loriangel14 RN

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    Patient Identification

    loriangel14 replied to baloobaba's topic in General Nursing

    Our pts wear a wrist band with their name and assigned pt number that we check before giving
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    Documentation Of A Fall

    loriangel14 replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Canada as well. I am an RPN and I assess for injury, fill out an incident report, let the family know and do a focus note on the computer and report sheet for the next
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    Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    loriangel14 replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I've been there too.
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    Nurses will do the CNA job

    loriangel14 replied to bongids's topic in General Nursing

    So how about those of us who have no
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    Where should a new grad work?

    loriangel14 replied to Monkeyman's topic in International Nursing

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Sounds like my
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    Nurses will do the CNA job

    loriangel14 replied to bongids's topic in General Nursing

    We have no aids at my hospital so everyone does their own pt
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    BP dilema

    loriangel14 replied to gerikellerrn's topic in General Nursing

    I do know a person that has a wrist BP monitor. It is easy for him to use and he checks it against his doctors office Bp cuff every time he has an appointment.He says it is just as accurate. He...
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    An NPs education does in no way make them equivalent to an MD. Being a nurse and being a doctor are two different
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    Aussie nurse trying to Understand Canadian Nursing

    loriangel14 replied to AussieKylie's topic in International Nursing

    It may be different where I work but the only things we have witnessed and cosigned are any wastes of drugs.We handle a fiar bit of palliative care where i work and a lot of morphine, it would take a...
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    Happy Nurses? Anyone???

    loriangel14 replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in General Nursing

    Happy nurse here!!! I LOVE my job and my coworkers. it is my first job and I am so happy where I am. Our charge nurse is funny, smart and works as hard as we do, my coworkers are fun and we work as a...
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    LPN accepted by CNO needs an employer for temporary registration

    loriangel14 replied to Michigan PN's topic in General Nursing

    Also if you go to the websites for the facility they have job listings on the careers link. For example Toronto East General Hospital has RPN openings. Good luck in your
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    LPN accepted by CNO needs an employer for temporary registration

    loriangel14 replied to Michigan PN's topic in General Nursing

    Or try Workopolis or
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    LPN accepted by CNO needs an employer for temporary registration

    loriangel14 replied to Michigan PN's topic in General Nursing

    Google RPN jobs Toronto. it will bring up
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    Every other weekend- what century are we in?

    loriangel14 replied to lizva101's topic in General Nursing

    Weekends are a fact of life for many working people. I work in a small(26 bed) hospital and we make weekends special. We have no cafeteria and sometimes we do potluck for lunch or dinner or we order...
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    Working with a cast?

    loriangel14 replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    Our employee health nurse would have a bird if you wanted to work with a cast on. You would definitely not be allowed to return to work until she said
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    Nursing options???

    loriangel14 replied to littlesquirt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I work along side an experienced BSCN nurse and she still had to clean the soiled brief of a deceased pt today. Maybe try another
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    I found that being an RPN involves endless amounts of problem solving and putting the pieces together to figure out what is going on with the pt. Making sure your assessments are acurate and basing...
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    I guess it depends on where you work what the differences are. The hospital that I work in the RNs do the same job as I do and have the same pt load unless there is a PICC line or a blood transfusion...
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    I'm sorry. That is how you made it sound. I sincerely did not mean to offend. I was puzzled as why you thought PNs made no care decisions. Just correcting an erroneous idea. Fiona was just answering...
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    I am very sorry.We don't mean any offense. Just correcting
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    Are you curious when other NS students don't believe in Cdn RN's d/t grading scales?

    loriangel14 replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    :chuckle that is my thought all the time
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    You asked about the difference. One of them is about $12/hour. Why are you taking your PN when you have no clue what the job is? Just because you saw someone giving
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    Difference between PN and RN.......

    loriangel14 replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International Nursing

    PNs do the "dirty work" as much as anyone else. The RNs on my floor clean up their own pts. I make my own pt care decisions as well. As a fairly new PN I will ask an RN(or another PN) for advice but...
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    Are you curious when other NS students don't believe in Cdn RN's d/t grading scales?

    loriangel14 replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    I went to school with one of those. Could explain down to the molecular level the physiology of CHF but could not make a pt comfortable to save her
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    Are you curious when other NS students don't believe in Cdn RN's d/t grading scales?

    loriangel14 replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    Very well articulated