madore57

madore57

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  1. Traveling with multiple animals

    madore57 replied to madore57's topic in Travel

    Too funny!:rotfl:

  2. is there a nurse shortage in canada?

    madore57 replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    this article was written july 26/04. i tried to find a more recent article but got fed up. what has happened since is that the government is only going to give wohc $3 million dollars which puts...

  3. Traveling with multiple animals

    madore57 replied to madore57's topic in Travel

    Thanks Dixie, that really helps!:)

  4. U.S. to Canada?

    madore57 replied to fawnsternurse's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Paddi, I read your email this morning. It's tough to decide which country to work in. If I were basing my decision on employment alone, I'd say don't come to Ontario. The work situation is...

  5. Still Confused re Visa Screen

    madore57 replied to saskrn's topic in International Nursing

  6. U.S. to Canada?

    madore57 replied to fawnsternurse's topic in International Nursing

    Last I read on the College of Nurses of Ontario's website, this is still under discussion. The expectation is that all foreign educated Nurses will have a BSN/BSCN in order to practice in Ontario....

  7. RN/Pt ratios in the ER

    madore57 replied to Heather56's topic in International Nursing

    I work in the Greater Toronto Area with a couple of Nursing Agencies and the situation here is the same. It sucks eh?

  8. is there a nurse shortage in canada?

    madore57 replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    The William Osler Health Care System (4 hospitals) in the Greater Toronto Area have stated they will be laying off over 400 full time RN positions over the next 2 years. I read that in the newspaper....

  9. Are the majority of travel jos night shift????

    madore57 replied to bise75's topic in Travel

    I also found that it depended on the area you work in. I also found I mostly had offers of evenings for the ER whereas in the ICU I could pick my shift. OR & Cath Lab are obviously days (with...

  10. Shoe Suggestions and Earpiece Thoughts.....

    madore57 replied to miloisstinky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :) Gee, so sorry to have insulted you in any way. I honestly didn't know I was in the CRNA area. You're right I'm not a CRNA. I'm an ER RN as well as an OR RN and it's equipment I have never seen...

  11. Rude Families-How do you deal with them?

    madore57 replied to sassynurse78's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am also an RN and as I said I've had both the great and the abuse. Yah, the abuse hurts but if I focussed on that, I'd never go to work. Never once in school did a Nurse Educator talk to me about...

  12. New grad still looking!

    madore57 replied to communitynp2B's topic in Texas Nursing

    Wow, that's wild! Have you tried big Baylor? I know they've been hiring.

  13. troponin question...

    madore57 replied to NS_RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Not normally. 3 trops is enough to tell you if you've had an MI or not. If you suddenly develop chest pain again or there are other changes, then you repeat the trop again X 3.

  14. Shoe Suggestions and Earpiece Thoughts.....

    madore57 replied to miloisstinky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yah, it does. What a pain that you would have to have that in all the time. That is so stupid. Don't they think you'll know enough to put it in when you need it? Geez.............

  15. The nightmare returns---Hunter Group is coming!!!

    madore57 replied to prmenrs's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have never encountered this group - thank God! I do remember being a Nursing Student in my 'transition' period just before graduating. We were working nights - 2 student Nurses, 1 LPN and 1 Charge...

  16. Truth about Nursing diagnosis

    madore57 replied to UTRN2005's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to use Nursing Care Plans in every ICU I've worked in since they shoved them down our throats in 1983. As I recall their rationale for NCP were to prove that we were working independently....

  17. Shoe Suggestions and Earpiece Thoughts.....

    madore57 replied to miloisstinky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I thank God every time I see stupid Nurse Instructors like this that my educators were so wonderful! I used to work in a PACU where the old bags (I'm an old bag now...but no nasty) - anyway they...

  18. Rude Families-How do you deal with them?

    madore57 replied to sassynurse78's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work ER - as well as ICU and I have had horribly rude people to deal with. My first action is always to listen to their complaints. If they have problems that I can fix, I do it. I always start...

  19. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    madore57 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work with an RN who thought she was so much better than the rest of us because she had her Degree. Well, I worked with her one night and I was soooo tired. She came back from her break -...

  20. RN vs. Psychologist

    madore57 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to sit on your butt all day, become a Psychologist. If you want to run around all day and do physical work that requires a lot of knowledge, become an RN.