Nurse523

Hello Ms. Lee, I am the same age as you and I feel the same too sometimes. Give it more time. I hear that there are many things you can with with a BScN. You can do administrative work for the government that is health/medical/nursing related or work in a health insurance company. You don't have take on the role of a nurse just because you had graduated from nursing school. This is your choice to make. Wish all the best!

I too would call for medical attention immediately if I was in your scenario. I recall during my 3rd year clinical placement, I was in Occupational Health setting. I recall hearing this from my preceptor that insurance companies solely rely on a book of criterias of who gets insurance and who doesn't and the ppl at the insurance company don't really think outside of the box. I hope you can appeal this!

It wouldn't hurt to make one. Who knows maybe you would need it in the future and other nurses in your unit can use it too and give you credit on the handout.

Well, you can come to Canada! I know that Toronto, Ontario is usually big on advocating for the homosexual population and it is taken seriously/heavily when someone makes racial comments.

1. Look for scholarships and bursaries in your school. 2. Apply for the emergency bursary if available in your school. 3. Do you know any wealthy family members such as an uncle or aunt? I know in Toronto, Ontario the banks give out loans with students if the student can show proof that they have a family member or know someone who can be accountable to pay your tuition fees just in case.

I read the article and I felt shocked to hear that there were only 2 incubators functioning properly at that time. I think that the hospital is primarily responsible for the situation for not being able but of course, there are social,historic, economic and political factors that contribute to funds for healthcare. Someone had mentioned, letting the mother nurse the baby. I agree with that as long as the mother is competent doing so (article did not mention about mother's condition after delivery). If yes, the nurse can check up on the baby's condition and the mother's to make sure everything is ok until a better option is available.

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Hello there, I am a nursing student who recently went to the Toronto Nursing Career Fair. I am interested in being a military nurse because I value about my learning needs and the military nurse recruiter stated that the military does not push nurses to learn at their pace or within the nurse's learning pace. The recruiter said that I can be buddied up with another nurse for 6 months and I can take little as 2 pts a shift and increase the number of pts as I become more comfortable. The recruiter mentioned other great benefits but I am worried about the catch of joining the military. I am aware that the military will be willing to assist me pay back my government student loan for my college and university tuition fee but I have to serve 3 years. I don't think that is a big deal but I am scared that I might die, be disabled or harmed in other ways during combat. The recruiter said that I somewhat have a say but if there is a war, I will be obligated to go to the location of war right? I don't know what military contracts are like. Please feel free to share your experiences. I see that joining the military is an option but would like to hear more about it. Looking foward from hearing from you!

They older adult population or the senior population is significant because they are vulnerable people and this is often unseen by society. I know within the Canadian context, geriatrics settings are seen as undesirable, burdensome and just unattractive. People tend to stereotype that the seniors are grouchy, miserable people and don't think about what are the causes (feeling powerless, family issues, elderly abuse, death & dying, chronic illness, depression and more!). People don't see that seniors are old shruken babies. Seniors become cute like infants. They need assistance with feeding, changing, bathing and social interaction. People should see it just as honourable as working on a pediatric unit. However, after WW2, people went back to work. When people aged and could no longer work, they were seen as unfunctional group of people because they no longer worked therefore, they were seen as insignificant group of people. This is one of the major factors that contributed to the negative stigma of older adults but they are very important people because they have contributed to historically, economically and socially.

Wow! This story is frightening. I cannot imagine the agony of predicting your own child's death and having them die before you. I feel really bad for that pt.

In my school and where I am male nurses are respected and ever year, there are more male nurses coming into the industry.

1. Squeeze exercise as much as you can. Climb stairs instead of taking escalators. 2. If there is a supermarket near your school, buy food from there. It's cheaper and healthier (depends what food you buy). I used to be on the pizza and pop diet and now I usually buy yorgurt, bread, milk, low sodium soups, granola bars and fruits! 3. Don't eat past 6-7pm. 4. If you have time to watch tv. You can do Tracy Anderson exercises in front of the tv. Her exercises are amazing! 5. Stay away from (Creamy) coffee drinks. 6. Whoever said, "EAT LESS, MOVE MORE" Yes! Yes! Yes! or take smaller meals and eat only when necessary meaning don't eat 3 hrs before bedtime. 7. Drink more water.

You have mentioned certain races stick together. There are some nursing students who cannot speak english very well or they had migrated to the country to recieve better education. I don't think it automatically means that one is racist. Regarding that LVN, ignore her for now. If she act rude to you again. When you are calm, take her into a quiet room and tell her nicely that the way how she said this and that bothered you. Tell her your objective to learn and grow professionally from the unit and the staff. Make her feel important. Sometimes you have to make yourself a bit vulnerable. Maybe there were other factors that contributed to the way how she acted towards you.

Well said! I strongly agree with you! But I would like to think of it as a test or hurdle. The nursing profession is filled with all types of people which include rude people. If you can tolerate your instructor, you can tolerate whatever comes at your in the future.

Ahh! That makes so much sense! Well, I think someone should sit down and discuss about the issue. Someone should speculate why he does not want to take medications, talk about other medication options, assess values and beliefs and the pros and cons of not taking medications and make sure that the pt clearly understands this discussion.

Well, there are some questions that needs to be addressed. 1. Is this pt competent to make his/her own decisions? 2. Is this pt just like that and this is the daily routine? 3. What type of medication is it? 4. Is it okay to mix the medication with the food? I see this a lot in long-term facilities (geriatrics settings). Since a great portion of seniors can have dementia of some sort, cannot feed themselves or they are stubborn. What type of medication was it? If it is something like a depression medication which takes pretty much a month to work, it would impact the pt's quality of life and the workload on the other nurses (if the pt had severe depression and often tried to harm himself/herself). Was it okay to mix the medication in the food? Would the medication even work?

I recommend you going to your lead teacher of whatever year you're in and tell him/her that you want to remain anonymous. You may want to have another student from your clinical group with you as another witness. This is very unprofessional. Clearly, your instructor does not have a boundary line between professional work and friendship. Additional to that, it appears that there academic bias or favouring going on which is unfair too.

I don't regulary use razor blades as my method to remove hair for personal reasons. Especially electric razors. Therefore I cannot say that I will be confident to trim one's pubic hair. There are always pros and cons to actions. I don't mean to be a pessimist but I see a lot of cons to trimming someone's public hair. The original post did state that the pt did complain of the way how it was trimmed. I think it would be best if the pt can get a family member or hire a private care attendant to provide personal grooming because this pt appears to like how things are done specifically and that person will be very knowledgeable of what the pt wants and doesn't want.

Thank you for your responses! I greatly appreciate it! I will be more specific because it appears that going on to other topics. Then textbook saids: "If a nurse shows that he or she was not (1) assigned to that particular patient on the date that the negligence allegedly occurred, or (2) working the day or time the negligence allegedly occurred, no duty will be imposed on the nurse. Because no duty will be imposed on the nurse, negligence allegations will fail. Although courts have been willing to construct parameters around a nurse's duty to his or her patient, when a patient establishes that a specific nurse rendered care, the nurse will have assumed a duty to provide reasonable care for the patient. A nurse's failure to provide reasonable care subjects the nurse to civil liability for negligence, where the patient proves that the failure caused damage or injury. So what is reasonable to go help or not help a pt that is not assigned to you? I just finished my 3rd year nursing and my faculty advisor has stressed that if a pt or the pt's family member is driving you nuts (i.e- My daughter is in pain, please come here now and help her!) you are accountable even though you may not be assigned to that pt. Everyone on the unit is accountable for the well-being of the pt and the pt's family. I don't know, I think also the factor of knowing your unit's culture is important. In one unit, it may be ok to go help the pt, on another unit, that can not be ok and like someone mentioned in a post, the nurse is invading the pt's privacy bc they are not the primary care giver or the pt is not delegated to you.

There are even more accomodations but it is up to you how far you want to take it. Think about the pros and cons of disclosing or submitting an accomodation form for assignment extensions to your sociology professor versus your clinical instructor/faculty advisor.

Don't worry, a lot of nursing students have a learning disability. But there are benefits because they are disadvantaged. The school should provide you with psychologists, learning strategists, cousellors who work with students who have learning disability. A colleague of mines has a learning disability she recieves a bursary for equiptment such as a laptop, mouse and programs that can read to her, make mind maps, flow carts and more. She also knows someone who can make all of her textbooks into electrontic form (pdf, word docs and etc). She also receives money from the governments that goes along with ther osap and money to hire a tutor! She writes all of her exams in a seperate building away from her colleagues and write in a private room so that she can read to herself or let a computer read all of her test whether they are multiple choice questions or essay questions. She can also use the computer to type out her essay questions so she doesn't have to write it by hand. I think it would be a great idea to connect with the staff members of the disability department of your school. My colleague doesn't regret it. I hope you won't too!

It appears that is is a window of opportunity. Remember, work contracts aren't forever. I know how you feel. I am into health and during my 2nd year of nursing, one of my colleagues did her presentation on night nurses correlated to breast cancer.

Wow!Now that is Desperate but it works...

I wish salary here in Canada would be more higher.

1. Medicine Unit. 2. Renal Unit. 3. Geriatrics setting 4. Home care 5. Acquired Brain Injury unit 6. Any other long-term care facilities and units you can think of.