lemur00

lemur00 BSN, RN

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  1. New Grad RN can't find work!

    lemur00 replied to nobu's topic in Canada

    While we aren't desperate or anything, SK is hiring. You do have to be willing to work in whatever field staff are needed however, because only certain units really need staff. And you have to time...

  2. If i did something wrong?

    lemur00 replied to aywl's topic in Canada

    One need only work in rehab or convalescence for a while to see why doing "for" is often NOT helpful. As the old saying goes "use it or lose it" and if there's a nurse on the other end of the call...

  3. If i did something wrong?

    lemur00 replied to aywl's topic in Canada

    When I was a student, I had a patient that got mad at me because I told her I would walk WITH HER to get water so she could get the exercise. She launched into a tirade about how I didn't care and...

  4. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

    lemur00 replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    In SK we get paid the extra hours. Full time lines are given 12 12s plus one "stat off" in 4 week blocks. The stat off is an 8 hour paid day off in lieu of working the holidays (part time employees...

  5. NIGHT SHIFT CENTRAL!

    lemur00 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    I am now in a position where I'm being forced to work days after working all nights for years. I hate everything about day shifts. EVERYTHING. Most people hate nights and want to trade with me so I...

  6. Regarding nursing students- was this too much to ask?

    lemur00 replied to blondy2061h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my practicums we were instructed on our first meeting with our preceptor to ask for the 10 most common medications and the most common procedures done on the unit. Then we had to research them and...

  7. I want to make the most of my time while waiting in the dark

    lemur00 replied to nmlola's topic in Canada

    I do know at least one person who was able to write the CPNRE after dropping out of the BScN program back in the early 2000s (though typically they frown on this). IENs are also able to get licensed...

  8. I want to make the most of my time while waiting in the dark

    lemur00 replied to nmlola's topic in Canada

    Well, we are frequently told that a PN education isn't the same as a BScN education. It's one of the reasons "bridging" is discouraged. If, as is argued, the focus is different (with PN being more...

  9. I want to make the most of my time while waiting in the dark

    lemur00 replied to nmlola's topic in Canada

    Do you consider the post LPN program at Athabasca to not be a "bridging" program? I don't know that much about it, but it was always kind of portrayed that way by people who took it. SIAST/U of S...

  10. IEN Registration in Alberta to become more difficult

    lemur00 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    Ugh the person all "Where are we supposed to get qualified nurses?" Try Canada. We have a few newer nurses on my unit who moved from BC and AB because they couldn't get full time jobs in those...

  11. RPN jobs in Ottawa?

    lemur00 replied to loren45's topic in Canada

    WAT. There are actual nursing boards there? Does this mean those people we're paying our professional fees to are just pretending??? Man. I feel so

  12. Graduating Nurse from Ontario Moving to Calgary

    lemur00 replied to blissity's topic in Canada

    Saskatchewan?

  13. Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    lemur00 replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    They're usually pretty accurate. The only time I've found that they aren't is if the patient has a very irregular heart beat or is overly afraid of the

  14. I just need some advice on this one, and it's making me NERVOUS.

    lemur00 replied to sherabear's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually if the OP gets the physician to order it as a scheduled med, the nurses who are currently not giving it will give it if they have to sign for it. So that would be a way to ensure she does...

  15. Seeing this quite a bit

    lemur00 replied to KRSLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ever read William Faulkner? No idea how the dude scammed a Nobel Prize for literature and two Pulitzers with grammar like

  16. Experience before nursing school in Canada.

    lemur00 replied to Jasonw3's topic in Canada

    Like I said, it is up to the manager. Ours would not hire anyone who didn't have their course at any

  17. Experience before nursing school in Canada.

    lemur00 replied to Jasonw3's topic in Canada

    This depends on whether the manager of a facility wants to hire people without education. They can, but they don't have to. In the facility I worked in, our manager wouldn't hire us until we were...

  18. My Reasons For Avoiding The Acute Care Hospital

    lemur00 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Around here, public health is the position to covet. One usually has to have years of seniority to get into it. In nursing school our entire program was geared toward community nursing. Public health...

  19. SHOES!

    lemur00 replied to ATerzoLPN2RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Depends on your feet really. I have high insteps and also a scar on my right arch. As a result I can't wear shoes with arch support, and I have to be able to adjust them for my instep. So it's really...

  20. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    lemur00 replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep. That's the management I used to work under. Meetings with union reps and the whole deal to discuss the "problem" of making a patient wait for five minutes to have pillows fluffed or some silly...

  21. The math doesn't add up

    lemur00 replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I really think a "patient thank you note" meme would be pretty

  22. The Slow Code: Justified?

    lemur00 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah it's likely the same thing (pt orders for life sustaining tx? We call it my voice or MVLST). The protocol here is that the proxy usually only speaks for the patient if the patient's wishes...

  23. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    lemur00 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, there's been a fair amount of research here showing that "no fault" reporting means that people do a lot more reporting of themselves, and more errors are prevented. And fewer report others out...

  24. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    lemur00 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    There's a reason "Work to Rule" is an effective labour resistance technique if followed consistently. Employers have policies and best practice guidelines primarily for show. They claim to be...

  25. The Slow Code: Justified?

    lemur00 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah the ones whose families want us to do everything while they pray every day that God will "take me home". Painful. Not entirely convinced that a slow code is a terrible ethical violation in those...