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    Australian Trained Nurses be advised

    Fiona59 replied to aine.mckenna's topic in United Kingdom

    Could we clean up the text
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    Oh, yes you can. My employer pays for my workshops and pays me while I'm at them. Only you can change your situation What you are doing is allowing someone to walk all over you in a belief that a...
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    Performing Vital Signs Without a Policy

    Fiona59 replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    How in any way does saying to someone "I'd like to take your vitals" make you worry about liability? The cuff goes around the arm not the neck. If the customer wants to keep their insurance they will...
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    Pennsylvania CNA to Canada CNA

    Fiona59 replied to HarleyQuinn's topic in Canada

    The OP is still in high school, so highly unlikely he'll be moving for
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    Sunshine List

    Fiona59 replied to passwordistaco's topic in Canada

    Yup, the OT on my unit all seems to go to the same 2-3 who are at the top of their pay scale and at the 25+ years service mark. I shudder to think how much they earn. Mr. Prentice (Alberta snark)...
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    Sunshine List

    Fiona59 replied to passwordistaco's topic in Canada

    No real "specialty" pay. ICU nurses make the same as surgery and medicine nurses. It depends on the amount of OT available as well. OT is offered by seniority and only trickles down to the new staff...
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    Pennsylvania CNA to Canada CNA

    Fiona59 replied to HarleyQuinn's topic in Canada

    How is he planning to migrate to Canada? We're not exactly importing
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    Please help!!!

    Fiona59 replied to lnxyourxeyez's topic in General Nursing

    Drains can be a huge source of infection. Site cleansing, and when you open them to empty. These patients often become, shall we say, physically needy because of the drains. So you have to get them...
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    Please help. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

    Fiona59 replied to Mojo77's topic in General Nursing

    Uhm, wall of type. Could you put some paragraphs
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    Please help!!!

    Fiona59 replied to lnxyourxeyez's topic in General Nursing

    Homework question???? Honestly, as a working floor nurse I've never had to write a careplan for this type of patient. It's a case of follow orders, do the drain care, medicate, watch for signs that...
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    USA - LPN, CAN - RPN

    Fiona59 replied to HarleyQuinn's topic in Nurse Registration

    How do you plan to immigrate to Canada? There is no need to import LPNs, we educate enough here. Reality is there isn't enough full time jobs and the job market isn't the greatest. Our healthcare is...
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    To tell or not to tell!

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

    Whenever a coworker forgets to log off a programme, I just hit the log off
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    ON new grad relocating to BC - advice?

    Fiona59 replied to sonic_nurse's topic in Canada

    A Psych unit that does wound care AND transfusions??? My hospital's psych unit won't take patients with IV lines, Foley's, anything more than a dry dsg. It's another world up
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    It's pretty similar out here as well Joanna. It's a sore point for many new grad
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    Obstetrics as an RPN, likely?

    Fiona59 replied to ash1111's topic in Canada

    I think I'm reading this as you want to work in Women's Health because you think it will be physically less demanding. Hate to tell you that you are wrong. Postpartum care involves looking after 5...
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    Obstetrics as an RPN, likely?

    Fiona59 replied to ash1111's topic in Canada

    PNs work mainly postpartum in my province. We are educated in L&D but the only PNs I know who have worked in the area are usually in very small, northern hospitals Breastfeeding education is...
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    Heading back to work in the UK, I wish!

    Fiona59 replied to Chapyi55's topic in United Kingdom

    The UK has rules that are unbelievable until you hit them. I was born there and visited recently. My passport was stamped with limited entry for six months and no access to healthcare or public...
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    Then you are in a non-union clinic and I'd say your employer is taking advantage of your
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    I feel uncomfortable doing this

    Fiona59 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So is this how your wife got into nursing school? Did she find someone she didn't really know to supply her with a letter and or funding? I hope she didn't go this route to find her references for...
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    You would know. You meet your shop steward or union rep within the first few shifts. Union dues are paid from each cheque. I have to ask, is your employer a large clinic or a small, single doctor...
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    I feel uncomfortable doing this

    Fiona59 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    But you are not a nurse. Would you write a letter of recommendation for someone in your family interested in the trade/industry that you have made your reputation
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    Only your employer can tell you if you are doing something wrong. You need to research clinics in your area and see what the going wage is. Clinics will pay often pay less than hospital jobs because...
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    Could an RN answer these 4 questions I need for a class paper?

    Fiona59 replied to ambernicole0202's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can I add a huge sigh and a snicker (and no I don't mean the candy
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    RPN-Minimum wage

    Fiona59 replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    Ask to have this reposted in the Canadian forum. Are you saying that your credentials have been evaluated and you have written and passed CPRNE? Doctors offices are not usually unionized and they can...
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    Has anybody taken an LPN to BSN online and successfully transferred to Ontario?

    Fiona59 replied to jaimepoutine's topic in Canada

    PN education in Canada includes all the first year Arts electives the degree requires and many PN student have more transfer credits than