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  1. AHS - replacing nurses with HCA's?

    lilaclover6984 replied to SurroDoula's topic in Canada

    Yikes!!!!

  2. Nursing School at 38...... Too old?

    lilaclover6984 replied to kimber75's topic in Canada

  3. Nursing School at 38...... Too old?

    lilaclover6984 replied to kimber75's topic in Canada

    Just sayin but notice how everyone saying age doesn't matter etc etc are mostly people who are still in school. School is a totally different ball game than the real thing. 5 years of bedside nursing...

  4. AHS - replacing nurses with HCA's?

    lilaclover6984 replied to SurroDoula's topic in Canada

    I work on a a transition unit in Alberta and we do have plenty of IVs, wounds, PICCs, NG's, O2 etc. So I think it must really vary hugely from hospital to hospital even within Alberta. The charge...

  5. Advice/Tips - NIght Shift-Sleep Issues

    lilaclover6984 replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    How many days do you usually have off after working 3

  6. Any tips for new job?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Pulmonary

    Thank you so much for the advice. I will be sure to keep it all in mind. It's pretty nerve wrecking to be going from a subacute stable environment to acute. But it's time to move on and keep...

  7. Any tips for new job?

    lilaclover6984 posted a topic in Pulmonary

    So I have just accepted a new job on a pulmonary unit and will start in a couple weeks. I am excite about the new challenge but also nervous. I am currently working on a subacute unit so I know this...

  8. Nursing School at 38...... Too old?

    lilaclover6984 replied to kimber75's topic in Canada

    True, but it's a very real possibility. And nights is just one of the many stressors that nursing can put on the

  9. Nursing School at 38...... Too old?

    lilaclover6984 replied to kimber75's topic in Canada

    I'm gonna have to go ahead and agree with Fionna as well I am only 31 and can already feel the wear of nursing on my body, I can't imagine how painful it would be 20 years older. Also remember that...

  10. AHS - replacing nurses with HCA's?

    lilaclover6984 replied to SurroDoula's topic in Canada

    I wasn't saying we don't need out HCA's, just saying they can't replace

  11. AHS - replacing nurses with HCA's?

    lilaclover6984 replied to SurroDoula's topic in Canada

    I work on a transitional care unit where Pts are supposedly waiting for placement. There is no way my unit could be run by HCAs. We have Pts with IV's, tube feeds, trachs, 02, palliative Pts, foleys...

  12. AHS Board Fired

    lilaclover6984 replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    What a disaster. I feel stressed just reading this. It makes me sick that these fools think they should be getting bonuses while others are losing their jobs and seniors care is suffering greatly....

  13. Job application- Alberta Health Service website.

    lilaclover6984 replied to MissMcCoy's topic in Canada

    Yeah I was wondering why it seems there are always so many LPN postings there as well. Maybe people don't like it and don't stay

  14. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm having a tough time making a decision and would love some input from fellow nurses. Given the choice, which of these 2 jobs would you take: Job one- is basically In a nurses call centre. Making...

  15. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

  16. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo hard to decide and I need to make a choice by

  17. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    Same base rate of pay but with the first job since it is all day shifts I would never be getting the $5/hr shift differential I would get when working nights on the second

  18. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    I am most concerned with choosing the job that will allow me to be the happiest in life and allow time to spend with my family and other activities. It's a tough

  19. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    I mean the second job would be every other

  20. Which job would you take?

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and I should add, the first job I would only have to work 1 weekend a month and it is a 9am start on the weekend. The first job would be every other

  21. iv infusion therapy course

    lilaclover6984 replied to serenie222's topic in Canada

    I moved here (calgary) from BC 2 years ago and wasn't required to take an extra course. I just did the training with a CNE at the hospital that all the new hires do and then needed 3 witnessed starts...

  22. New handoff report- scared!

    lilaclover6984 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our unit has recently started a new reporting system where the outgoing charge nurse gives report to the entire oncoming shift as a big group. Im a night charge nurse which means I have to give report...

  23. New handoff report- scared!

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. What the charge needs to know in report is completely different from what the primary nurse needs to know and different again from what the NA's need to

  24. New handoff report- scared!

    lilaclover6984 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I like the idea of asking people to hold questions till the end. I think I will do that. Yeah I'm not a fan of this change. I guess it was done to include the nursing assistants more but they end...

  25. More bad news at AHS - layoffs

    lilaclover6984 posted a topic in Canada

    And the bad news just keeps coming: