Fiona59

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    Anyone know any LPN jobs in Edmonton?

    Fiona59 replied to miszyc's topic in Canada

    You won't find a job without a license! Get to work on your
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    Am I being unrealistic? Is nursing maybe not for me?

    Fiona59 replied to beckyboo80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I started nursing school, I thought my future lay in Geriatrics. Nope. With one years hard earned experience I wound up on my hospital's postpartum unit. Purely because it was the only way...
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    Anyone know any LPN jobs in Edmonton?

    Fiona59 replied to miszyc's topic in Canada

    CLPNA looks at all the information you submit. It used to be that BC graduates had to upgrade the Anatomy because they were missing a few areas of assessment. Have you called CLPNA to find out where...
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    Being the mom and the nurse you want to be.....

    Fiona59 replied to leighgwin's topic in General Nursing

    I worked casual for the first five years because of my children being younger and my husband's job requiring him to be out of town. It works if you don't need a set number of hours per pay
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    Patients who love their sick role

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

    The sight of a suitcase, special blanket/quilt and framed photographs sends every nurse on my unit running. We are a short stay
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    Unrealistic nursing students

    Fiona59 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    No, not really. I remember working alongside an instructor with an RN student who was in our version of the post degree education course. I asked her if this was an area that would interest her...
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    What Are Your Thoughts On This? Guards Sleeping.

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

    The COs that come to guard in my facility are all on OT. They arrive in pairs with DVD players and camp out for the night with their lunchboxes. They've always been alert when I've gone into a room....
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    What is your current LPN salary

    Fiona59 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Don't tease them, admit you are Canadian! I'm on $33/hour before shift
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    1 nurse to 30 patients!!! 3 attendants

    Fiona59 replied to Sabr's topic in Canada

    The unit I work on doesn't have NAs at all. It's one R and one L overnight. You have to work as a team. If you don't get on with your NAs you are in big
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    1 nurse to 30 patients!!! 3 attendants

    Fiona59 replied to Sabr's topic in Canada

    Is it night shift? That's a good ratio. I've seen one RN, three LPNs, and three NAs in continuing care on days. Nights are totally different. Even in acute the ratio increases overnight. I've...
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    ROTP Nursing Questions (Canadian Forces)

    Fiona59 replied to Anon101's topic in Canada

    Go talk to a recruiter. They know far more than we ever will. Attached trades (which I believe nursing is) is kind of the luck of the draw. Supply and demand. No RCAF vacancies? Well, I guess...
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    Fiona59 replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    So, poor old Quebec is going to be used as a back door into
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    Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    Fiona59 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    This is your post where you mention "going to"
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    Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    Fiona59 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    Well, you profile states that you are a 2013 grad. So, why would you need to go to school up
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    Fiona59 replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    You do realize that Quebec expects you to stay there and work if they give you immigrant status? Not move to the province that you really wanted to go
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    Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    Fiona59 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    There are times Canadian go south for treatment. I remember one family who's newborn needed NICU care. The infant was medevac'd to the nearest US hospital that had an incubator. The mother was...
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    AHS Media Campaign

    Fiona59 posted a topic in Canada

    Sorry no links. There have been ads in print and on the radio stating how in Alberta only 31% of nurses work full time and that Albertans deserve better. More full time nurses for better care, yada,...
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    A Mother Seeking Healthcare Career Advice for High School Junior

    Fiona59 replied to Psata's topic in Nursing Career

    If I'd known Health Records Technology existed, I'd have chosen that. No night shifts, no contact with patients, families, bodily fluids. Street clothes, my own desk, and regular breaks. Pay is...
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    Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    Fiona59 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    There are jobs in the far north but they aren't for new nurses or nurses unfamiliar with population up there. The major cities are saturated with nurses. Read some of the threads on here about how...
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    graduated from an Ontario Nursing school, need advice to work in Alberta

    Fiona59 replied to many's topic in Canada

    I have friends in the UK who have told me that they see various provinces advertising in their nursing journals! The various provincial governments must have a huge advertising budget to be doing...
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    Mentor, orientation, or trial by fire?

    Fiona59 replied to RunawayN's topic in General Nursing

    Three orientation days, two evening shifts with a buddy nurse and I was cut loose. I've worked for three different care groups and that's the norm. Here, you only get a prolonged orientation if you...
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    Anyone know any LPN jobs in Edmonton?

    Fiona59 replied to miszyc's topic in Canada

    We have been telling people for years now that Alberta has a job problem when it comes to nursing. You've got several strikes against you. No actual nursing experience. You haven't got an Alberta...
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    New Grad and Job search advice for single mom

    Fiona59 replied to nmor4965's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's more for supervision. Trust me, people think their kids need close supervision as toddlers/school aged. Until you have teenagers you have no idea of the trouble they can get into just to be...
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    Need advice! Private clinic nursing..

    Fiona59 replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Canada

    AUPE got dinged with prison guards wildcat a few months back. They also nearly lost their building due fines back in the '00s when the LPNs walked. The fines add up fast. I think that was when they...
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    Why Do Patients AMA? "Against Medical Advice"

    Fiona59 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work acute care. Our AMA's are usually gang members who don't want to discuss their injury. One told me his drugs were better at