loriangel14 RN

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    Do you write up med errors?

    loriangel14 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work incident reports are written by the nurse that made the error. The purpose of the reports is not to punish or discipline the staff member but as a means of tracking incidents and...
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    When to answer other cna's call lights

    loriangel14 replied to NurxingRoxx's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a nurse and where I work ANYONE sitting on their behind when a call bell goes off is expected to get up, whether it is your room or not. It's a little thing we call being a team player. The first...
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    Too small for CNA?

    loriangel14 replied to PersevereB's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The toughest nurse I ever worked with was 4'11"!!! You shouldn't be "lifting" people anyways. To be safe use a lift or get 1 or more people to
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    Too Smart for Rehab Nursing

    loriangel14 replied to Lola77's topic in Rehabilitation

    Yeah I have been on a rehab/palliative/complex continuing care unit since I graduated and my former classmates ask me when I am going to get a real nursing
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    Q about med pass...

    loriangel14 replied to Mommyof3Boys's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you are spending an hour or two on the floor are you not doing any patient care at these times? Fully understanding the medications you are giving is very important. This pretty much the way it was...
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    Immigrating to Canada as a nurse without selling house first?

    loriangel14 replied to Vadear's topic in International Nursing

    Glad to see you took advice from Yahoo Answers
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    Immigrating to Canada as a nurse without selling house first?

    loriangel14 replied to Vadear's topic in International Nursing

    Contact the college of nurses in the province in which you want to be registered (the links can be found at the top of the Canadian Forum) and they will tell you how to proceed. Good
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    sharing some happy personal news

    loriangel14 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Your post made me cry. Bless you and your family and I am so glad to hear that the worst is over. You will be a wonderful
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    Old Fashioned Med System

    loriangel14 replied to abundance56's topic in Patient Medications

    No suggestion except maybe to give it time.I work with the same system except we don't have blister packs.Each patient has a drawer with pill bottles and we pour the meds.We have a MAR we sign and a...
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    Independent LOA

    loriangel14 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know the LTC facility closest to me allows it. They are right in town and some residents go out shopping at the dollar
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    What to do if family refuses to accept responsibility for deceased's body....

    loriangel14 replied to Ruas61's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I recently had a patient that was estranged from his family because of alcoholism and abuse. When he died his family never claimed the body so the local funeral home buried him. the government apys...
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    Nursing Questions

    loriangel14 replied to dobletruble's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a hard question for someone else to answer I think. Resources available to me amy not be available to someone else. Is this
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    Faint of heart

    loriangel14 replied to Lizzy88's topic in General Nursing

    I think that when it comes to our loved ones we are not operating in "nurse" mode. I can handle a patient in distress but 2 years ago when my daughter had a vaso vagal response at home I came...
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    GT med administration question?????please help

    loriangel14 replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    You can just continue the feed after
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    Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

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

    Ontario Canada Practical Nurse 2 years experience $26.05 plus
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    NCLEX PN

    loriangel14 replied to bsnwnab's topic in International Nursing

    PNs are a valuable part of the nursing team.The fact that you are a Practical Nurse doesn't mean you have any way failed or are not "finished" yet. Stepping stone makes it sound like PNs have no...
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    RN's Replaced By RPN's - GTA

    loriangel14 replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in International Nursing

    That was how management tried to sell it to us. In reality it doesn't work that well. The problem is that when we do personal care it is an opportunity for assessment of the patient, skin condition,...
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    RN's Replaced By RPN's - GTA

    loriangel14 replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in International Nursing

    Another trend in Ontario is the addition of Personal Support Workers in hospitals. Even in St Mike's in Toronto. It is very different getting used to working with unregistered staff on the floor....
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    Is It Bad To Ask For Help When Caring For a Heavy Patient?

    loriangel14 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work it is expected that you get help with the heavy ones. Usually in report if you have one of the known heavy patients our charge will remind us to come a get her if no one else is around to...
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    RPN's in Toronto Hospitals ?

    loriangel14 replied to suziecue40's topic in International Nursing

    The only two hospitals in Toronto that don't hire RPNs are Sick Kids and Mt Sinai. That being said, jobs are pretty scarce for nurses period in the Toronto area unless you have a specialty and/or lots...
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    Math for an RPN

    loriangel14 replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    You will definitely want to brush up on your metric conversions. You also need to becomfortable with converting fractions into decimals and decimals into fractions and fractions into percentages....
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    Should I join RNAO

    loriangel14 replied to carolynw0712's topic in General Nursing

    The previous posters are obviously not Canadian and not familiar with the RNAO. The RNAO (Registered Nurses Assocoation of Ontario)is the professional association representing registered nurses in...
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    Obesity and shift work in hospital setting.

    loriangel14 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I have no advice but I can sympathize.Yeah I am in the same boat as you, working eves, nights and days sometimes within 10 days or so. I have always battled my weight and I am diabetic on top of that....
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    Am I making a mistake??

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

    The rumor abpout LPNs being phased out has been around for years, scaring a new crop of nursing students evey year. I have seen no evidence of it actually happening but it may deoend on your
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    I HATE CHANGEOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    loriangel14 replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ours are handwritten as