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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. RN-BSN student first PICOT question help!

    dishes replied to nursingstudentjess's topic in General Nursing

    First, you need to assess whether you are able to offer therapeutic touch. Ask yourself do you have the knowledge, skills and ability to perform therapeutic touch? Have you completed the recognized...

  2. U.S. educated RN coming to Ontario, Canada

    dishes replied to ZB-RN's topic in Canada

    I am not sure, is NNAS asking for the date you were initially

  3. Continuing Education Courses on Resume

    dishes replied to ydnewrn's topic in Canada

    I have paid attention to the nursing surplus/shortage cycles throughout my career. Right now, as I am sure you are aware, we are in a surplus cycle and new grads are struggling to find work. I find...

  4. U.S. educated RN coming to Ontario, Canada

    dishes replied to ZB-RN's topic in Canada

    CNO does not give direction to applicants, if you contact them they will refer you to NNAS to have your education assessed for equivalency. If your education is not comparable to BScN, the CNO will...

  5. Continuing Education Courses on Resume

    dishes replied to ydnewrn's topic in Canada

    Yes, they put it in the posting because the more experienced nurses finished school several years ago and the hospitals want applicants to show recent completion of the health assessment course....

  6. U.S. educated RN coming to Ontario, Canada

    dishes replied to ZB-RN's topic in Canada

    You can use the search button in the top right hand corner to find threads on US educated nurses and NNAS. A few posted that their NNAS results showed their education was not comparable to a Canadian...

  7. RN-BSN student first PICOT question help!

    dishes replied to nursingstudentjess's topic in General Nursing

    Are you experienced with any of the alternative therapies you listed? If so, focus on using that one alternative therapy combined with medication vs medication alone. What tool are you going to use to...

  8. Continuing Education Courses on Resume

    dishes replied to ydnewrn's topic in Canada

    @ydnewrn, is it possible you misread the job postings? They usually say patient assessment course required, not post-grad patient assessment course

  9. Continuing Education Courses on Resume

    dishes replied to ydnewrn's topic in Canada

    I would question why a new grad was retaking the patient assessment course, the course has been included in BScN curriculum for the past 15-20 years and it should be possible to transfer credit over...

  10. Nurses expecting to do too much!

    dishes replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the problem is your workplace has silo mentality instead of teamwork

  11. Brian Short News

    dishes replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    My condolences to the Shorts' family, friends, the AN moderators and administrators may you find peace and comfort in remembering the good lives they lived. I would like to share a poem Not How Did...

  12. Nurses expecting to do too much!

    dishes replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Considering the consequences to the patient if they do not receive DVT prophylaxis or beta blockers, bringing the missing medication to the physician's attention is the only safe and legal thing to...

  13. Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    dishes replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    She may have been making an issue where there was none, but it resulted in colleges from across the country contacting her and no college is going to deny her entry into their nursing program now. The...

  14. Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    dishes replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    According to this article, it looks like Blossom identified that she is trans on her nursing school applications. The schools did not give a reason why she was denied, she is speculating that it is...

  15. Passed OSCE recently

    dishes replied to KesikanJayarajah's topic in Nurse Registration

    I don't know if you are aware but HealthForceOntario offers OSCE preparation sessions, look on their website for more

  16. Passed OSCE recently

    dishes replied to KesikanJayarajah's topic in Nurse Registration

    Did you see this OSCE thread? https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/osce-observational-structured-812862-page21.html in post #265 kakaru gave some good tips to help prepare for the

  17. Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    dishes replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    If she was not interviewed by the school, maybe she self identified as trans on her application? I wonder if she sent her applications to schools in states where it is illegal to discrimnate based on...

  18. Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    dishes replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    I am surprised that six nursing schools' specified a reason for denial, is it common practice for US schools to give a reason for denial into their nursing programs? I also, do not understand why the...

  19. Should i apply for RN II jobs even as a new grad?

    dishes replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    If the hospital's human resources department uses opitcal character recognition software to scan online applications/resumes, then it can be a disadvantage to submit a resume for a position in which...

  20. Should i apply for RN II jobs even as a new grad?

    dishes replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    Find out first if human resources has screening software that only accepts applications/resumes once every six months. It is likely that the current nursing II position will be given to qualifed...

  21. IEN in CANADA

    dishes replied to KesikanJayarajah's topic in Nurse Registration

    Since your education was deemed non comparable to a Canadian BScN, I think you should start preparing for the possibilty that the CNO will require you to do the OSCE. If you want to read about other...

  22. Accelerated nursing program in new York state and returning to Ontario

    dishes replied to Aramaras's topic in Canada

    @bombshell do you know what the CNO is looking for in your previous degree transcripts? are they checking to ensure you had the prerequisites for the accelerated

  23. Need youtube lessone on how to insert feeding tube on nose

    dishes replied to Besmile4ever's topic in General Nursing

    Contact the doctor who initially inserted the tube, they can make arrangements to have it reinserted and provide you with instructions on reinsertion, it is not safe for a layperson to perform medical...

  24. BA in unrelated field first a bad idea?

    dishes replied to haileyp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Take the path that interests you, once you become an experienced nurse, the education path you took will not have much bearing on your level of competency. I believe it is more important for a nurse...

  25. Any nursing programs in Ontario that allow you to study abroad?

    dishes replied to planetoi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    UofT and McMaster bscn programs have offered global health/ international nursing placements in the past, suggest you search the school's website to see if they still have them. The placements are in...