loriangel14 RN

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    Do you take the MAR into the patient's room with you?

    loriangel14 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen it done up here.The MAR sheet stays on the med cart where you pour
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah: Well said. I am constantly amazed at these" I wanna be a nurse but I don't want to touch the icky sick people" threads. By the way, I did not get "suckered"...
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    You have to put in many poop-years before you could hope to get a position that was poop free. The OP would still have to get through school as well. Lots of poop
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    Never mind the fun part.....does the urine still smell to high heaven? Hard to get that assessment from someone else. I cannot assess my pts from someone else's
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    Elimination is an important part of pt care not "grunt" work.No nurse is "above" doing any aspect of pt care. I work with degree nurses and they toilet pts same as everyone
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    Your question was about poop, or avoidance of such. I don't think you really want to be a
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    My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    loriangel14 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    It is like that where I work too.The charge nurse and even coworkers will squawk if they discover you didn't take your
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    Witnessed my first death today.

    loriangel14 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Today I had a patient pass during my shift. He had been palliative for several weeks with lung cancer and it was certainly expected but the family was still very upset. He was 89 and I know the...
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    Even in LTC nurses have to be ready to clean up any mess. You will have a hard time as a nurse if you think that cleaning up is "someone else's
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    role(s) of RN in Ontario

    loriangel14 replied to codeblue20's topic in International Nursing

    In my workplace everyone has their own pts and every one deals with poop, even the RNs. Part of the
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In Canada you get 12 months paid leave and the employer has to give you back your job at the end.I had an employer try to tell me at the end of my first mat leave that he was not letting me come back...
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    crushing medications

    loriangel14 replied to file03's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we crush and then dissolve in water so you get no clogs.We still flush after of
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    physiatry nursing

    loriangel14 replied to twinner05's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have no idea why people think that that is an example of UHC. That is nothing like
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    Is this overtime at your facility?

    loriangel14 replied to frankiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work anything less than 12 hours between shifts is OT. So if I work evenings1530-2330 and then get asked to come in for days 0730-1530 the next day then I would get OT for the day shift. We...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that the big difference for Canadians (of my generation anyways) is that we grew up with our system and it is unthinkable to us that everyone shouldn't be cared for.We tend to think in terms...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But in Canada you wouldn't wait months if you found a lump.Matter of days, has been all the breast cancer survivors I know had to
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry but if you try to be constructive here, who listens? No matter what anyone says they all insist that UHC is not possible and can't work. I get frustrated by posters that are not concerned about...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Are you kidding? Every time someone from Canada offers any input we get shot down by know it all
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    loriangel14 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In our system his care would have been just as immediate, including follow up and it wouldn't have costed a cent. What people don't realize is that when they talk about wait times they aren't talking...
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    TED Hose Application

    loriangel14 replied to ecmb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Most of the ones we have at work have no hole at
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    TED Hose Application

    loriangel14 replied to ecmb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The holes on ours go at the top of the toes, but maybe they are differently constructed stockings. I guess different manufacturers could be making them different ways. Just curious, do you put yours...
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    Witnessed my first death today.

    loriangel14 replied to loriangel14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks so much for your reply. I think that the situation made it eaier to deal with. I am sure that if it was tragic, especially involving someone young it would have been more
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    TED Hose Application

    loriangel14 replied to ecmb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Where I work the hole goes on the toes so you can check
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    PCA a good or Bad idea?

    loriangel14 replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    This may not apply south of the border but up here we have no aids so that work that you call petty lands on our plates as nurses.I am my own