loriangel14 RN

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    Q4-6

    loriangel14 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Every 4-6
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    Do you send meds along on a Leave of Absence?

    loriangel14 replied to DPRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work on a complex continuing care hospital and we have rehab pts that go out of the faciity for doctors appts. and sometimes have passes to go out for special occassions. We also have numerous...
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    Student Wrongfully Dismissed

    loriangel14 replied to thinksdifferently's topic in General Nursing

    The student is an excellent scholar with a clean record and no previous history of offenses; holds numerous character references, tutors students, teaches children part-time, and has proven clinical...
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    Questions about immigrating to Canada

    loriangel14 replied to permedRN's topic in International Nursing

    Any type of volunteer position or employment as anything but a nurse would not be accepted as
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    Questions about immigrating to Canada

    loriangel14 replied to permedRN's topic in International Nursing

    Yes you can indeed be a dual citizen with both US and Canadian citizenship.I have a nursing coworker that has both. Working as a live-in caregiver or nanny is not accepted as nursing experience. You...
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    Can a DNR order be a TO

    loriangel14 replied to Bug Out's topic in General Nursing

    really? Where I work if the pt says they are a DNR then they are. The doc has nothing to do with it. It is part of our admission process. We ask the pt if they want to be a DNR and they say yes or no...
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    Medication Errors and Write-ups

    loriangel14 replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work incident reports are filed out if a serious med error occurs but they are more used for tracking purposes and punitive action is not taken(although I guess if it was really serious they...
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    water spills

    loriangel14 replied to Sunrise2009's topic in General Students

    Wiping up the spill promptly would be the responsible thing to do. It wouldn't take that long and would prevent an
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    Which drug to give..........and why????

    loriangel14 replied to donnaclure's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Where i work we give morphine for palliative agitation. The reasoningbeing that air hunger causes the restlessness and the morphine represses the respirations enough to ease the distress. Our doc...
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    Nursing calculations...HELP

    loriangel14 replied to abbiegail's topic in General Nursing

    I had to pass one of these before starting nursing as well so I guess it may not be that uncommon. Once in school the math tests were very demanding, you had to get 100% consistently or you failed...
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    how to file an incident report

    loriangel14 replied to huyenchau's topic in General Nursing

    Usually each facility has their own forms for this and the patient's chart is also documented
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    Registered Practical Nurse Vs a Personal Support Worker

    loriangel14 replied to 1NS4NITY's topic in International Nursing

    You are in Ontario right? I am in Ontario and I was a PSW before I was an RPN. PSWs are responsible for personal care like bathing,dressing and toileting.They are responbilble for reporting to...
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    H1N1 -- Rant about the public

    loriangel14 replied to Fiona59's topic in International Nursing

    Do you think he really knows what dysentery is? Yikes, the guy sounds like he is a bit over the
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    accredition of masters degree in canada

    loriangel14 replied to deep_grewal's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend that you post in the International forum. Probably one of our kind moderators will move your thread. Be aware that in Canada they do not do specialist training but rather cover all...
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    If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    loriangel14 replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the shot last week. My arm was sore for a
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    MRSA testing

    loriangel14 replied to _melissa's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we do nares and rectum swabbing for MRSA plus a urine for UTI on every
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    Opportunities for Teaching/Counselling as a LPN?

    loriangel14 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Congratulations on starting this exciting journey. I am a mom of two who went back to school at 38. My only advice would be to try out mental health nursing. I am in Ontario and when I was in school I...
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    Ativan IM?

    loriangel14 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Where i work the Ativan is given IM diuted with Haldol. Great
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    I would like to become a nurse!

    loriangel14 replied to dandymandy06's topic in General Students

    You need to enrol in a recognized nursing program, you can't just take a bunch of random courses online to become a nurse. For one thing you can't get a clinical placement if you are not attending a...
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    Interview from a different country

    loriangel14 replied to tasha1214's topic in International Nursing

    Why do you consider anything outside of the US a "developing country"? I am in Canada and I don't see us as a "developing
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    All nursing floor - with no nursing assistants???

    loriangel14 replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a primary care facility, we have no aids anywhere in the hospital. I like providing all the care. Every task is an opportunity for
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    Does this Path into Nursing sound Sensible?

    loriangel14 replied to Angela.CRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    Does she really expect to a effective NP with no nursing experience? Experience is very crucial and she needs to walk the walk before she can talk the talk. Nursing education is about more than what...
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    Does this Path into Nursing sound Sensible?

    loriangel14 replied to Angela.CRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    Speed is not always a good thing. She will end up like my manager, a nurse with her MSN that has no clue of what being a nurse is like because she went straight into management. She makes decisions...
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    help?! PEG tube incident

    loriangel14 replied to morningloryRN's topic in General Nursing

    I currently have a regular pt that has a PEG tube and all his meds are via the tube because he cannot swallow.Everything is crushed, dissolved in warm water and delivered through the tube preceded and...
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    H1N1 priority question?

    loriangel14 replied to linzz's topic in International Nursing

    I just got mine today at work. My charge nurse was given a couple of bottles so everyone on today and some of housekeeping got the