I don't know if this helps but I had to set a date & wrote my NCLEX. Then I had to go the CGFNS website and download all the forms, mail them off to the school, the nursing school, each nursing...
I call them. They get paid to answer their pagers. They are the ones who have to know about the pt's condition. And when they start to yell... I ask them "I'm sorry...I'm writing this down to put...
It is a very different experience going from home care to a facility. There are many things that happen in facilities that they don't teach you in school. A pt load of 8 on an acute floor without...
You need to complete an NCLEX prior to getting any american nursing license... and CGFNS visa screen is needed prior to employment as well (It is part of the homeland security crap). You may not...
Hi, I'm new in Long Term Care. There is a situation I've encountered in which the call bell is being rang constantly by a resident who is for the most part self sufficient--staff are frustrated that...
Hi AlbertaRose, I had nursing prep books when I first started nursing school, but most of the time I found them frustrating because I hadn't learned all the things I needed to know to answer the...
Thank you Old Gal for your advice, and kind words. I appreciate all of it. Sometimes the best advice, is well worn advice--never fear sounding "Polly-Anna-ish"
Did you have any luck at the Timmy's in Espanola or Blind River? I make the drive from the Sault to Manitoulin a couple times a week and stop at these places and NEVER won anything yet! My friend's...
Very well stated susan! Being Canadian, and being an RN I see how much our own people pay for prescription medications! It's outrageous! I can't believe that the same medication in the U.S. is even...