infermierequebecoise

infermierequebecoise specializes in med-surg, mother-baby.

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1. Student Mistreatment

   infermierequebecoise replied to boricualuv4ever's topic in General Students

   I think its unfair that you imply we think she did something wrong. But unfortunately, in the real world, what it comes down to is that its her word against the teachers. I had to deal with the same...

2. Student Mistreatment

   infermierequebecoise replied to boricualuv4ever's topic in General Students

   Been there, done that... I had a teacher who was known for picking one student per clinical group and making their lives hell, then failing them. I learned pretty soon that I was the 'chosen one'......

3. Working while pregnant

   infermierequebecoise replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my dear god...This is something that just gets to me...I realize we are VERY lucky here in Quebec, but have only been aware of it since I started dating an American. I am an agency nurse at the...

4. Pregnancy if RN-Masters program??

   infermierequebecoise posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I saw a post regarding getting pregnancy during nursing school or after getting hired...I was wondering if I could get some input regarding the RN to Masters programs. I already planned on going...

5. Letter to the Offended

   infermierequebecoise replied to nursel56's topic in General Nursing

   I dont think the problem is that nurses wear thongs...heck, you could wear butt-less leather chaps under your scrubs for all I care! The problem is when you wear hot-pink whale thongs that ride up...

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   infermierequebecoise replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I heard this one from colleagues...On our department we have three isolation rooms down a hallway kinda out of site of the nurses station. Apparently one night right after diaper changes the patient...

7. Invasive Pre-Employment Physical??

   infermierequebecoise replied to littley's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, what worries me is that you are more scared of losing this job opportunity than finding out you have a health problem? If you ARE sick enough to not get the job, then you might not be...

8. Invasive Pre-Employment Physical??

   infermierequebecoise replied to littley's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my dear God! I dont know about better employment rights, but that might be just because Im from Quebec...Pay is much lower, taxes are higher, and mandatory overtime is pretty much standard for most...

9. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

   infermierequebecoise replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Wow, reading this post makes me kinda scared to move to the States...Where I work, we frequently have to remind patients that the 'H' in front of the building does NOT mean hotel...Ive also had the...

10. Am I skeptical,when

    infermierequebecoise replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Im gonna agree with New nurse syndrome When we are nursing student, with 2-3 patients at a time, we can and DO spend all the time we can giving all the care we should. I went through school thinking...

11. Flu shot controversy

    infermierequebecoise replied to JeniRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I dont know if we got different vaccines here in Canada, probably did...But I saw several bad reactions to the shot during the big vaccination panic. I had one GB patient, the doctors straight out...

12. What the Heck to You Do on Night Shifts?

    infermierequebecoise replied to RedRubCatheter's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wow, I really thought american nurses had it better than us in Canada for working conditions...We get an hour and a half total per 8 hour shift, 45min of it is paid(if not taken cuz were too busy,...

13. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    infermierequebecoise replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I first started nursing, I did mostly LTC, and we had this one relatively young guy who was a quad, but was still fully A&O. We just start 0h00-8h00 shift, and the emergency bell goes off in...

14. Funny things patients say !

    infermierequebecoise replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had this funny experience when I was in my pediatric clinical rotations in nursing school. We had to do two days at the YMCA to see the developmental differences between healthy kids and sick kids....

15. Is there life after the night shift?

    infermierequebecoise replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in General Nursing

    You meet them the same way you would if you worked day, but that depends on when you sleep. Ive been working nights for 3 years, and sleep during the day when most ppl are at work anyways. So I can...