You guys need to start taking your breaks as you are only hurting yourselves and making it easier for the hospital to work you short staffed. We take two unpaid 30 min meal breaks and two paid 15...
I would really like to know how many people have actually seen someone breastfeed their child with their whole breast showing? I have never witnessed it myself and can't really imagine it. I...
I am not sure which province you are in, and I assume that this must be a private facillity, but this should definitly NOT be happening anywhere. I would go above your boss's boss. If there is no...
just had to add: "2. When opening a new can of pop, I wash it under the sink of running water, and then take a paper towel, all smushed up to a point, and go around the rim of the top of the can to...
My grandpa died last Feburary and as he was dying my mom was sitting with him and he called out to his cousin who died years ago. My mom said it was like he was seeing her and told him to go see her,...
I have been working on a medical oncology/palliative unit for the past 8 months, I had been working in extended care before that. I am finding that I am not comfortable with the amount of knowlege I...
You should not be feeling pressure from you employer to show up early for report. If you are working in Ontario you are probably unionized, contact your rep and ask them to step in. If you feel that...
I am currently working in Canada and use my PDA at work all the time. I use epocrates as a drug book. You can get a free one from epocrates.com and I find it very useful. Sometimes the drugs are...
I worked nights for three years and found that if I didn't eat I would gain weight. When I learned to eat a healthy meal durring the night I felt better and stuck to my diet, I am on Weight watchers....
The problems I have noticed with managers is that they don't communicate with their staff. Our managers would seem to make decisions which would effect the staff and residents without speaking to...
I can only give a definition in context of nursing in Canada as that is where I have been trained and am working, but RNABC which is my nurses association defines professional conduct as: Behaving in...
I just quit a straight night job in a LTC facility where I was paid through my breaks because I was always on call and could not leave the building as I was the only RN on and if I left is would...