lesliel

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1. Advice on precepting a new grad :O)

   lesliel replied to Joy06's topic in Nurse Management

   encourage open communication and talking processes and procedures out loud (i.e "i'm going to change this IV dressing because...and these are supplies I have to get ready and this is the policy I...

2. If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator...

   lesliel replied to lesliel's topic in Pediatric

   It went well! I got the job There were absolutely no scenario questions and it was completely behavioural type questions (i.e. How do you deal with conflict? Tell me about a time when you were...

3. Should I of gone to med school?

   lesliel replied to FCMike11's topic in Nursing Career

   Wow, that is a tough place to be in!! It's great that you have all these options available to you and are looking towards professional growth :) IMHO, I think this is a personal decision that takes...

4. If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator...

   lesliel posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi All nurses!! I was just wondering If you were a nurse manager or nurse educator, what kind of questions would you ask at an interview?? I have been fortunate enough to land an interview at a...

5. No experience! what to put on my resume???

   lesliel replied to NayD_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was in the same position as you when I came out of nursing school! As a new graduate, it is difficult to start your resume from scratch, but fortunately you CAN put your clinical experience. My...

6. RN's replaced with RPN"S

   lesliel replied to Ellab's topic in International Nursing

   Hey Ellab! I'm a new graduate that has been working for a couple of months now in the GTA. When you say "1000 other stuff" are you referring to the qualifications wanting different certificates and...

7. To my preceptor, future students beware (rant)

   lesliel replied to leekun2010's topic in General Nursing

   congrats on surviving

8. nursing process & LTC...impossible?

   lesliel replied to lesliel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Thanks for all the valuable input from everyone who posted! I really appreciate whatever advice anyone can shed. I realize that I probably won't likely be able to sit and talk to a client one on one...

9. nursing process & LTC...impossible?

   lesliel posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hello all! Looking for some suggestions here...:) I recently was looking through all the threads and was looking through one where the OP was about becoming more efficient while in LTC. I started my...

10. I know this is rather mediocre.....

    lesliel replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodnesss! I could not agree with this more! I always wonder why people who are not nurses or are not directly related to a nurse have such a skewed view of what nurses do, well it's because the...

11. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    lesliel replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness! What a terrible experience for your daughter :hug: I agree with what someone else had posted earlier that "nurses eat their young" As a new graduate, working for the first time, the...

12. New Nurse in LTC

    lesliel replied to RoyalNurse2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    WOW, as a new graduate in long term care, this is something that I find very surprising! I think that working on the unit is something that is of most benefit, because similar to what everyone else...

13. How to be faster/more efficient?

    lesliel replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a new graduate, that just started my career in LTC nursing. I have only been working for a month and I can relate to everything that has been written in the previous posts!! I sometimes feel used...

14. nursing universities

    lesliel replied to KC333's topic in International Nursing

    I think that every nursing faculty can make some adjustments to their curriculum :S I base my judgments on universities from my colleagues who have been to the institutions you refer to. My friends...

15. Jobs for zero number of RN/RPN experience

    lesliel replied to pickles27's topic in International Nursing

    There is also the possibility of taking extra courses such as ACLS or PALS courses? These could pad your resume and make you more appealing to