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    Going from community health to hospital bedside nursing?

    Fiona59 replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    Remote is a location without a
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    Alberta vs BC nursing job prospects 2018

    Fiona59 replied to peppa103's topic in Canada

    Then things have really changed in the last five years! It took me ten months to find a casual job on the Island. A coworker who also moved took over a year in Victoria. We both have/had specialty...
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    Going from community health to hospital bedside nursing?

    Fiona59 replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    Community Health in a remote area? For a new grad with no experience? From your post, English isn't your first language. Are you a Francophone? A year up there will seem like a lifetime or go by...
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    New Grad on Nursing Resource Team?

    Fiona59 replied to YoursNursingly's topic in Canada

    Yup, surgical floats gain experience in thoracics, ortho, plastics, bariatrics, and good old General
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    How to become a psychiatric nurse after getting a psychology undergraduate degree

    Fiona59 replied to RasheedatRN's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Psych nurses are a special breed. I've worked with them in LTC. They receive a basic RN education and have been hired into LTC and medicine units as floor RNs. Their emphasis is on mental health....
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    New Grad on Nursing Resource Team?

    Fiona59 replied to YoursNursingly's topic in Canada

    Our floats are oriented to three units. Putting it bluntly, new grads are hired because they are at the bottom of the pay scale. I started out as a float. You learn quickly which units you don't...
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    OCNRN63

    Fiona59 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    May she have a good transition to the next stage of her journey. She will be
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    How to become a psychiatric nurse after getting a psychology undergraduate degree

    Fiona59 replied to RasheedatRN's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Psychiatric RN is a designation and education programme in Western Canada. Separate degree. I believe Manitoba and
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    Fiona59 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    This LPN gets her Gen Surg post ops up and moving unless it clearly says not
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    What's clinical like in 4th semester of the LPN program (Alberta)?

    Fiona59 replied to Brie_Cheese's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You need to focus on your time management skills and volunteer to watch or do any skills you can I'm surprized that you have had only two patients. When I did my training, we were expected to handle...
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    NICU nurse and pregnant

    Fiona59 replied to Rp605's topic in General Nursing

    12 weeks?! Up here, we get can choose between 12 and 18 MONTHS! Are you worried about childcare? Being unable to separate you emotions between your patient and own babe? Physical
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    How many of you nurses don't have health insurance?

    Fiona59 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Canada

    Look into Blue Cross. They always have ads offering plans to those who don't have benefits through their
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    Alberta vs BC nursing job prospects 2018

    Fiona59 replied to peppa103's topic in Canada

    I take it you are looking mainly at AHS for employment in Alberta. All postings are for internal applicants unless otherwise specified. There is a rumour going around that since the government has put...
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    Shift Envy

    Fiona59 replied to Infirmiere797's topic in Canada

    What is a
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    Anything else I can do besides bedside nursing?

    Fiona59 replied to neuron's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Cataracts and retina clinics Outpatients Day Surgery School vaccination programmes. It all depends on where you live and
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    LPN in AB vs BC

    Fiona59 replied to emmett's topic in Canada

    I've worked in both provinces. BC indeed has a far more restrictive scope despite saying you will work to full scope. The hospital decices what you will do. In the smaller areas, your chances of...
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    Alberta Nurses

    Fiona59 replied to s307's topic in Canada

    AHS is a crap shoot when it comes to hiring. Rumour has it there is an unofficial hiring freeze due to the government freeing hiring. Jobs are posted that they have no intention of filling. Every...
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    RN working as AIN?

    Fiona59 replied to legropes's topic in Canada

    I know hospitals are only hiring people who have completed and aide's course, no more off the street hires. But I've never met an NA, PSW, HSW who has a license or governing
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    What are the best kind of nursing jobs for an RN BSN?

    Fiona59 replied to bluestar776's topic in General Students

    You better post in the Canadian Forum where this source of employment is. Ontario seems to have huge problems in the GTA. Alberta has an unofficial hiring freeze (the government isn't hiring any more...
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    Employer claims i gave wrong injection -No details given and asked to work Admin Job

    Fiona59 replied to gurjeets's topic in Canada

    Effective January, mat leave can be either 12 or 18 months, so the employer hasn't got a clue what this nurse will chose to do. We have the same issue right now. Someone came back from mat leave two...
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    Rejected:( is it because I'm already ft?

    Fiona59 replied to Deekay8's topic in Nursing Career

    My employer will rarely hire a casual who has more than a .5fte, due to limited availability. I worked casual for the first few years, and everything Caffiene said is
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    RVN: Registered Veterinary Nurse, what do you think?

    Fiona59 replied to AllisonLeighLVT's topic in General Nursing

    The UK has vet. nurses and call them so. Nobody confuses them with human nurses. It seems to be a North American issue (and more specifically
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    Falsified a Blood Sugar

    Fiona59 replied to Heartbrokennurse11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Did you read the original post? The patient was not on any type of diabetic medication. Sounds like diet controlled or borderline diabetic”. The problem is the falsification of records....
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    Failed nursing. Now what?

    Fiona59 replied to Mirelasa's topic in Canada

    Where do you work and have you worked with a nurse who is insecure in her personal interactions? Who forgets things and forgets to report off? Have you actually finished your nursing education?...
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    Failed nursing. Now what?

    Fiona59 replied to Mirelasa's topic in Canada

    Can you tell us where in Canada you work? We don't use the term CNA here, so please enlighten us to which province you work in. The only path to RN here is through the four year degree at university....