RescueNinja

RescueNinja

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  1. Operating Room Nurses in Canada?

    RescueNinja replied to peps007's topic in International Nursing

    I live in Ontario. At my hospital, there are all RNs and one RPN in the OR. The RPN scrubs in when she's working, otherwise it's the RNs. There's 4 OR suites operating every day so I assume there'd be...

  2. Transferability between nursing schools?

    RescueNinja replied to Caity3453's topic in International Nursing

    I don't know about those particular schools, but if you call Langara admissions I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you how it would work. I do know that one of my friends was going to Ottawa U and...

  3. CODE! Need help

    RescueNinja replied to vincejojo's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I can't stress how important this is! The first thing you need to do after finding out who your patients are is to find out their code status!!! Then when you go in to introduce yourself/do your...

  4. How do I protect airway when trach gets pulled out?

    RescueNinja replied to ahicks's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Good luck! Some hospitals train their nurses to reinsert in an emergency situation and others just expect you to know

  5. Lidocaine for v-tach thru IV line?

    RescueNinja replied to OldButCuteBSNStudent's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't understand the issue? If you have an order to give a drug IV STAT and you have a PIV, where else would you put

  6. ANY CVICUs/ICUs hiring new grads?

    RescueNinja replied to scarcity21's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Are you interested in moving to Ontario? My hospital hires new grads into the ICU (which is a general med-surg/cardiac ICU). I live literally on the border with NY. It takes approx. 5 min (including...

  7. How do I protect airway when trach gets pulled out?

    RescueNinja replied to ahicks's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ditto what everyone else said. It is your responsibility as the pt's nurse to ensure all emergency equipment is in the room (this includes back-ups for

  8. "Trach time"

    RescueNinja replied to WoosahRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's very patient-specific and depends on the doctor, but generally around 1.5-2

  9. RN's Replaced By RPN's - GTA

    RescueNinja replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in International Nursing

    Yep, me

  10. Is 47 years of age too late to bridge to RN

    RescueNinja replied to carz's topic in International Nursing

    Ontario is a big, big place. RPNs in areas near Toronto will likely make significantly more than RPNs in smaller communities. I live in the Ottawa Valley and cost of living is relatively low compared...

  11. Charting

    RescueNinja replied to caitiecait's topic in MICU, SICU

    At my hospital we are to chart by exception. In ICU we have in-depth flowsheets so we don't need long nsg notes, but most people usually do end up with at least 1/2 page of NN anyway. Do we need it?...

  12. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    RescueNinja replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    RRT's that are certified to insert can do so, but RNs are the only ones allowed to do draws. Then again, we don't have any support staff - all

  13. June '10 CRNE multiple choice?

    RescueNinja replied to pokerface's topic in International Nursing

    Wow, my class had been told that we'd be the first year to have short answer questions...I'm really happy to hear it's MC

  14. Whats are the most difficult courses for nursing?

    RescueNinja replied to bebexoxo's topic in International Nursing

    Good

  15. Is my nursing program "rockin' it old-school"? because...

    RescueNinja replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    I just finished school and I've had pts on gravity drips many, many times throughout school. At the hospital I'm at now everything goes into a pump in my hospital (even NS TKVO) except in the OR and...

  16. Math for an RPN

    RescueNinja replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    Your teachers will assume you know nothing related to medical math...if you do have trouble once you learn the formulas don't hesitate to ask for more help! It's not rocket science, but getting the...

  17. Whats are the most difficult courses for nursing?

    RescueNinja replied to bebexoxo's topic in International Nursing

    I can't speak for the PN program but in the BScN program I found nursing research to be among the hardest courses. Most of my classmates say patho, pharm, chemistry, and/or microbiology but I'm a...

  18. Moving to Nova Scotia

    RescueNinja replied to dvsbec's topic in International Nursing

    I am not sure what the cost of living is in Halifax compared to Ontario (I'm in the Ottawa Valley), but the RN pay is significantly higher in Ontario. Just something to consider... I've never lived in...

  19. Is 47 years of age too late to bridge to RN

    RescueNinja replied to carz's topic in International Nursing

    RN programs require MScN or higher here (Ontario) too. Many of my teachers had a PhD. All clinical teachers were required to have at least BScN. In my area RPNs are lucky to make more than $25. At the...

  20. Is 47 years of age too late to bridge to RN

    RescueNinja replied to carz's topic in International Nursing

    In my opinion, the personal satisfaction of fulfilling your goal would be worth the lost wages. Trust me, I know what it's like to be facing a crapload of student loans and how stressful it is to be...

  21. RN's Replaced By RPN's - GTA

    RescueNinja replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in International Nursing

    This is happening at my hospital as well, but they are being really quiet about it. They are closing beds, offering senior RNs early retirement packages, and replacing these expensive nurses with RPNs...