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  1. Is this nurse in the wrong?

    Novo posted a topic in Psychiatric

    My brother was admitted into a psych unit this week and when I visited him today I walked in on him arguing with the nurse. He was asking why he was there - which he has done since the first day he...

  2. Is this nurse in the wrong?

    Novo replied to Novo's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the advice everyone. I've decided to not take any action against the nurse for now. I visit him nearly everyday and I haven't seen her yet but if I do I'll speak to her directly before...

  3. What to do about refusing Dr. orders?

    Novo replied to nancynurse0828's topic in General Nursing

    Quick question - if you gave something was which caused the patient have an adverse reaction and you didnt notice until it was too late who's licence would be on the line? The Doctor? To me it sounds...

  4. UFV January 2013 BSN Hopefuls

    Novo replied to Paraston's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I've been randomly lurking this thread for a couple of months even though I'm already in a BscN program. Congratulations to those who got in. For those who didn't don't give up. After being rejected...

  5. Letting off Steam, hope my extinguisher is ready

    Novo replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty ignorant of you to think that the people you're complaining about haven't been through the level of adversity as you have. Some of them arrive with nothing but a bag of clothes. I'm...

  6. U of Calgary Jan 2013 Compressed nursing admissions

    Novo replied to Mati's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    For the transfer program you need a 3.8 or higher for the AD program you need a 3.4 or

  7. Suggestions for changing school to BNDH at the U of Calgary nursing school?

    Novo replied to yiersan's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I haven't personally been to Lethbridge but I've heard some strange stories....here's one of

  8. Interesting Physician Perspective On NPs

    Novo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Personally I think NPs are less knowledgeable than PA's. PA school is essentially medschool-lite whereas NP's take a few pharmacology courses and some. Just my opinion

  9. [Calgary] U of C vs. MRU ?

    Novo replied to MRUOC's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I've never heard of MRU as being a worst school so I'm not sure about that but I know the program at UofC focuses more on theory than hands on. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what school you...

  10. Aggressive staffing person at LTC

    Novo replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How hard is it to say no? Practice in the mirror. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

  11. A Guide to Nursing Specialties

    Novo replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Some of those don't seem popular at all. Where's Emergency

  12. The flu shot making people sick

    Novo replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I refuse to take them. Why? For starters it's unnecessary I think our immune system needs to be tested every so often and the flu does just that it keeps our bodies in check. Secondly it's not even a...

  13. What does this mean (credit) - confused??

    Novo posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So I transfered a few courses over to a new university I'm attending one of the most important courses I want transferred is stats. When my new university evaluated my old universities course outline...

  14. What does this mean (credit) - confused??

    Novo replied to Novo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    @Sayaffa Thank you very very much for this. I'll follow this

  15. What does this mean (credit) - confused??

    Novo replied to Novo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So I just talked to the nursing adviser in my program. She has no idea what I'm talking about (might be new?). I start again in Jan and I need to start to register I dont know who else to ask at this...

  16. Nursing student here...need encouragement. Not sure I can do this!!

    Novo replied to rocksteady1's topic in General Students

    I know exactly what you mean I would look into pysch (less about skills more about talking to patients/meds) , OR (patient is out the entire time), or Emergency (you dont see the same person for too...

  17. Challenging Transfer Credits

    Novo replied to occrn21's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Im in a huge battle right now trying to transfer english comp and stats. I took intro to stats andd they other university gave me business stats equivalent and eng comp they said was different when...

  18. Are student loans haunting you?

    Novo replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Student loans arent that bad if you're willing to put your life on hold for 2 years and work like a slave. My roomate had 70k in loans when he graduated from a BscN program. He made 70k in his first...

  19. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

    Novo replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here come the Men in Black. (Men in Black) The galaxy defenders. (uh oh, uh oh) Here come the Men in Black. (Men in Black) They won't let you remember. (won't remember) (uh uh, uh

  20. Why does every unit have a princess?

    Novo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    don't hate me cuz im more

  21. Do male nurses wear scrub jackets???

    Novo replied to Nolander's topic in Men in Nursing

    those look really weird on a guy

  22. MD screaming at RN's in front of patients regularly

    Novo replied to AtivanIM's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sad. You know if everyone stood up for themselves people would actually respect nurses. I would never let anyone talk to me like that Dr. or otherwise just on a matter of principal I'd rather be fired...

  23. Sexual harrassment?

    Novo replied to Flamingonurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. Someone is really power

  24. Grant Macewan JAN 2013

    Novo replied to 7angeldust's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I got conditional acceptance for

  25. What would you say to this shocking patient statement?

    Novo replied to aboucherrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have shoved a sock in her