infermierequebecoise

infermierequebecoise

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  1. Student Mistreatment

    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

    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

    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??

    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

    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?

    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??

    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??

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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 !

    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?

    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...
  16. Emotional disaster

    I was like you as a new grad, and I thought Id always be that way. Emotions in a nurse are not a bad thing. They will help you give your patients the care they deserve. If you leave it all behind, you...
  17. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    This isnt something that happened to me, but was described by a colleague who worked GI for a while. She told me about this patient with a colostomy who kept being re-admitted because it would get...
  18. Charting Bloopers

    Here are two pretty funny ones... We had this patient come in to investigate abdominal pain...After several tests, cultures, and consults, the GI doc reviewed the notes, and wrote`I have no idea what...
  19. Canadian nurse to relocate to Atlanta

    Hi! I am a nurse working in Quebec, Canada. I graduated in 2007, and since have mostly worked in Med-surg and mother-baby. My boyfriend is an American and grew up in Atlanta and we have decided to try...
  20. Looking for a job in the Atlanta area?

    Does the Atlanta job market still suck as bad as it did last year this time? I'm going to try to set up interviews in the next couple of weeks since I'll be in town. Any advice as to who to send them...
  21. Nursing Jobs in Atlanta for New RN Graduates

    BUMP! What are hiring conditions like now? I'm particularly interested in how hiring is in Atlanta for people in the 3-4 year experience range. I'd also like input specifically about Scottish Rite,...