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  1. Patient assignments - Are nurses assigned to empty beds

    itsmejuli replied to LearningAboutNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a homework

  2. This question drives me nuts! Please, anyone, help me!

    itsmejuli replied to leahbee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Reading too much into an NCLEX question is a bad habit that you need to break. When you read the question look for key works, understand exactly what the question is asking. Then eliminate the...

  3. Green Card process for Canadian citizen with a USA BSN degree

    itsmejuli replied to coq2012's topic in Immigration Advice

    You could make an appointment with US immigration and talk to them about your options. If you go to the US immigration website there's a link to booking appointments online. travel.state.gov has lots...

  4. Strategy for nursing 2nd career, Toronto

    itsmejuli replied to protoxeno's topic in Canada

    Careers in Oil and Gas: Working in the Canadian Petroleum

  5. LPNs Often Fare Better Than Some Degree Earners

    itsmejuli replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My original plan was to become an RN. I got my LPN in order to bridge into RN, then the plan was to get BSN so I could return to Canada as an RN. I was keeping up with what was going on in nursing in...

  6. Finally, out of nursing!

    itsmejuli replied to BRADinPA_FutureCRNA's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing is not for everyone. Good luck in your new

  7. The Elderly Are Devalued

    itsmejuli replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Great articale, thank you. I'd love to see more volunteers come into our facilities to visit our residents, so many of them are so very lonely. Don't even get me going on the lack of LTC and dementia...

  8. How do ya'll wear your hair? can you have bangs?

    itsmejuli replied to Reckless96's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad I can color my hair, otherwise I'd blend right in with my

  9. Strategy for nursing 2nd career, Toronto

    itsmejuli replied to protoxeno's topic in Canada

    There are plenty of other careers that pay better than nursing and have plenty of job

  10. Welcome to the Shangri-La: My (Almost) Perfect Job

    itsmejuli replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Please explain what a peripatetic nurse

  11. Kudos to you neuro folks

    itsmejuli replied to IHeartDukeCTICU's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Neuro is amazing and I too have lots of thanks to neuro nuses. At 24 my son suffered a TBI, I wasnt a nurse then. I watched my son go from being on full life support to walking out of hospital 28 days...

  12. Nurses who never worked in the hospital?

    itsmejuli replied to cannonball59's topic in Nursing Career

    I spent a year in LTC, another year in sub-acute/medical rehab and now I'm a homecare supervisor in a senior's lodge. I have no desire to work in a

  13. Good study method or too OCD?

    itsmejuli replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I'd got to class with a print of the power point and text. I'd jot important notes on the PP and highlight specifics in the text during lecture. Then I'd review and write my notes and a few cards. I'd...

  14. New RN in trouble-- Please help!!!

    itsmejuli replied to BradenRN30's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a simiar predicament a few months ago. I tried to stick out a job in which I was subject to bullying and mobbing by co-workers. I wound up making some errors as a result of my anxiety that...

  15. Family Making "Elder Abuse" Jokes?'

    itsmejuli replied to Skayda's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would have nicely said something to the family about it not being

  16. When you are the patient. Do you get nervous about it?

    itsmejuli replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm very sensitive to meds of all kinds. I just got prescribed something for migraine and a muscle relaxer, I'm afraid to take either. Think I might stick with the ibuprophen and suffer through it. At...

  17. Looking to relocate, where to move to maximize my income.

    itsmejuli replied to 1ksgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm Canadian and relocated to Calgary, Alberta last year. I'm an LPN, I make more money than a new grad RN in Florida. But a house here costs something like twice the price of a house in FL. My small...

  18. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    itsmejuli replied to DGabe24's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you looking at nursing instead of becoming a medical

  19. Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    itsmejuli replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with TheCommuter...pay extra on the monthly payments and keep a cash

  20. Sexual Harassment of Nurses?

    itsmejuli replied to TurtleCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand your concern OP, yes it does happen occasionally. Not every person on this earth is an

  21. How far would you commute to nursing school?

    itsmejuli replied to SlaveHeart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A couple of things to consider: Given the current nursing job market there's no rush to finish nursing school. Avoid student loans. There are many threads in the forums on these

  22. SO mad...and not sure I should be.

    itsmejuli replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I feel for you OP. After dealing with my oxycontin injecting son and his addicted baby's mama, I have zero patience or sympathy for drug abusers. Fortunately, she didn't abuse pills while pregnant....

  23. Longer without an LPN position, the harder it is to obtain one?

    itsmejuli replied to nursty's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you tried going into the facilities with your resume and ready for an

  24. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    itsmejuli replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wasn't a nurse when I went through hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, both Cat 5. I wasn't a nurse when I volunteered 2 weeks of my time with the American Red Cross assisting hurricane Katrina evacuees. I...

  25. Steps in Becoming a RN in Alberta as a IEN

    itsmejuli replied to ianmiyoh11's topic in Nurse Registration

    College of nursing equals board of nursing here in