OttawaRPN

OttawaRPN

acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics

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  1. Need help with Nursing Career Path

    OttawaRPN replied to liz_1234's topic in International Nursing

    In Ontario, the PN and BScN programs are very competitive meaning even if you have the necessary pre-req credits, if your marks weren't very high, you will be bumped in favour of someone else whose...

  2. Is this okay/legal?

    OttawaRPN replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Nursing

    Which province are you in? In Ontario, any Joe Blow off the street can pass meds at a retirement home (as they are unregulated by the MOHLTC) which is pretty freakin' ridiculous. But in hospital,...

  3. Flu Clinic without current license

    OttawaRPN replied to lilaclover's topic in General Nursing

    lilaclover: You and your coworker are setting yourselves up for a HUGE liability. I don't know which province this proposed flu clinic is in but in Ontario for example, administering a substance by...

  4. If you go to the ER or doctor's office, do you tell them you're a nurse?

    OttawaRPN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    One floor above the ER in my small town is the med/surg floor which is one of my workplaces so yeah... they know. Although I don't see the big deal of trying to keep it a secret. I like to...

  5. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are you not from Canada? I highly doubt they have the ability to pull you from clinical, they may just move you elsewhere or require you to wear a mask. If you have any doubts, you should not yield...

  6. 1 full time + 0.5 part time realistic?

    OttawaRPN replied to ablpn2010's topic in International Nursing

    Yikes, I can't imagine why you would want to do that to yourself. You'll be working every weekend, every holiday, every DAY. Why? You'll just pay more to the taxman, and dig yourself into an early...

  7. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Chiggy & Coolpeach: Yep, the expectations are brutal, more than is humanly possibly in many circumstances, robots can mechanically do the job without the thinking and feeling aspect complicated...

  8. Start orientation at 1st nursing job tomorrow. PRN in LTC. Any advice?

    OttawaRPN replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    Best advice to you is.... .................. RUN AS FAST AS YOU HUMANLY CAN! Hopefully your LTC experience turns out better than

  9. My God, these family members!!

    OttawaRPN replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, but how do you REALLY

  10. Is bedside report a HIPAA violation with 2-4 patients sharing a room?

    OttawaRPN replied to Paulieg69's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I think you missed the part that the patient has to give verbal consent first. No consent = no bedside

  11. Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    OttawaRPN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I hear you. We don't have that nonsense in Canada either. An RN is an RN is an RN is an

  12. Older PN Students

    OttawaRPN replied to CanuckLPN73's topic in International Nursing

    Not nurses in my part of

  13. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You mean the North American pandemic plan as part of NAFTA? I don't see it as much different from the civil assistance plan allowing military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other...

  14. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Somehow I'm not at all surprised that you made this leap but no... the followers are those that reluctantly succumb to intimidation from those in a position of power, despite their better judgment....

  15. Core schedules...what's your opinion

    OttawaRPN replied to 4boysandagirl's topic in General Nursing

    We call them rotations, or lines. On my ortho unit, twelve-hours shifts would be two days, two nights, 4 days off. Eight-hour shifts equally predictable. The nice thing about it is you're always...

  16. Is bedside report a HIPAA violation with 2-4 patients sharing a room?

    OttawaRPN replied to Paulieg69's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    One of my hospitals recently implemented bedside reporting in an attempt to increase patient satisfaction as presumably patients were complaining of feeling "left out." They seem to have gotten...

  17. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

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

    Bonjour. Stick around long enough and you will read plenty stories from across the border that will blow you away! I suppose the advantage of publicly-funded health care is the big wigs are going...

  18. Does Canada Have Private Duty Nursing Like The U.S.?

    OttawaRPN replied to K28Nurse's topic in International Nursing

    Private duty, as in home care, yes. Many agencies employ nurses working in the community, not sure if you can do this independently,

  19. Older PN Students

    OttawaRPN replied to CanuckLPN73's topic in International Nursing

    Second career for me, I was in my 30's and those in my program varied from 20-something to 50-something. And as for this: "Will we be hired or will the younger students be hired over us?" That's...

  20. Nursing Unions-what is the good,bad, ugly?

    OttawaRPN replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen many nurses jobs saved by union intervention, predominately those that involve management simply looking to do away with a "trouble-making" nurse by engaging in various forms of scheming,...

  21. Flu shot controversy

    OttawaRPN replied to JeniRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Remember Thalidomide, or otherwise know as "one of the biggest medical tragedies of modern

  22. RN's asking Dr.'s for medical advice

    OttawaRPN replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I’m figuring by your posts you mustn’t be too cognizant of the ways of the world. If you call in an Rx refill at the pharm such as a regular bp med, but you’re out of refills, pharm is not...

  23. Group one -black list for nurses in dallas

    OttawaRPN replied to nitenurselorraine's topic in Texas Nursing

    Right on. The only "list" that exists in my neck of the woods is the provincial regulatory bodies for nursing (Canadian equivalents to BON) are entitled to make public the names of illegal...

  24. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

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

    Well... you were enabling the behaviour especially with the fetching of water and washing the crotch and scratching the belly... really, patients only walk all over you if you let

  25. Group one -black list for nurses in dallas

    OttawaRPN replied to nitenurselorraine's topic in Texas Nursing

    Whatever this "list" is... sounds highly unethical to