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    Obstetrics or mental health placement? (male nursing student)

    Fiona59 replied to Anon101's topic in Canada

    I'm going to be blunt and tell you to go for Psych. It will benefit you in the long run. Your school cannot deny you the OB rotation for your education but your patients can. There are certain...
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    Do RPN/LPN or directly BScN?

    Fiona59 replied to Trying1's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You are wrong. The UofA does evaluate the GPA for mature students. They have many, many applicants for each seat and can chose the best of the crop of
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    Do RPN/LPN or directly BScN?

    Fiona59 replied to Trying1's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Yes, if students can't get into the degree program they apply for PN. the job market isn't rosy, have you been watching the
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Fiona59 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    A blinking corpse in the morgue in a UK show called Happy Valley, last week. Just before the
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    Fiona59 replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Bluntly put, Canada and European nations believe in the grater good. Shared care and responsibility. America seems to be all about the individual and a model of I'm fine, and my neighbour can fend...
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    Prejudice Teacher

    Fiona59 replied to Valsabatini's topic in General Students

    Tape a lecture and play it back to an
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    Us permanent resident giving birth in CANADA

    Fiona59 replied to Charmante's topic in Immigration Advice

    The Canadian forum gets a similar type of post on a regular basis. Usually around the American election
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    Had a great day on my shift.. or so I thought

    Fiona59 replied to HopeToBeDivine's topic in Canada

    Is this the same clinic that you posted about last
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    RPNs in Mother-Baby in Ontario?

    Fiona59 replied to Outlandish's topic in Canada

    If your preceptorship is in post partum, there has to be a PN already working there to mentor you. There are multiple applications for every vacancy on these units. I was hired with two years LTC...
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    Returning to nursing after 3 years

    Fiona59 replied to newlpn13's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You need to check with your governing body. In my province, if you haven't worked 1300 hours in three years, you need to take a refresher
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    Help: What is this area in PeriOps called?

    Fiona59 replied to 2mint's topic in General Nursing

    Any day surgery position is desirable in my hospital. Opthamology, outpatients, all have multiple applicants for every job. Usually need 10 years experience to make the cut for an
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    Us permanent resident giving birth in CANADA

    Fiona59 replied to Charmante's topic in Immigration Advice

    Don't you just love these posts? No return from the
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    What is the best job that has to do with mother and baby

    Fiona59 replied to Wannabern24's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read anger in that post. Half my class wanted L&D or post partum. I applied to women's health and got hired. Out of 18 from my class. No idea why I was successful and the rest...
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    Nursing Care Hub with AHS

    Fiona59 replied to aywl's topic in Canada

    My unit has been spared this but from what I've heard around the building, this is an issue. Float pool RNs who are leads, dump the heavies on the regular staff constantly. Personality conflicts...
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    Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    Fiona59 replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have you ever worked post partum? Inner city, high risk pregnancies? Jerry Springer has nothing on my hospital's
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    Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    Fiona59 replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Post partum is stressful. Mum and babe are each a patient and require assessment. Paperwork is huge. Referees family fights, warring grannies, multiple daddy candidates, addicted babies, social...
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    Forced transfer

    Fiona59 replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read it as Critical or Cardiac
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    Anyone extended Language proficiency successfully with CNO?

    Fiona59 replied to Bobbins's topic in Canada

    i know that it's a requirement for citizenship, always has
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    Anyone extended Language proficiency successfully with CNO?

    Fiona59 replied to Bobbins's topic in Canada

    Am I reading this correctly? CNO is asking a native born, English speaker to take a language proficiency
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    The troll thread

    Fiona59 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised by the number of 'new' poster popping up what have joi dates pre2010, who making their first or second
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    Us permanent resident giving birth in CANADA

    Fiona59 replied to Charmante's topic in Immigration Advice

    Why are you planning on having an anchor baby? Your baby would be a Canadian citizen and require a passport to enter the US. Provinces can be slow to issue birth certificates. Passports can take two...
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    Nursing Diagnosis

    Fiona59 replied to Saja Karaja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good post. My Arabic in nonexistent and I'd never have confidence to post in the second language I sort of speak. nursing diagnosis statements are the bane of student nurses lives. look at the...
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    need advice �

    Fiona59 replied to nengortiz's topic in International Nursing

    You graduated in 2004, failed the nuclei in 2009. Please tell us you've been working as a nurse in thr PI in the meantime. you graduated 12 years ago and nursing has changed a
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    Ireland to USA Psych Nurses Any Irish nurses on here need advice urgent

    Fiona59 replied to rockinghorse's topic in International Nursing

    Actually, psychiatric registered nurses work on the western provinces of Canada. They are not Ducati to work psych units and hospitals. Each province has a governing body called a colleg. So look...
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    Regular hours?

    Fiona59 replied to maco1's topic in General Nursing

    I often wonder if bank tellers, mechanics, office persoek discuss this. Much of the world till does five shifts a