loriangel14 RN

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    working and studying in canada

    loriangel14 replied to truyou15's topic in General Nursing

    If you went to Canada on a student visa you couldn't work. Canada does require foreign nurses to meet their standards and pass their national licensing exam(CRNE) before being able to work in Canada....
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    Cutting diabetic toenails

    loriangel14 replied to HmarieD's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small hospital. if we did not do it then they would not get done. We cut nails after they have been in the
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    what nurses do in this situation?

    loriangel14 replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work if a pt refuses a med you cannot make them take it. They have the right to refuse. We will notify the doc only if it an ongoing issue. One refusal is not considered an emergency issue to...
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    staying the night at work due to weather

    loriangel14 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a bag packed in my locker at work with jammies,book to read, deodorant and a clean uniform. I have had to use it a handful of times. Usually there is an empty room to crash in and there is a...
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    Not prepared for clinical!

    loriangel14 replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    We never even knew who our patients were ahead of time.We always went in cold. Sometimes we wouldn't know who our patients were until AFTER report, so you really had to pay attention.Good practice for...
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    References for New Grad

    loriangel14 replied to lisa118's topic in International Nursing

    When I was in school I got letters of reference from the nurses at my clinical
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    Comfort Measures ONLY

    loriangel14 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly how it unfolds where I work. It is such a relief to not have bother the doctor for every step we want to take. We just assess and then do whatever we need to do. Our palliative...
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    RPN Wages in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in Canada

    Where I work all of our ducumentation is electronic. We have automatic VS
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    Any Hospital/ LTC hiring new grads? anywhere in Peel region, Halton region

    loriangel14 replied to rinks2010's topic in International Nursing

    Have you tried Brampton Civic? Comcare Health Services does staffing in that area as well. Good
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    Question about holding meds

    loriangel14 replied to Sparrow23's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I agree with other posters. I would have given them. Your reasoning sounds right. In the hospital where I work we never call for held meds unless someone has an ongoing issue.If a med is being...
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    ? for previous RPN students.....

    loriangel14 replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    hey, it really was like high school! We even had the loud rowdies that always sat in the back and talked loudly all through class. One is a bad RPN, one failed the CPRNE and one is an awesome RPN that...
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    ? for previous RPN students.....

    loriangel14 replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    Hey don't think that being older precludes gossiping, infighting and other immmature behviour. lol. I was 38 and most of our class was made up of 30, 40 and a couple of 50 year olds. It was like being...
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    ? for previous RPN students.....

    loriangel14 replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    Hmmm...let's see. The difficulty is hard to rate. It depends on how good a student you are. the best advice I can give is to do all the reading, don't let it get ahead of you. When I was in school we...
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    Do you have a best friend at work?

    loriangel14 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend works where I work but we actually became best friends in nursing school. The unit where I work we all are close and we hold parties all the time with just the girls from work present....
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    Do Nurses Get Vacations Every Year

    loriangel14 replied to CanCan's topic in General Nursing

    According to union contract the full timers get 2 weeks paid vacation every year to begin with and it increases the longer you are there. My friend gets 7 weeks pad every year because she has been...
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    Question on the use of restraints

    loriangel14 replied to Wicked Wahine's topic in General Nursing

    Leaving them alone in the room wouldn't be safe. Where I work you have to assess the pt q15 and document if they are in restraints. usually they get parked where we can easily see them if they are...
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    medications at bedside

    loriangel14 replied to carebearsRN's topic in General Nursing

    that is a terrible question. if it was me and it wa my pt the meds would be discarded after I had figured outwaht they were. if they had been sitting there since last shift I couldn't give the since I...
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    Please help me and tell me why bedside nurisng MUST be the 1st step

    loriangel14 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    I feel that being an educator would require having walked the walk before talking the talk. Too often I have seen managers, clinical coordinators and educators where I work make ridiculous decisions...
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    Can family members work at the same unit?

    loriangel14 replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work on the same unit as my sister.She is an RN and I am an RPN so if we are on the same shift she is my charge nurse.It works great and my sister and I get along but she has been a nurse MUCH...
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    Then shouldn't you know better??????

    loriangel14 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    My sister works in the ER and she sees mothers come in all the time with precocious teenagers that have nothing wrong with them demanding immediate attention. She calls these "MIDs" Muffins In...
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    Texas catheter help

    loriangel14 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I had to read this thread to find out what you were talking about.lol I am in Canada and I had never heard the term before. We call them condom catheters and ours don't look like the one pictured in...
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    need answer asap regarding peg tube

    loriangel14 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient where I work that had some serious peg tube placement and patency issues but it is always corrected by a surgeon and they x-ray to check for placement. We cannot do anything with the...
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    Ontario hospitals who don't hire RPNs?

    loriangel14 replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in International Nursing

    I know that Sick Kids in Toronto doesn't hire RPNs and neither does Mount
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    Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    loriangel14 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was the confused physical rehab pt that rang at 0300 c/o about the " man with a hard on" standing next to her bed.It was a transfer pole with a horizontal bar to grab
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    Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    loriangel14 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Humor

    My favorite was the confused physical rehab pt that rang at 0300 c/o about the " man with a hard on" standing next to her bed.It was a transfer pole with a horizontal bar to grab