loriangel14 RN

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    Not taking a break

    loriangel14 replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12s. On days we get 15 minutes x 2 for coffee and 45 minutes for lunch. They are scheduled and enforced.It doesn't matter what you are doing. You go to break. On nights we take 2 hours all at...
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    Homeless patient with pneumonia

    loriangel14 replied to tori-alba's topic in General Nursing

    You mean they are just going to discharge them back to the streets? My hospital would never do
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    Does prayer help people pass tests, succeed at jobs?

    loriangel14 replied to Emergent's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    So how do you explain people that succeed and are atheists if prayer are necessary for
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    Can a nurse lose license for hospitalization due to mental illness

    loriangel14 replied to flava66's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, be honest, but getting help for a mental health issue doesn't mean your cognitive abilities have been affected. Plus, they cannot discriminate just because you were treated for a
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    I am sorry

    loriangel14 replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

    You need to link to the other post. Otherwise we have no idea what you are talking
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    Working with your own personal physician?

    loriangel14 replied to Climber4290's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with my PCP and it was no
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    Unconventional hair colors

    loriangel14 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you work. My employer has no problem with funky hair
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    Unconventional hair colors

    loriangel14 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    My employer has no policy and I work with nurses with purple, pink, red and lavender hair. Two are over 50 and respected charge nurses. One gal has red with a blond chunk and then a thin stripe of...
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    I Need Courage!

    loriangel14 replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm a pleaser to but you need to put your well being first. You are lucky to have a solution. Just be honest with your current boss about what's going on. No one can fault you for leaving given the...
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    I'm a new nurse and I feel like quitting :'(

    loriangel14 replied to NurseGee2016's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Deep breath. This to shall pass. You will gain experience and find your feet. You will survive this. You need to step up and do the best you can. The situation is not ideal but it's not the end of the...
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    Not firing a nurse for being unsafe

    loriangel14 replied to db2xs's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with the previous posters. You have no idea what has been done. Many employers will try to work with a person having issues . Plus if it's a unionized work place firing someone takes a lot of...
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    What kind of scheduling do you use at work?

    loriangel14 replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    We just moved to API and it SUCKS. Before that we used Meditech. We have a central office that schedules for all nursing
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    Question from non-nurse

    loriangel14 replied to Imnotanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Social workers are likely not allowed to promote or recommend and specific faciliies. Any opinions they have would also just be gossip and
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    med errors

    loriangel14 replied to nurse16love's topic in Patient Medications

    That is soo funny! I've had a patient swallow their Spiriva twice! Apparently it does no
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    Should mean people be allowed to be mean at work?

    loriangel14 replied to jessimee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How would you enforce a " be nice all the time
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    Med errors

    loriangel14 replied to Christina16's topic in General Nursing

    Errors happen. We all make them. Luckily where I work we can fill out incident reports without fearing repercussions. We are never punished or held at fault. It's taken as a learning
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    Canadian citizen moving to Toronto from overseas

    loriangel14 replied to Guest910128's topic in Nurse Registration

    You will need theory and clinicals in OB GYN. The job outlook in Toronto is not very good. A couple of larger hospitals have laid off RNs
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    New Grad Resume Help

    loriangel14 replied to williams.jenna0's topic in Canada

    It likely has little to do with your resume. Generally the market is flooded with new grads. Dozens of applicants for each opening. What province are you
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    USA trained BSN-RN license transfer to Canada

    loriangel14 replied to tjonathas21's topic in International Nursing

    It's not a license " transfer". It's applying for a nursing license in another country. You are being assessed just like everyone
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    Looking to move from the UK TO Canada

    loriangel14 replied to asht's topic in Canada

    They would be bridging since they would have to give you the required theory and clinical hours in adult, paeds, OB/GYN and mental health. Also Vancouver is a really tough job
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    Lvn = working w/stable pts??

    loriangel14 replied to Lrodrig1089's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There's no guarantee that your patients will be stable. I have had patients code and/or
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    Lvn = working w/stable pts??

    loriangel14 replied to Lrodrig1089's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A number of times I have juggled a tricky patient for a shift and then at the end they decide to send them to
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    Lvn = working w/stable pts??

    loriangel14 replied to Lrodrig1089's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In theory we only care for stable patients. In reality that's not always true depending on where you
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    Career going and confused

    loriangel14 replied to PsychNurse6083's topic in Canada

    You are a new grad in Ontario and you have a job. Be thankful. Nursing jobs with just day M-F are not easy to get and usually the pay is much
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    PRN vs routine pain meds

    loriangel14 replied to Cdnbscn's topic in Patient Medications

    What difference does it make? Either way she's getting the meds PRN or