NorthER,RN

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  1. Hi. I'm currently working in BC and thinking of moving to Yellowknife or to one of the nursing stations in NWT. I'm looking for someone who is working in the NWT to answer some questions for me -...
  2. I Quit

    You're not rambling Nicmac- just thinking out loud and trying to find a place for yourself after all of the hard work that has gone into your career. I hope that you don't mind if I put my 2 cents in...
  3. Get it in Writing! (vent)

    hi. i just need a chance to vent - and to hear what other nurses have to say. i have been working in a small rural hospital in northern bc. i love the place and really enjoy the work in the er - have...
  4. ER T-shirts

    Thanks ERNurse - it's a saying that often comes to mind when I'm trying to do several very important things at once (chest compressions, suctioning, bagging - you know) and someone asks when the...
  5. ER T-shirts

    How about: A lack of planning and foresight on your part does not necessarily constitute an Emergency on our part.
  6. drunks

    Hi Dave, Like you I used to have a lot of compassion for drunks - particularly those in their teens, early 20's. I work in a rural setting in a small hospital, and we all agree that without ETOH we...
  7. Thank you Bijou - you are too kind. I had the worst preceptor in the world - she asked for a student nurse to precept because "the work was too much for one person alone". She yelled at patients (this...
  8. Hi Trish, I believe that your age and your calmness will actually help you to become a fine ER nurse. I graduated when I was 45, and have trained and worked in a lot of areas since then (I'm now 50)....
  9. Questions for Yellowknife, NWT nurses

    Hello again - I just thought that I would toss this thread back into the mix. I have gotten the job that I wanted in Yellowknife, in the North West Territories - yep, I will be freezing my behind off...
  10. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    I have learned that a call to the doc at 0300 will not get you the same quality of response as one at 1500. I have learned that when the fan is covered in faeces and the doc has not responded in an...
  11. What squicks you out?

    I work ER now and nothing really seems to gross me out - and granted it's not nice to see CSF or brains or blood or pus or vomit or feces, but hey, it just doesn't trouble me - I just focus on the job...
  12. How can I find RN employment in Middle East?

    I came back from Saudi Arabia 7 months ago - and actually you don't need to be Muslim to work in the Middle East. Try www.medhunters.com to look for some jobs - I know that King Faisal Specialist...
  13. Hi Papaya, I wonder if you might like to just give them a phone call - and find out if there are any other hold ups that you need to address. They're all finished with this years registration stuff...
  14. Soon to be an RN, how is the job prospect?

    If you're planning on working in British Columbia, you're already on track Abdominal - when the RNABC gets your paper work they will advise you on any concerns - I know that staff that have come here...
  15. Soon to be an RN, how is the job prospect?

    Hello! Thank you for considering Canada - I think that you will find that the hospital in Victoria has a lot of vacancies and that they will go to great lengths to help you out in emigrating to...
  16. concealed medicines?

    Hi Froggylegs - I believe that you are doing the right thing by listening to the patient and accepting his choice as being the one that matters. Indeed, rather than being paternalistic by just going...
  17. Nursing Jobs IN Canada

    Hi NursingDiva. It would be wonderful to welcome another nurse to BC. For information on how to start go to www.rnabc.com (Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia) - there is lots of...
  18. CKMB ratio

    Thank you all very much. In my little hospital we use Troponin T markers which are not as accurate as Trop I which I am used to. I wanted to learn more about CK/CKMB ratios and now I have thanks to...
  19. please someone help

    Hi Nurse004. You could try their website at: www.cna-nurses.ca You could also search for your provinical nurses' web site, or try a search under nursing unions and your province. Good
  20. please someone help

    Hello Nurse004. I am a Canadian registered nurse and I would like to offer a few suggestions. I don't know what province you have your interim certificate from, and obviously I don't know where you...
  21. I am rather shocked! I know that we Canadians may seem pretty easy going here, (maybe even a bit socialist....) but I cannot imagine that Americans (Home of the Free) would allow a law that would...
  22. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    Hey Bonnie, don't give up - there are great nurses out there. For the average overstretched, tired, burned out nurse who stays in the job for the money and the benefits, students are thought of as...
  23. Hi! Is there anyone out there who has experience with MSF? I'm looking for more information about the personal experiences of nurses - the web sites are good, but I'm sure that like all organizations...
  24. Medicins sans frontieres - Doctors without borders

    Thank you all very much, and thank you Nurse First for looking those two books up for me. I have read Leanne Olson's A Cruel Paradise: Journals of an international relief worker (1999); she was a...
  25. Complete HB, bradycardia, and hypertension

    Thanks Athomas and Zacarias: - I went back to the books for this Critical Care Nursing 2nd edition, chapter 26: "Blood pressure is determined by cardiac output (blood flow) and the resistance to flow...