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  1. Need Advice... Nurse stealing non-narcotic medication

    100% agree with
  2. Need some advice from allnurses!

    Yeah I don't know what made me think it would be a good idea in the first place. I guess I was attracted by the nice schedule that came with the 12 hours shifts. My old unit I worked 8 hour
  3. Need some advice from allnurses!

    Thank you so much for the support ladies. I think you are right, just kinda needed to hear someone else say it. What's the sense of stressing myself like this when I don't even have goals of going to...
  4. Need some advice from allnurses!

    Oh and I should add, the reason I'm having trouble making a decision is I worry going back to transitional care will kind of block me in a corner career wise. And also a lot of transition units in my...
  5. Job application- Alberta Health Service website.

    I applied online to AHS and got hired but that was 2 years ago and I also had 3 years of experience at the time I
  6. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    This is a poster that NBNU is currently circulating in New Brunswick in response to a recent increase of LPNs on the hospital units there. It's disgusting how LPNs are disrespected in New Brunswick...
  7. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    Very well put Fiona. You've perfectly summed up my feelings on the issue as well. Hate to say it but AUPE hasn't really been pulling their end if things
  8. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    I agree, this needs to be brought to the union immediately. What do other LPNs on your unit think about this?Are they mostly new grads? I would find this extremely insulting. I do agree with you...
  9. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

  10. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

  11. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    Yup, where I work LPNs access PICCs as
  12. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    I think LPNs in New Brunswick could be better compared to LPNs in the US. They are not even on the same page as the rest of the country and I really think its past time that they catch
  13. Wow! Just wow. NB needs to get with the times.

    Yeah they really need to get a move on. It's awful the way they devalue the LPN profession there. They basically treat LPNs like health care aides. LPNs working in hospital don't even get their own...
  14. George Brown RPN placements?

    Even if they did make you do all your placements in LTC (which they won't) you can still work acute or wherever you want when you graduate. I started out in LTC and did my final placement their but...
  15. Hospitals in Edmonton

    Just curious Fiona, what did you mean by the new care
  16. LPN to BSN conflicting information??

    Did you graduate from NBCC Moncton? I ask because I graduated from there in 2008 :) I'm in Alberta now and am working on the LPN-BSN bridge through Athabasca. I don't think it would be possible to...
  17. Can you work straights days?

  18. Can you work straights days?

    I would prefer straight nights ( as long as it was 12 hour
  19. Can you work straights days?

    I've always wondered why hospitals make people work rotating shifts. Does anyone know the reasoning to this?? It seems like most nurses would prefer to work straight one shift. So why don't they do...
  20. Are RN's going to be a thing of the past?

  21. Calgary Region Floods: Stay Safe!

    It's been a rough few days for sure... I was evacuated from my downtown apartment on Thursday night and still haven't been able to get back. I was working a night shift that night so had just grabbed...
  22. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    I'm dating a high school science teacher. It seems to be a good fit. Don't see many other teachers on here
  23. How does working night shift impact your FAMILY?

    I'm doing the same thing right now too after almost 2 years of straight nights and for the exact same reasons as you I would like to start having a normal life with my
  24. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

    Some great advice on here so far!! I also realllyyyy suck at IV's and I don't know what my problem is. I often can get flashback but then when I go to attach it and flush I loose it. Any ideas what I...
  25. AHS - replacing nurses with HCA's?

    I seriously don't even understand how they can do this... So the NA's are going to be the "nurse"? How many patients will each nurse be assigned?? You will have to let us know how it