OttawaRPN

OttawaRPN

acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics

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  1. UTI and penile piercing

    OttawaRPN replied to schaviano's topic in General Nursing

    "Pierced for her pleasure, not yours" should be the advertising logo for those tat and pierce shops.....

  2. What would you do? or what should you do?

    OttawaRPN replied to Lammy01's topic in General Nursing

    At my large, inner-city, tertiary-care teaching hospital, our code team is called RACE - call a code and they flock in droves to the bedside - hence the teaching opportunity. At my small rural...

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

    OttawaRPN replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, generalizing much? Most doctors hate it, yeah right. You mean the ones that agree to do it because they are "too nice" to "turn anyone away?" Yikes, you clearly haven't worked with too many...

  4. When you were new, how did you learn meds?

    OttawaRPN replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to what others have said, it might help to remember that nurses are self-regulated, *accountable* health professionals. Doctors prescribe, pharmacists dispense and nurses administer....

  5. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good post, Chiggy. The short answer being our world consists of those that are leaders and those that are followers. The leaders stand up for their own personal and professional interests and the...

  6. Ever write up an attending for yelling?

    OttawaRPN replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    Not wrong, futile. The OP is not staff at the hospital and wants to write up a staff md over ONE incident. How seriously do you think management will take this complaint, if the choice is b/t an...

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

    OttawaRPN replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Count me among those that a) see nothing wrong with this practice and b) suggest you mind your own beeswax. Emergency rooms are plugged up enough with people simply needing an Rx refill, or an Abx for...

  8. New RPNs finding work in Ottawa?

    OttawaRPN replied to loren45's topic in International Nursing

    I can pretty much guarantee you that if you came to Ottawa right now, you can walk into a F/T position at an LTC today. They are THAT short. Hospitals are short too, but generally you need at least...

  9. Pre health science/prenursing

    OttawaRPN replied to SM1031's topic in International Nursing

    Not only is pre-nursing helpful, but it many cases a necessity. All nursing programs are very competitive right now which means if your grades aren't high enough, you will not get acceptance. I know...

  10. Online Nursing Schools

    OttawaRPN replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    Also make sure whatever diploma/degree/certification you're after is recognized in your state/country. Distance education seems to be the wave of the

  11. Soooo I came home from work and had my 1st panic attack....

    OttawaRPN replied to artistnurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Benzos will help with the symptoms but not with the underlying problem. Is it just work that has you stressed out, or life in general? Do you have a good balance b/t work, play, and downtime? What...

  12. Ever write up an attending for yelling?

    OttawaRPN replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not convinced that one outsider can change things, guaranteed it will go ignored. if i read it correctly, she got yelled at once, on one shift. maybe he was having a bad day? i'm not excusing...

  13. A follow-up of my only post; RN to MD.

    OttawaRPN replied to Loux's topic in General Nursing

    But why go through all that schooling when with a little bit more, you can be an md and make oodles more money and have oodles more opportunity. Lotsa mds I know are VERY involved in patient care, in...

  14. Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    OttawaRPN replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    You get a whole $1/hr?? I get zip, zilch, nada!

  15. Nurses with tattoos

    OttawaRPN replied to Deargceann's topic in General Nursing

    One of my colleagues has a tiny little nose ring. I can't emphasis how tiny it is, you have to peer in real close to see it, and even then, it's THAT tiny. Well, her NM told her she has to cover it...

  16. Ever write up an attending for yelling?

    OttawaRPN replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    Oh what a treacherous road you're treading.... you said you're not staff, but you wrote up a Dr. who IS staff, over one unfortunate incident. In the eyes of management, it makes you look like the...

  17. Arriving early and not clocking in

    OttawaRPN replied to soxfan80's topic in General Nursing

    I don't take my patient to the OR, the porter does. I don't report to anybody, they are expecting him. So patient winds up in the OR (with another nurse looking after him). Post-op he goes to PACU,...

  18. RPN's can bridge to RN in the USA in one year!

    OttawaRPN replied to Talia_vde's topic in Canada

    This is not at all unusual for a foreign trained nurse. The reason you are being told to do the bridging program, despite your past credentials, is because the educational requirements in the...

  19. Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    OttawaRPN replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, I was a keener. No joke. There was no task considered beneath me, I truly felt doing the smut work a right of passage, and I sucked up my share of it, but this generation of...

  20. Pretty bummed - going to apply for a couple of PRN jobs at LTC facilities while I

    OttawaRPN replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    And if I can elaborate... working conditions perpetuated by incompetent, money-hungry management. At least from my experience. Heck if it wasn't for that, I may have actually had a halfway enjoyable...

  21. Finding time to schedule "day time" things when working nights

    OttawaRPN replied to KaitRN's topic in General Nursing

    My mother worked full-time nights by choice for over 30 years, and in hindsight I really don't know how she managed to do that, and raise kids and run a household. I don't mind nights but would never...

  22. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In Freudian psychology, look up "psychological projection", and you'll see that your regurgitated responses fit the bill exactly. LOL! Way too funny, but definitely not worth my

  23. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wrong, as usual. Martinhea13 posted, "I'm against the shot (had a mild reaction to the H1N1 last year) but have to take it for fear of being asked to discontinue from the course." Not surprising...

  24. Flu shot issue

    OttawaRPN replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What is this blather? I never mentioned the OP, I mentioned the poster, whom I quoted. Wow, you really are confused. Hmm, how about the constitutional right to not be deprived of life, liberty,...

  25. Arriving early and not clocking in

    OttawaRPN replied to soxfan80's topic in General Nursing

    Our transfer of accountability regulations are likely no different than yours, the stipulations of which are very vague. What happens if your pre-op patient is being portered down to the OR and codes...