OttawaRPN

OttawaRPN

acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics

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  1. pay scale in ontario and quebec...

    OttawaRPN replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    I understand what you're saying, as most hospitals do give credit for prior experience allowing you to move up the pay scale, once you provide proof of hours. However, there is also a...

  2. Would you cut your hair for your career?

    OttawaRPN replied to Claritee's topic in General Nursing

    How odd. No dreads. Then should also be no ponytails, no weaves, no braids... are those mentioned, too? Seems prejudiced and superficial to me.

  3. what time does your shift really end?

    OttawaRPN replied to sleepy1010's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure your other job is understanding that you're coming from the hospital and so may/will be late on occasion. If not okay with that then unlikely you will be able to manage

  4. Sarcoidosis ... help

    OttawaRPN replied to priscilla220's topic in General Nursing

    For the record... it's Prednisone, a steroidal anti-inflammatory often used for symptom control for many autoimmune disorders (like Sarcoidosis). Otherwise, what the other posters said. Hope it all...

  5. Would you question this order?

    OttawaRPN replied to dura_mater's topic in General Nursing

    Can't AIDS cause thrombocytopenia which further increases the risk of bleed? What if the bleed is in his brain, GI or liver or other non-obvious location? The fact that he's already ALOC and weak...

  6. questions about your first code.. from a student nurse

    OttawaRPN replied to tinker72's topic in General Nursing

    Well actually.... you phrased it as "don't we believe that God is in control ultimately..." That's the part that got my goat, spoken as if it's the universal truth shared by all of mankind. Sure...

  7. What would be acceptable to say?

    OttawaRPN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Why does the manager need to know why you are switching? Isn't the whole point of internal postings to give preference to existing employees to expand and broaden their

  8. questions about your first code.. from a student nurse

    OttawaRPN replied to tinker72's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I don't buy into that bible thumping attempt at reasoning. A child dying is an unjustifiable tragedy, no matter the situation or

  9. How to get into hospital?

    OttawaRPN replied to anurse5yrs's topic in General Nursing

    DO NOT go to the floors and introduce yourself to unit managers, they do not have the time to speak with you and you'll become hit listed quickly. If you personally know some employees, have them put...

  10. self employed lpn

    OttawaRPN replied to jive shaman's topic in General Nursing

    Sigh. DEFINITELY don't require RN supervision in my area, many LPNs are self employed in home care, flu clinics, health fairs and foot

  11. Question about staff ratios?

    OttawaRPN replied to lag413's topic in General Nursing

    Where is this hospital? So we all know where to stay away

  12. Milk and Molasses Enemas

    OttawaRPN replied to trixie's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught beyond the internal sphincter so 4-6 inches for

  13. Nursing Home

    OttawaRPN replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    Your chances of finding a for-profit LTC facility that invests into the future of its employees is about as likely as finding a purple-spotted cyclops. Good luck with

  14. I don't want to regret staying in Nursing....LPN-RN

    OttawaRPN replied to NurseOTPT's topic in Nursing Career

    I can't imagine PT/OT programs are any more difficult to get into than nursing programs, and if it's similar educational requirements, you get to provide patient care without the grunge work...

  15. How often do you take a vacation?

    OttawaRPN replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Many union contracts only allow you to take one week as individual days, with the remaining weeks taken in one week blocks only (Monday - Sunday) precisely to deter this kind of scheduling which...

  16. Screwed over?

    OttawaRPN replied to MP RN's topic in International Nursing

    I think you answered your own question - it seems you'd only be satisfied with an OR gig. At least until something better comes along. I hope it all works out for

  17. Anyone ride a motorcycle (or scooter) to work?

    OttawaRPN replied to bhanson's topic in General Nursing

    Some people drive, take the bus, walk, bike, skate or take a magic carpet ride... hey, whatever gets you there on

  18. If it wasn't charted it didn't happen

    OttawaRPN replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Minute by minute shift summaries?? Yikes, how is such a thing possible. As long as there's an area for progress notes, I don't see what the problem

  19. Parkinsons and Haldol

    OttawaRPN replied to Pd Advocate's topic in Patient Medications

    At a psych emerg in a large urban hospital, many uncontrollable psychos would be brought through those doors. The drug of choice? "10 and 2" Haldol 10 mg and Ativan 2 mg It could literally take down...

  20. Post Op Patients / Isolation

    OttawaRPN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    On my ortho unit, it's not unusual for nursing staff to have one ISO and 2 or 3 fresh post-ops. Generally we try and split up the ISOs so a nurse has no more than one, but to not have at least one...

  21. Charge nurse who doesn't give a rat's patootie.

    OttawaRPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I told a friend of mine I would share her dilemma on AN since there's so many wise souls here that can maybe offer some words of wisdom. She works at a sprawling 225 bed privately-owned LTC facility...

  22. pay scale in ontario and quebec...

    OttawaRPN replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    There is no reason the interviewer at JGH couldn't give you your starting pay rate. As has already been said, Quebec nurses are some of the lowest paid in the country. Not sure why, but Quebec always...

  23. Charge nurse who doesn't give a rat's patootie.

    OttawaRPN replied to OttawaRPN's topic in General Nursing

    I really like the 911 suggestion too, but my friend is not nearly as ballsy as I am, so doubt she would resort to this. However, the manager on call being awoken all night each time she's gone AWOL?...

  24. Students giving and getting report?

    OttawaRPN replied to SassyRuca's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe this is a skill honed by experience. I don't know how many times I've come on shift and the outgoing nurse has already taken off just shoving the patients' care plans in their respective...

  25. ER speedbump

    OttawaRPN replied to t.houck's topic in General Nursing

    Not much phases me, in fact anything that can and does go wrong with the human body generally fascinates me, in a morbid sort of way. I probably should have been a mortician. When I was student in my...