Fiona59

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    New Grads Finding RN Jobs?

    Fiona59 replied to htanis's topic in Canada

    12 hour rotating shifts are the norm in rural
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    Registered Nurse Job Prospects Canada 2014

    Fiona59 replied to Qing's topic in Canada

    Humour only works to a certain point. Stalking, verbal harassment in the grocery store, etc is no laughing matter. Just a huge safety
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    RN job with 'normal' hours?

    Fiona59 replied to htanis's topic in Canada

    And don't forget these jobs are usually allotted by seniority or a need for accommodation due to injury. I've interviewed for clinic jobs that are what you describe and despite having over ten years...
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    Registered Nurse Job Prospects Canada 2014

    Fiona59 replied to Qing's topic in Canada

    A friend explained it to me. You live where you work. Everyone in the area knows where you work. They know everything about you. If they don't like you there is no
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    Should i get my bscn?

    Fiona59 replied to brittrose's topic in Canada

    Keep dreaming. 3 out of the last 4 nurses that retired on my unit, returned to work as casuals because they claim their pensions aren't big enough. Freedom 55 is a myth for my generation. I managed...
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    Canadian with green card in US

    Fiona59 replied to Kier721's topic in Immigration Advice

    Is Canada Post involved? Took 13 days for a letter to get from Denver to Edmonton, sent
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    Jobs in AB?

    Fiona59 replied to MissElizabeth's topic in Canada

    We've been told that Calgary goes through all the applications for every position and makes the short list. How true it is, I don't know. It sounds terrible and it is in real life, but the...
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    Australian Nurse moving to Alberta

    Fiona59 replied to tamaralee88's topic in Canada

    My first thought was WHY!!!. Our weather seriously sucks. There used to be an Australian poster down in Calgary, a few years back. She seemed to be locked in an eternal battle with CARNA and wasn't...
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    Nursing Graduation pins Ontario

    Fiona59 replied to CFG77's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Try your provincial college. CLPNA and CLPNBC used to sell some nice
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    Nursing Graduation pins Ontario

    Fiona59 replied to CFG77's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    We received a pin upon graduation at my college in Alberta. It was handed to us when we walked the stage. It's fugly. The one I really like is the silver pin CLPNA sent us after passing CPRNE....
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    Med passing question from a student

    Fiona59 replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient Medications

    It's accreditation time in my hospital and we are constantly getting emails about opening the pills at the bedside and explaining each and every med incase the inspectors are around. Now, we all know...
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    AHS casuals....

    Fiona59 replied to M3BWN's topic in Canada

    Holding a casual line isn't the same as having a position. As long as you don't exceed full time hours per cheque, they don't care how many casual places you work. I know one casual that works four...
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    LPN forced to work as CNA

    Fiona59 replied to jg24's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A"calling"? I'm not a nun. I do the dirty work when I have to but really "a calling" to do peri
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    How to pursue an RN in the US with a Canadian LPN

    Fiona59 replied to brittany.blayse21's topic in Nurse Registration

    Athabasca University does a PN-RN bridge. And no, it doesn't take ten
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    Nurses continue to eat their young

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

    I draw the line at the chicken salad sandwiches in the patient fridge. Those things are
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    AHS casuals....

    Fiona59 replied to M3BWN's topic in Canada

    Nope, go to the interview. At one point I had three employers and worked at five sites. Even as a part timer, I hold a casual line at a different site. If it's an AHS site as opposed to a Caritas...
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    Move to Northern BC

    Fiona59 replied to Sandy82's topic in Canada

    Regarding the casual thing, I've seen it happen that when applying for a permanent line a casual isn't interviewed unless there are no permanent employees. Casual if hired into a permanent line have...
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    Jobs in AB?

    Fiona59 replied to MissElizabeth's topic in Canada

    I think the content on the "staff log in site" is different to what appears on the "public"
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    Jobs in AB?

    Fiona59 replied to MissElizabeth's topic in Canada

    Something that those of us who work for them have never heard
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    Unemployed and feel like whining?!

    Fiona59 replied to M3BWN's topic in Canada

    Hope it's my unit. We still are hiring floats and they all want M-F days. Shift Diff adds
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    When You Request I Switch Shifts with You

    Fiona59 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was the one that mentioned the part timer. I work the same FTE as she does but my rotation involves more weekday than hers. We both work alternate weekends. The majority of her shifts are...
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    Shift work help.

    Fiona59 replied to frozenyogurt's topic in Canada

    I've heard no rumours that AHS or any other Canadian health authority is even considering this. They don't mind us napping on our breaks. I know people who go out to their cars and nap in the...
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    Jobs in AB?

    Fiona59 replied to MissElizabeth's topic in Canada

    How did you survive being hired by AHS when bumping was taking place? Or were you hired by a non-union facility? The old saying "last in, first out" is so true in my hospital be you a member of UNA...
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    When You Request I Switch Shifts with You

    Fiona59 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our shift pattern never changes. We have one nurse who sticks to her part time hours and is never available to cover a sick call or a day when we know we will need an extra nurse. She is the first to...
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    Anyone left the nursing profession?

    Fiona59 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my nursing instructors admitted they couldn't keep up with pace on the hospital floor. They were in their mid 50's collecting their nursing pensions and working at the local educational...