Airidis

Airidis

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  1. IM injections!

    Whispera, I know your in the states and I dont know how to tell where the first poster is from, but best practice guidelines in Canada call for you to pull the skin taunt not scrunch when giving an IM...
  2. e-MAR headaches!!!!!

    I have emar where I work too and it is horrible how things happen. The other day in the system it said to give warfarin 2mg and then I found out later from NM that dr decreased their warfarin to...
  3. Advance my career or make my family happy?

    I have a similar situation with yours but my babies are now 2 and 3, I put my faith in my husband who wanted me to take a day job even though my heart was in another. I took the other job and left my...
  4. In need of help with my client with dementia

    When bathing people with dementia I would take a cloth and saok it in their tub water and say let me scrub your face and head you'll feel much better afterwords! And then once their hair was wet from...
  5. When to say no...new grad burn out

    Call the Ministry of Labour hun. Im Canadian they're abusing the hell out of you, make the call tell them your story let them take it from
  6. job and family

    Having a good babysitter and/or family support is important. I had to also learn to say no to those "OMG YOUR MY LAST HOPE TAKE THIS SHIFT PLEASE PLEASE" because I was never seeing my 2 and 3 year...
  7. RN vs RPN Career

    I am a fresh RPN grad. I graduated on April 29th 201w. On May 6th I was offered a permanent part time line in a LTC home. There are also the NGG which is the new grad guarentee for new grads which...
  8. New nurse dilema

    Hello, I am a recewnt grad RPN and I have a job interview in 3 hours at a LTC centre. I'm very excited to be getting a job interview but I've also put resumes into a hospital hiring full time. Do I...
  9. New nurse dilema

    Thanks for all your
  10. New nurse dilema

    Thanks for the reply! Next question if I get hired then the hospital offers me the better job how do I tell the new job hey no thanks
  11. Ooo! Mine would leave me a booklet of "days off" to use when I
  12. How do you handle the smells?

    My nursig instructor told us to smilr. If your smiling you can't gag. Not 100% sure medically wise if its truue but its been working for
  13. What would you have me do in a LTC? Call the police?that will look great to my
  14. What's your favorite shoe for 12 hour shifts?

    I have shape ups after a few weeks of wearing them my legs don't hurt anymore and my feet feel great at the end of a shift I would highly recommend
  15. I find when being yelled at hit,bitten or slapped by someone mentally compenent telling them I do not appreciate their behaviour and it is inappropriote is sometimes a lightbulb
  16. Nurses receiving poor care....

    *couldnt edit part of my post was missing* After the ordeal at the hospital I feel that when I go into a hospital I make it known that while I am not a nurse YET I am a student nurse and people are...
  17. Nurses receiving poor care....

    I had a real bad scare with my 2nd daughter when she was born she woke up gagging and turning a lovely shade of blue. I was still in pre-health at the time and not a nursing student andi watched as my...
  18. Home Health Care or Not???? (lpn)

    Home health is also very rewarding if your someone who likes that you can actually have time to sit and talk with your patient. I always find that the
  19. Cover Letter Help!

    Quicky background - when I was 17 I was young, and thought knew everything and was hired at the top LTC centre in my area in dietary. After being stalked by the manager who completely creeped me out...
  20. LPN v. RN Likenesses/Differences Etc.

    You should look at their scopes of practice. LPN's and RN's in Canada are very similar now due to the RPN (LPN) expanded scope of
  21. Getting hit on at work?

    I changed my lastname on facebook to something outlandish so my pt's couldnt find me anymore. I had one pt call me at
  22. Lol I think I pEed myself from laughing at the w-hhhhhhhhat??? One
  23. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

    My husband just informed me I'm disgusting because I'm eating pea soup and watching
  24. Parents/Patients demanding investigations

    Even as an adult I have my mother as my emergency contact she still knows me
  25. Parents/Patients demanding investigations

    Sorry about your