and eschews traditional medicine, the posts seem more tangential thinking than academic

  11. Transferring to a New position in the same company

    dishes replied to sulfam's topic in General Nursing

    @sulfam I didn't see your post about your working conditions until after I posted mine, obviously you cannot encourage a friend to apply for your current position. Does human resources know the hours...

  12. Transferring to a New position in the same company

    dishes replied to sulfam's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with madwife, they can delay your transfer until they fill your vacancy. Suggest you spread the word of the vacancy to friends and aquaintances who are looking for work and if any are interested...

  13. Vaccinations

    dishes replied to midnight766's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You can also check with a travel vaccine clinic, they will know how to expedite the vaccine schedule. Travel clinics usually charge a fee for service whereas public health is

  14. Vaccinations

    dishes replied to midnight766's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    The best place to get the answers to your questions is at your public health

  15. Why do nurses eat their young?

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

    @perisoreus, When I was in a RN-BSN program, the nursing educators warned us repeatedly that when a student applies to a RN-BSN or BSN-MSN program, the onus is on the student to provide the syllabus...

  16. Placed on administrative leave, reason unknown

    dishes replied to TurtleN84's topic in General Nursing

    @boetica I think the employer would say turtleN84 was suspended pending investigation (even though they were not clear about the reason) and a labor lawyer would advise her to wait until the...

  17. Calling nurse managers?

    dishes replied to Fancypants09's topic in Canada

    Networking is usually a better way to get a manager's attention, if you know any nurses (or non-nurses) who are already in the workplace can you ask them to speak to their manager and put in a good...

  18. Need advice about complaint filed against me with BON

    dishes replied to Anonme's topic in General Nursing

    There have been many others who have posted about having complaints filed against them, you can find the threads by using the search button in the top right hand

  19. Placed on administrative leave, reason unknown

    dishes replied to TurtleN84's topic in General Nursing

    He got fired and you still have your

  20. Indian Nurse graduate applying for CA BON NCLEX

    dishes replied to bhumidesai's topic in Nurse Registration

    Have you checked if a courier service can deliver it? Suggest you check that the courier obtains signatures as proof of delivery and that there is a way to track

  21. Nursing in Toronto/ nearby cities: RN demand in the future

    dishes replied to kingstongirl17's topic in Canada

    Have you talked to an academic advisor about your plans to forgo the RPN-BScN route in favour of a general arts/science to BScN route? If so, what are the advantages and disadvantages of going this...

  22. Placed on administrative leave, reason unknown

    dishes replied to TurtleN84's topic in General Nursing

    If your employer proceeds to termination, you will find out the reason why you were suspended in your letter of termination. Have a plan B just in case things don't work out with this

  23. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    dishes replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Your instructor is doing what is expected of her, it used to be all clinical instructors followed this expectation, now unfortunately, some do not. At first I was sceptical and didn't believe any...

  24. registered psychiatric nurse in Canada

    dishes replied to necaca's topic in Canada

    Are you living in one of the western provinces that has registered psychiatric nurses? If so, are you planning on remaining in western Canada? In Ontario and the Atlantic provinces registered...

  25. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    dishes replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    The practice used to be that the manager or clinical educator would courteously ask ahead of time, if the nurse was willing to work with a student. The nurse would be given the dates and times the...