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Hi :) great idea to start this thread. I am currently in a three month program that my hospital runs for RNs who get hired for ICUs... Starting week 3 tomorrow. I'll start new in the ICU at the end of April. I don't know yet which one... MICU, SI...

hi...have had to give this many times to patients...i always just mixed it with an ounce or two of whatever drink they preferred -- even though it makes the drink taste crappy, it gives them a little bit of "choice" -- which seems to make the medicin...

i am sure as a 3rd year nursing student, you must have used cinahl or another similar database to do research by now...you will find a plethora of articles on this subject if you search cinahl with a phrase such as "er nursing challenges" or "er nurs...

the ed where i work pays to put 5-10 people through tncc every year. the goal is to have all rns who work in our ed certified after a few years of doing this. i think any time you have certifications, it is a plus. it is all knowledge, and as a new n...

i wrote and passed the crne in june of this year. my only tips are: 1. read the questions. sometimes one little word can totally change the meaning of the question! 2. get lots of sleep the night before if at all possible. you don't want to go in the...

ltc facilities where i live, in nova scotia, canada, are already required by the government to have an rn on the premises at all times. during day shifts, a nursing supervisor, called "care coordinator", is on premises and is an rn...on nights and we...

my rotation is two days, two nights, 5 off. i don't mind night shifts, but it is hard to switch from day to night back to back. my tips: i stay up late the night before i am going to do a night shift; when you sleep during the day, use a fan or oth...

i feel your pain. i am an er nurse, and the extent of self-entitlement and rudeness that i see on a daily basis still astounds me...you would think i would be used to it by now, but no...i am still surprised and disgusted on a daily basis by some of ...

the only level 1 trauma centre in nova scotia is the qeii health sciences centre in halifax...i work in their er. incidentally though...i have family who lives in the annapolis valley, about 1 1/2 hours away from halifax...and the valley regional hos...

hi, congrats on going to nursing school. nursing is the most wonderful occupation in the world! :) to answer your question: you practice all that stuff in nursing school, and then when you get out there and get experience, you will be automatically d...

congratulations on making the decision to join a wonderful profession, ryan! nursing school can feel a bit like a hazing exercise at times, but just work hard and remember when things get really tough: you are doing this because you want to be a nur...

I'm an RN in Canada...born and raised here as well... I have no idea of the accuracy of the documentary in terms of the American stories. But in my many years of experience, people get treatment in a timely manner and there are no "evils" associated ...

Hi, I am also a new grad (May 2008) who will be starting in the ER in a busy urban setting. However, in my ER we are required to take a 4 month ER course through the local RN Professional Development Center before we start in the ER. I came straight ...

Hi everyone, I got my results last week, on July 9...and I passed! :) I know the waiting is hard...good luck to you all! ______________________________________________________________ NurseScarlett...a Maritimer RN

I am just curious Manch Medic...and no offense intended here, as I have found your posts in this thread to be both educational and thought-provoking...but are you planning to become a nurse? If not, I'm curious why you chose your first-ever forum pos...

Hi, I can't speak for the Ottawa program, but I just graduated with my BScN from Dalhousie University in May, and it is a very good program. The most important tool of comparison that I would look at, if it were my decision, would be the length and n...

Yes...I live in Nova Scotia and I got my passing result in the mail on July 9. Good luck...I am sure you will receive your results soon. _______________________________________________________________ NurseScarlett, RN

About 20 kilometres, which is 12.5 miles, one way. Some days I take the car, some the bus...and if I'm lucky, my husband drops me off and picks me up on 12 hour day shifts so we don't have to use our gas (he is driving his company truck to and from w...

Well...I am only 2 months into my first RN job and I am thinking of switching. What do other new grads think about this: I went to my job on a med/surg floor, because I wanted that type of experience. Before I even arrived, the manager knew that the...

Four long years...many tears...many joys.... I graduated from nursing school today! Now maybe I will have time to actually make a post here once in a while :) So proud to join the ranks of all you wonderful nurses. Taking the CRNE (Canadian Registere...

OP and other posters: It is so good to hear that other people feel this way, too. I just started my orientation last week, and I can see that it is going to be anxiety-provoking for a while. I think the support we get from each other as nurses is ver...

Congrats, and best of luck! I graduated nursing school today...and I know exactly what you mean: until the big exam is over, it is hard to feel "finished".

ctnjason, best of luck. i will add my 2 cents...i graduated from 4 years of nursing school today. i have to tell you that i wanted to be a nurse with everything i had...left a successful career in business because i could not see people as "customers...

hours required? 400 hours timeframe to complete? 10 weeks did you or the school pick where you're going? we gave the school our top 3 choices of where we'd like to go...and i got my first choice! :w00t: unit/floor you'll be on? emergency department ...

Thank you for posting this... :redpinkhe