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  1. How do you deal with a rude co-worker?

    MobileNurseSara posted a topic in General Nursing

    A fellow nurse got screamed at over the phone by an on-call MD for calling with a request for a STAT order. This particular MD is known to go on "rampages" on the nurses far too often. The situation...

  2. Ontario hospitals who don't hire RPNs?

    MobileNurseSara posted a topic in International Nursing

    I was reading the post below about some GTA hospitals that don't hire RPNs...does anyone know of other Ontario hospitals that are RN only? Thanks in advance

  3. How do you deal with a rude co-worker?

    MobileNurseSara replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA! Love it! I'll have to share with my colleagues...someone is bound to give it a

  4. How do you deal with a rude co-worker?

    MobileNurseSara replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in General Nursing

    He's been reported many, many times. As with many other rampaging MDs in my facility. The MDs are treated like Gods and the hospital wouldn't want to lose

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MobileNurseSara replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HAHAHAHA!

  6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MobileNurseSara replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've said those too. There was a girl who kept talking on her cell in super annoying "Valley Girl" talk circa 1990, but talked normal when her mom was in the room. So I said "OMG! As if! Like why are...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MobileNurseSara replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are few things that frustrate me more than neglect no matter how "insignificant" it may seem. People don't seem to realize that neglect is a form of abuse. A while back, I had a pt who came in...

  8. Ontario hospitals who don't hire RPNs?

    MobileNurseSara replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in International Nursing

    Just out of curiousity. I had read in another post that there were some hospitals that didn't hire RPNs and that was new info to me. RPNs are certainly a valuable part of the nursing and...

  9. Career Change after Nursing

    MobileNurseSara replied to unhappy101's topic in Canada

    What is it exactly about nursing that you don't like? What area are you working in?Maybe trying new area(s) would be a good option before leaving the nursing profession? Otherwise, you could do 1 year...

  10. RPNs in Ontario

    MobileNurseSara replied to Stray dog's topic in International Nursing

    In my area it's pretty impossible to get FT as a RPN now. Where you like to work is very personal and can't be generalized as one is "better" than the other. Personally, I did not like working in the...

  11. Ontario hospitals who don't hire RPNs?

    MobileNurseSara replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in International Nursing

    Everyone has an area that they absolutely love and those they hate, but you can't know until you try I've done Palliative, Peds, ICU, Medicine, Surgery (& LTC as a student) and ER is the one...

  12. Ontario hospitals who don't hire RPNs?

    MobileNurseSara replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in International Nursing

    Our hospital is beginning to hire some RPNs into the ER, but they are only in our clinical decision unit (mostly admitted pts waiting for med-surg beds or waiting for test results). They are obviously...

  13. New grad feeling overwhelmed - my thoughts

    MobileNurseSara replied to b3dorca's topic in International Nursing

    Even though your orientation will end, there will always be someone to ask or somewhere to look it up if you're unsure of something! Don't worry...everything will work

  14. What can you do with a Canadian Nursing PhD?

    MobileNurseSara replied to trryt4ssasfgb34's topic in International Nursing

    I have to agree with you...the ones I've met are also too good for us lowly "regular" nurses, but they're also - umm - eccentric. VERY eccentric. I don't know if it's a pre-req or what lol, but it's...

  15. I'm an American RN looking to relocate to Ontario and told that I have to take CRNE

    MobileNurseSara replied to nandrani's topic in International Nursing

    The entry to practice in Ontario is a

  16. RPN Wages in Ontario

    MobileNurseSara replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in Canada

    The RPNs at my hospital make $23-25/hr. At the nsg home I worked at during school they started at $20 and PSWs make $19. PSWs at the hospital make

  17. Thinking of taking the RPN course at Algonquin College

    MobileNurseSara replied to djlottawa's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a RN not RPN, but here goes... I believe the scope of the RPN is a provincial standard, but what they can actually do is based on the policies of their employer. At the hospital I work at (in the...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MobileNurseSara replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the IV-drug addict pt (with a central line - not kidding) who is p****d at me because the admitting doc suddenly changed all of their meds to PO without breaking it to them. STOP yelling at me and...

  19. Did (does) anyone love nursing school?

    MobileNurseSara replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    I loved everything except 3rd year. It was pure torture. I don't know how it's legal (and no, I'm not

  20. Does anyone here have a baby sitter if you work night shift?

    MobileNurseSara replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I babysat from the time I was 10-11 years old (was always very mature and took all the Red Cross stuff) and I never knew what to ask so I asked for what my Mom got in the 70's when she babysat....

  21. Algonquin College Anyone

    MobileNurseSara replied to dreameral's topic in International Nursing

    I didn't mean to imply that people from UO will be better nurses so I'm sorry if my post came off that way. I didn't go to either school, but I did go to a collaboration program and if I could do it...

  22. Algonquin College Anyone

    MobileNurseSara replied to dreameral's topic in International Nursing

    I'd go to Ottawa U before Algonquin. Why do a collab when you can get it from the source? UO has more money = more/better resources. Gorgeous campus in downtown Ottawa - very short walk to the Rideau...

  23. Would you go to nursing school twice

    MobileNurseSara replied to petgroomer's topic in International Nursing

    I'm also a [science-loving] nerd. Would I do my undergrad over again!? HELL NO. Would I pursue further education? Absolutely. If you want to brush up, try a RN refresher

  24. resident care attendant

    MobileNurseSara replied to chengzz_1110's topic in International Nursing

    In my area (Eastern Ontario) the pay is good... around $20/hr (I made $18 + in lieu during NS). There are no jobs in my area,

  25. Health Care Aide or Practical Nurse

    MobileNurseSara replied to Mookerr87's topic in International Nursing

    Where I live (Eastern Ontario) the RPNs barely make more than the HCAs (here you need Personal Support Worker - same thing - 1 year college). So, I'm torn between what to tell you. I worked as a PSW...