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  1. Where Do I Start?

    martysgurl replied to changeOFplans's topic in International Nursing

    To my understanding most colleges offer the Practical nurse program. It is 2 years and then you write your Registration exam. When you have passed that your a RPN :) I live near Ottawa and I do know...

  2. A quick vent

    martysgurl replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    Wow well said !!! Nothing makes me more bitter then a daughter/son of a patient telling you what to do when the patient themselves is

  3. Fall Prevention

    martysgurl replied to oceanblue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our policy is alike to others.. no restraints is first We use ALOT of tabs monitors..if your not familiar with them there a clip which is attached to a box. You clip it onto the residents clothing and...

  4. Skin Care Products

    martysgurl replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We use ALOT of zinc and vaseline mixed together. Don't ask me how it works but it does. Now i'm from ONtario so are products will vary no doubt. But we use alot of Cavilon. It looks like a white...

  5. Self-Employment

    martysgurl replied to raduda's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I'm just wondering if the money is just as good when your self employed. I have often thought about doing that. I worked for a month with a company called para-med. They provide home nursing. A...

  6. Incident reports

    martysgurl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow how awful. Its like you have all the time in the world to sit and write a 15 page essay..:rotfl: Ours are one sheet front and back. We have a skin protocol for brusing , fall assesments and a...

  7. ontario rpn's

    martysgurl replied to sandradee705's topic in International Nursing

    I live around the Pembroke area and RPN's can work in any hospital that i'm aware of. Arnprior , Renfrew , Pembroke, Deep River etc. When I worked in Arnprior we had alot of the same duties as the...