loriangel14 RN

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    Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    loriangel14 replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work with a few male nurses and I have never seen any type of discrimination or stereotyping. They are generally respected and treated the same as any other nurse on the
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    How Does Your LTC Facility Identify DNR Patients?

    loriangel14 replied to agingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our charts have a big black dot beside the name on the spine of the chart to denote DNR status.It is also noted on the Kardex so when you are making up your patient list you can note it there. I do it...
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    Working 6am-2pm as CNA and Night LPN program Manageable?

    loriangel14 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's pretty much what I did.I worked 7 days a week and went to class Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-10. I was a single mom with 2 small kids. I graduated third from the top in my class.You should be
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    Nursing Hours

    loriangel14 replied to AshD1990's topic in General Nursing

    It will depend on the workplace.Where I work each position has a set schedule that is 4 weeks long and it rotates.A "line" (position) will usually contain days/evenings, days/nights with one or two...
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    Ontario RNs and RPNs

    loriangel14 replied to Ivgotsunshine22's topic in Canada

    Do you not contribute to a pension as a part
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    RPNs in Ontario: New Contract?

    loriangel14 replied to Insomniac-88's topic in Canada

    Nothing yet. I don't think that pay is one of the items on the table. Ask your union
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    Tell me more about your PCT's....

    loriangel14 replied to blackvans1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The ones I work with are awesome (with the exception of one). We would be lost without them.They work their butts off and are a valuable part of the team.You never have to tell them to do something...
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    Woman blames assisted-care facility when her mother dies of a stroke

    loriangel14 replied to visionary123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes many people do indeed seem to expect a loved one to NEVER die.And if they do it is our fault. I recently had a patient dying of old age (94). One of her daughters tearfully told me that she never...
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    Passed the CNO exam registration deadline

    loriangel14 replied to lauderek's topic in Canada

    CNO is the College of Nurses of Ontario. It is the licensing body for nurses in
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    Is safe for my licence work with little expereience in med-surg unit in hospital?

    loriangel14 replied to Zazak's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You can't work on a floor on a volunteer
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    Is safe for my licence work with little expereience in med-surg unit in hospital?

    loriangel14 replied to Zazak's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It doesn't seem fair if they are going to tell them you are experienced. You should still be fine as long as you don't do anything you are unfamiliar with or uncomfortable with. Don't let them...
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    CRNE to NCLEX

    loriangel14 replied to donk's topic in Canada

    So far they are saying you will still have to write separately for both
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    Is safe for my licence work with little expereience in med-surg unit in hospital?

    loriangel14 replied to Zazak's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How much nursing experience do you have all
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    Cursing on the job

    loriangel14 replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    This is too funny!! Just today we were talking about one our patients ( CVA) that is an RN. Her speech is starting to come back and she has the worst potty mouth.We were having a good laugh about it...
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    First code, question about family notification

    loriangel14 replied to blackvans1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well of course they would notify the family. Do you really think that they wouldn't call the family and do you really think they wouldn't come in just because it was midnight? Why a patient in that...
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    Is safe for my licence work with little expereience in med-surg unit in hospital?

    loriangel14 replied to Zazak's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The safety of your license doesn't depend on the unit, it depends on your safe practice as a nurse.Lack of experience on a certain floor doesn't mean you can't follow safe practice guidelines.With...
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    In what order do you give medications ?

    loriangel14 replied to Trang5891's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, give us your thoughts on this OP. For me it varies. If I go in and the patient is lying down and I have eye drops to give I will do it before I sit them up.If they have a patch going on and I...
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    How do I handle this? Really long post...

    loriangel14 replied to RhabdoNurse2b's topic in General Students

    Not everyone will teach the way you want to be taught.You cannot demand that everyone conform to your expectations of behaviour.Approaching your instructor and blaming your trouble with the program on...
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    This may seem silly but ...

    loriangel14 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    You can also invest in defensive driving lessons if you feel you need more expertise driving. Lessons can be for people that already have their license.A friend of mine had a fear of driving after a...
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    Call light abuse. What to do???

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

    Oh yeah I've had that happen. You have no idea they have called 911 from their room until the cops show up.I have also had them call switchboard for pain
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    Call light abuse. What to do???

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

    Where I work a patient like that will be assisted into a chair/wheelchair/geri chair and parked out at the nursing station away from their bell.They are made to spend as much time as possible out of...
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    Ontario RNs and RPNs

    loriangel14 replied to Ivgotsunshine22's topic in Canada

    I make that as
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    Repeating failed clinical. Concerned about possibility of showing transcript.

    loriangel14 replied to Troubled_student's topic in Canada

    You can just put your graduating year on your resume.You don't need to put the year you
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    Repeating failed clinical. Concerned about possibility of showing transcript.

    loriangel14 replied to Troubled_student's topic in Canada

    Employers will not ask for a transcript.All they care about is whether you have your license. They don't even care where you went to school or what my grades
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    CAMH job Vs Long Term Care job

    loriangel14 replied to parmsran72's topic in Canada

    Oh I would definitely go for the CAMH job if you want to persue mental health. it is an awesome facility and it sounds like a great