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    Pennsylvania does not accept license from RN program

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

    LPN does equate to a consolation prize for failed
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    Super short survey to help me with my graduate research!

    Fiona59 replied to alwaysastudent's topic in General Nursing

    I moonlight as a nurse and am really a trucker called Fred. Hope you find my
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    Should I first be a PSW then bridge to RPN?

    Fiona59 replied to linzipinzi's topic in Canada

    Alberta's entrance requirements are just as high. I honestly feel that in the last decade the bar has been raised too high. The brightest are not necessarily the best nurses. There should be room...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Fiona59 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    sniff, back in the day, I got warning points for saying I liked my young, tender nurses with some mint
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    Need advice on passing second year.

    Fiona59 replied to catnessk's topic in Canada

    Usually the average is based over all prerequisite courses. But that is the lowest acceptable mark and does not guarantee admission. Local colleges and universities still print a 65% average in...
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    Psychiatric nursing diploma

    Fiona59 replied to Acada15's topic in Canada

    You could be in for a huge shock. You appear to be choosing this route because it is short, and in your words easy. Have you any experience with mentally ill people? An idea of types of mental...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Fiona59 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Uhm, I can think of
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Fiona59 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And the dude who was going to be the perfect nurse and wound up in a SNF. He hasn't been around for a
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    Psychiatric nursing diploma

    Fiona59 replied to Acada15's topic in Canada

    Psych nursing is a very specialized niche. You need to have a great desire to work with population to take the education and training If you are looking at it as a short cut to RN level pay instead...
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    Lpn-Rn bridging

    Fiona59 replied to lpn37's topic in International Nursing

    I'm thinking that the OP wants a U.S. course. The US system does LPN to ADN bridges which would be far quicker than the Canadian bridges which require completion of a
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    Ask for advice (then explain why it's wrong)

    Fiona59 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Now, now, they are typing on their phones and therefore are not responsible for spelling mistakes, using the wrong word, or grammar Come into the 21st century, you
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    Psychiatric nursing diploma

    Fiona59 replied to Acada15's topic in Canada

    There has been talk for several years of the Psych programme becoming a degree not a diploma. It looks like it's not far away. Psychiatric Nursing - MacEwan University For wages check out the AHS...
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    Pregnancy and work

    Fiona59 replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    My husband was in the military until he retired. Employers can view military spouses in many ways. Some loathe hiring us because "we may up and move" others love us because of our varied experience...
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    Is 71% in Chemistry enough?

    Fiona59 replied to linzipinzi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Not bashing just pointing out the obvious. Your economy is in just as bad shape as ours. Oh, and remember Insulin, the Candarm on the Space Station, electric wheelchairs, canola, sonar, the jock...
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    Is 71% in Chemistry enough?

    Fiona59 replied to linzipinzi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    This isn't a nursing school grade map. It's HIGH SCHOOL Chemistry is a requirement for the PN programme because it is a two year+ college course, not a vocational school course. During the PN...
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    Is 71% in Chemistry enough?

    Fiona59 replied to linzipinzi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Our education is different. We have a broad and varied education unlike many
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    Is 71% in Chemistry enough?

    Fiona59 replied to linzipinzi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I think you'll get better responses to your questions if you post in the Canadian Forum. Everyone in the States is a 4.0, Grade A student. Different educational system. Having said that, nursing...
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    married forigen nurse. have few questions

    Fiona59 replied to varghese1988's topic in International Nursing

    How about letting the woman adjust to culture shock? Two weeks and have her working? You live up to the stereotype of the sad guy who marries a nurse in order to live off her
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    The thing that has surprised you the most about nursing...

    Fiona59 replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    That a healing wound is a thing of beauty. When you are able to see a patient with a wound that heals under your skills. And then gets well and goes
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    advice

    Fiona59 replied to starlane's topic in Canada

    Keep slogging away at the bedside a bit longer. All the jobs you mentioned require experience. Agencies like WeCare, etc will hire you but it's a lot of responsibility for someone with limited...
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    Fiona59 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked LTC for the first four years of my nursing life. I admire and respect those nurses who make a career out of it. It's not for me. I've told my husband I'd work in Tim Horton's before I'd go...
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    50 miles too far to drive for lpn job?

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

    It can take me 45 minutes to cross town to get home from work. I have coworkers who drive 100km each way to
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    Easter??

    Fiona59 replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    Another Canadian that gets holiday pay if scheduled to work. Our full timers get 1.5 pay and a day off later in the month (for every holiday they work) Our ORs are also closed for non-emergent...
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    Working as PSW while RN student

    Fiona59 replied to Anon101's topic in Canada

    I think it depends on the actual job title posted and the qualifications listed. There are many agencies that will hire anyone with a pulse to go in and have you assist someone get dressed, pull on...
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    Nurse Clueless

    Fiona59 replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    I swear she's working on my