joanna73 BSN, RN

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    cost of healthy meals

    joanna73 replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    Precisely. Spending a little more money is much less costly in the long run for your health and well
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    cost of healthy meals

    joanna73 replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    For real mac n cheese I like marble cheese and sometimes I use vegetable pasta. Tastes much better, healthier and still cheap. You can make a whole batch of it at a
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    cost of healthy meals

    joanna73 replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    Depends where you shop. Are you buying in bulk? This also saves money. Buy frozen vegetables instead of fresh, which tend to go bad quick. Frozen vegetables are cheaper and the nutritional value is...
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    A VERY frustrated nurse

    joanna73 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Possibly your charting could be more concise. Unless a major incident has happened, you should be gone within 15-20 minutes of your shift ending. There is some excellent advice on this
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    How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    joanna73 replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    We started out in year one with about 1100. By year four, my graduating class had 450 people. Many either dropped out in second year or
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    ON new grad relocating to BC - advice?

    joanna73 replied to sonic_nurse's topic in Canada

    The job market is terrible in most parts of BC and has been for years. I've worked with many nurses who were educated there and left due to lack of viable options. Casual lines are sometimes...
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    Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    joanna73 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm eating cotton candy flavored lollipops while reading this thread. I also enjoyed the pizza I ate for lunch. But every morning I have a protein smoothie made with berries, kale, vanilla protein...
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    Can licensed RPN of ON work in other province like AB?

    joanna73 replied to lilychen's topic in Canada

    You must not be a Canadian educated nurse. We can move Provinces, further study is not
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    The FIT Nurse

    joanna73 replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Someone earlier mentioned "How can nurses smoke?" on this thread. Same as everything else.....usually people are well aware of the negative effects and they don't want to change, for a variety of...
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    The FIT Nurse

    joanna73 replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    "Most nurses are extremely unhealthy and hypocritical." Such a generalization which sounds very silly. There is no way anyone can know this about most nurses. How many are we talking about
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    The FIT Nurse

    joanna73 replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Your post is extremely judgmental. Keep these opinions to yourself if you expect to get along with your co-workers and patients. You might be fit, but I'm certain that the overweight nurses can run...
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    FLAME ON!

    joanna73 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    You're all supposed to be "called" to nursing, don't you know? The ones who are "called" would of course model perfect
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    Stalking - dropping off resume to nurse recruite/HR without appointment

    joanna73 replied to nonnocere1988's topic in Nursing Career

    The environment is unionized where I live also. It doesn't matter how much I might want to hire someone who walks in......all internal applicants are screened and hired first. All applicants are...
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    New Grad RN can't find a job

    joanna73 replied to morganv's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Depends how quickly you want to work. Many rural areas and small towns need nurses. The cities are saturated with new and more experienced nurses. When I was a new grad, I didn't care where I went. I...
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    Working Out 6- 7 days a week

    joanna73 replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I do weights and cardio 3 days a week. With all the walking that I do I find that
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    ANCC gerontology exam issue!

    joanna73 replied to kay laurie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Having your certification is nice but this won't be the deciding factor for grad school. They will be looking at your letters of reference, your GPA and your letter of
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    My termination story, any new grad success advice appreciated!

    joanna73 replied to Islaleigh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was in nursing school we had 3x 12 hour shifts for four months in the last semester. The previous semester I was in the OR full time with a preceptor. At the start of each experience, we were...
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    what was the hardest nursing class you took?

    joanna73 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Commuter. My pre-requisite chemistry was much more challenging than any of the nursing courses I took during my
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    New RN, but not interested in hospital bedside nursing

    joanna73 replied to scubanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to be competitive for a Masters program, 2 years in acute care or med surg is usually required. A few of my friends and colleagues are in these programs now and except for one who went...
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    Cover letter guidance needed

    joanna73 replied to sunrays1981's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I felt the same reading your cover letter as llg. You need to explain to the recruiter the value you will add to their organization. Each cover letter should be tailored to the organization's job...
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    patient abandonment

    joanna73 replied to conway1's topic in General Nursing

    Seek legal advice for your best course of action. If you left the building without giving report to another nurse who was physically present then abandonment is a possibility. Although you had an...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    joanna73 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated 2010, made a friend here on AN. Had a job offer before I wrote my RN exam (made contact through the friend) and relocated to a small town from a big city with nothing but a back
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    Is the job market really this tough?

    joanna73 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Canada

    The job market is tough across the country and getting worse due to Provincial budget cuts and the falling price of oil. Hiring freezes and layoffs have been on/off/on/off/on since 2008. Start...
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    Careers as an RPN

    joanna73 replied to Filibus's topic in Canada

    Actually, there are less opportunities for RNs especially at the
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    FLAME ON!

    joanna73 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    "Help! I'm going to loose my