loriangel14 RN

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    transferring to univeristy in Canada!

    loriangel14 replied to seungk5's topic in International Nursing

    In some provinces you will need a BSN, you will have to check with the province you want to work
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    how long do u get for lunch?

    loriangel14 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone at the hospital I work at gets 45 min.You do not get distrubed unless you are charge and it is dire emergency. Quite often our charge goes out to shop or something so she gets a real break....
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    100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    loriangel14 replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP is going to judge who is "deserving" of her care then I think she would be better off staying out of health care. Judging our pts is not what we are here
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    temporary PN license

    loriangel14 replied to pokerface's topic in International Nursing

    I applied for my temporary license before I wrote the exam. I already had a job waiting so I wanted to get it to start those paychecks coming in! I had the temp license and was working for a couple...
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    Office nurse- charting phone calls with patients

    loriangel14 replied to Stacy in North Texas's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing. I do not work in an office but a small hospital ( 26 beds) and we field many calls from families.Most of our pts are elderly and have POAs with concerns. We try to...
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    RPN's can bridge to RN in the USA in one year!

    loriangel14 replied to Talia_vde's topic in Canada

    But I think what you are bridging to is the equivalent of the Associates degree in the US and up here would not be considered the equivalent of our RN degree. I don't know I'm just wondering. Our RN...
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    Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    loriangel14 replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The National Post is full of it. I can't believe people fall for this
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    Need help with a Next of Kin issue

    loriangel14 replied to StudentBeccy's topic in General Nursing

    Are you asking about next of kin for notification purposes or do you mean POA for making decisions? Where I work they can be two diiferent things. Apt can name anyone as the person to contact in case...
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    do you work with your significant other, or any family members?

    loriangel14 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I work with my sister. No problems, I love working with
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    LOOKING TO RELOCATE

    loriangel14 replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you
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    Looking for honest advice Paramedic to CRNA

    loriangel14 replied to Aggiesrna2018's topic in General Nursing

    You seem to have forgotten that your title reads " Looking for Honest Advice Paramedic to CRNA". These posters are just giving honest advice based on years of experience. Confidence is one thing but...
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    Do you think I can become a nurse?

    loriangel14 replied to strawberry19's topic in General Nursing

    I think having compassion for others and enjoying helping people are reasons that I went into nursing.I love my job and I have never regretted it at all. I have an older sister, an aunt and one...
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    nurse iniated medications

    loriangel14 replied to K+MgSO4's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (in Canada) we have a list of things we can give at our disretion and then have the doctor sign off on as soon as possible. They include antacids, throat lozenges,and antiemetics. We are...
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    Question about PRN administration

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

    I see a lot of pts with PRN orders for Haldol and Ativan and we give them together but usually we have already established that they work best if given together. Sometimes there is an order for "the...
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    LPN TO RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to Meevs's topic in International Nursing

    There is also Georgian College and York
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    Navy or Burgundy......Help

    loriangel14 replied to 09RN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay this is a bit unrelated but I have a question. Why do I read about so many people buying stethoscopes? Where I work the hospital supplies them and there are usually about a dozen good ones...
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    Help with Math, Please.....

    loriangel14 replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    #1 asks how many mls you would give. It states there are 10mg per teaspoon. One teaspoon equals 5 mls so you have 10mg/5ml.You would give 12.5 mls for a dose of 25mg. The question asks for how many...
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    The CNO-RPN exam makes me feel very hopeless

    loriangel14 replied to xoxoxox's topic in International Nursing

    If you are using an American guide to study from it will be no help. You need to get a Canadian guide as the exams are very different. I agree with Fiona, it sounds like comprehension of English may...
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    Looking for a country

    loriangel14 replied to poco_kate's topic in International Nursing

    Any part of Canada would be great. There are many beautiful places to live depending on what you
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    Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    loriangel14 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Great video. To the point and simple enough for people to understand. Everyone should watch it. Thanks for posting
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    The CNO-RPN exam makes me feel very hopeless

    loriangel14 replied to xoxoxox's topic in International Nursing

    Did you get the study guide published for the CPRNE? The one I used had the answers and the rationales for the answers in the
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    Need help with Ontario RPN exam review (1)

    loriangel14 replied to xoxoxox's topic in International Nursing

    I would pick a) for #1 and c) for
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    Level of intelligence

    loriangel14 replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. The spelling and grammar of some nurses alone makes me
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    Math Help needed, please!

    loriangel14 replied to raj kaur LPN's topic in General Nursing

    You are rounding up too much. If you end up with .75 leave it at .75. If they state they want answers rounded to one point then you would go to .8.Tests NS will tell you what they want answers...
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    Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    loriangel14 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is very inaccurate. I work in the Canadian health care system and people do not die waiting while waiting to see