loriangel14 RN

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    10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    These things would not happen under UHC. I live in Canada and no procedures are withheld because of age. I don't know why this myth
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    how to prepare for canadian RPN exam

    I think that they are referring to the Registered Practical nursing exam, not the Reg. Pyschiatric Nursing
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    Tell me about your shifts, I'm curious!

    I am part time and I work 5 scheduled shifts per 2 weeks. The rest is pick up. The 2 week pay period I am in right now I worked 12 1/2 shifts. Anything over 72 hours in a pay period is overtime.No...
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    BRIDGING LPN to RN

    What area are you in? That would also influence where you would be able to enter a bridging program. Unless you were going to move. Georgian College is starting up a bridging program next year. I...
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    Pressure ulcer and donut pillows

    Donuts are a no-no where I work. Regular repositioning of the pt is very important to prevent pressure
  6. It depends on where you are as well. There are jobs in my area for RNs and
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    BRIDGING LPN to RN

    Looking at your age I would recommend you go straight to the RN program. I was in a much different boat, being a single mom in my late thirties. I needed to keep working and the RPN program was the...
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    registration in canada

    You need to contact the college of nurses for the province you want to work in and they will assess your education to see if it meets their criteria. The Canadian forum has a sticky at the top with...
  9. Where I work they circle it with pencil and leave a post it note for you to sign next time you work. It is considered as
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    best canadian province?

    Absolutely, Ottawa is a fantastic city. Who says you have you have to live in the city anyways? I live in a small village north of Toronto and it is
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    best canadian province?

    But other parts of Ontario are nice.
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    Know-it-all Professor

    It is a word that sounds the same but is spelled differently and means some thing different. One of the previous posters used " waisting" instead of "
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    tHE PAWN

    Sorry. Did not mean to be unsupportive. I agree with
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    tHE PAWN

    Please do not post in all caps. It denotes yelling and is hard to
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    Know-it-all Professor

    :yeahthat:
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    Know-it-all Professor

    I went to school with a person that was constantly challenging the teachers (and all the clinical instructors). She knew it all and wasted everyone's time. She did graduate but after going through 4...
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    relocating to canada

    What area did they say you are lacking in? Do you specialize in Ireland like they do in England? We require training in all areas and most provinces are requiring a BSN for initial licensure as
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    Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

    I always think it is funny when people whine about having"only 2 CNAs" or something like that. Hospitals in Canada don't use aids.Guess who does the work? - that's right, the RNs and RPNs. Where i...
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    What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    We pay according to what we make here to cover health care,it's called
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    ARE YOUR PATIENT ASSIGNMENTS "FAIR?"

    Our assigments are always pretty fair. The RNs and the PNs get the same number of pts(no CNAs). We listen to the taped report and afterwards we quickly discuss each pt. The charge always reminds us...
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    Why are ampules stil used?

    Our Morphine and Fragmin comes in ampules and I have never seen filter needles
  22. I think many of us feel grossed out at first. I was. Eventually you will realize that it is part of being a nurse and caring for our pts. It does get easier.Just remember you can't always expect...
  23. I would go and see
  24. Don't make the mistake of thinking that nurses don't do any of the dirty work. Caring for a pt means caring for the whole pt, poop, vomit and all. Where I work the degree RNs clean their own
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    RPN/LPN/RNA all the same???

    It is much the same for me as well. I am an RPN in Ontario( registered practical nurse) and I work in a small hospital. While there is always an RN in the facility I am responsible for my own...