loriangel14 RN

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    Are TOMS acceptable nursing shoes?

    loriangel14 replied to babynursingstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Toms are great but not for work. I wear New
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    Being a Patient Where you Work

    loriangel14 replied to ChristineN's topic in Emergency

    Oh yes I have been to the at my hospital a few times, plus mnay times with my kids.Both of my kids have been inpatients where I work
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    What school does not prepare you for

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

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    What school does not prepare you for

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

    You're not doing without an order, you are doing things for which there is a standing
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    What school does not prepare you for

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

    No. You would need an order for
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    Starting Georigan College in Jan 2014

    loriangel14 replied to Voulak's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I attended the Orangeville
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    Starting Georigan College in Jan 2014

    loriangel14 replied to Voulak's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    anyone starting in January won't have any feed back as they haven't started yet. I graduated from Georgian six years ago.i felt well prepared when I started working. best of luck. I hope you enjoy
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    loriangel14 replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just spent time supervising a student that turned her nose up at any patient care. I thought " oh no not another one!". I get you now.But, I still think to be any good at a specialty you need to...
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    loriangel14 replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ICU usually has no aides.Guess who does the cleaning up of c-diff etc? If you want little patient contact and no care giving why are you becoming a
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    Never before have I been so disrespected by co-workers in the workplace

    loriangel14 replied to chinacatRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly? Yes I think you are
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    How do clinicals work?

    loriangel14 replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Students

    The learning doesn't stop for nurses. You will continue to learn new things long after school is
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    Never before have I been so disrespected by co-workers in the workplace

    loriangel14 replied to chinacatRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought that
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    Picking the right school to get hired in the future

    loriangel14 replied to Dressagern's topic in General Students

    Employers don't have access to your grades. Mostly all they care about is if you passed the
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    What is the nurses role when a patient is being discharged too early?

    loriangel14 replied to DollyLolly's topic in General Students

    It depends on your resources. Where I work there are Discharge Planners that weigh in plus OT.PT and Social Work all can have a say or an
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    Nurses that don't work holidays?

    loriangel14 replied to kegardne's topic in General Students

    Now that my kids are older I always volunteer to work Christmas Day. It's awesome and my family gathers at supper time on that day so I don't miss dinner with them
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    Dont ESN where you want to work?

    loriangel14 replied to kp1987's topic in Canada

    I don't think they have ESN in Ontario but I could be wrong.I did my final consolidation on the floor I was hired on. I had no orientation. I just started
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    Wanting to transfer into a fast tracking program, Canadian student

    loriangel14 replied to das729's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Didn't you post this story on here
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    Dont ESN where you want to work?

    loriangel14 replied to kp1987's topic in Canada

    What is
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    Medical Terminology / It's not that easy?

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

    It sounds exactly like the one I took.I found it tricky but doable. Not nearly as hard as nursing
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    Possible new grad job at the same hospital as your mom?

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

    Why not? I work with at four sets of mother and daughters, although they are in different floors.I work on the same floor as my
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    Entering US on B1/B2 visa with pending EB3

    loriangel14 replied to jbc76's topic in Immigration Advice

    No. If it is for tourism and vacation purposes then you cannot live and work there, just
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    New career... New nurse... Terrified...

    loriangel14 replied to Leobear73's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Totally normal new grad feelings.You feel like have fooled everyone and you don't know anything right? Oh my I was so full of those fears.I think we all are.I think it's much better to be nervous and...
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    Trying to decide on a nursing career

    loriangel14 replied to aquarius89's topic in Nursing Career

    NP and CRNA both require acute/ICU experience, at least 2 years.You need spectacular grades and excellent references to get in. It is VERY competitive.I think some CRNA programs require extra...
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    UK Student Nurse Looking for U.S Placement

    loriangel14 replied to KyleGrisdale's topic in International Nursing

    Two weeks in the other areas will not meet be enough to be considered yourself generally trained.Plus there needs to be the required amount of theory as well as placement on your
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    UK Student Nurse Looking for U.S Placement

    loriangel14 replied to KyleGrisdale's topic in International Nursing

    I have seen queries of this nature on here previously but I don't think anyone had been successful.Does your school have any advice as how to go about this? US nurses are generalist trained so in...