madore57

They were not monitoring any of the staff who cared for this patient. When we went through SARS in Canada, we were never monitored either - except for the temperature checks every person including all staff had to go through before entering any hosp...

Does that mean that Canada and Mexico should close our borders with YOU now that the U.S.A. not only has ebola but has shown it cannot control its' spread?

I don't trust any news outlet but I do trust the CDC. I cannot imagine anyone telling her this. I simply do not believe it.

That's going to be expensive when you have 100 and more ebola patients.

re: Workmans compensation fight It's going to be a tough fight when there is a picture of Nurse in a paper gown ready to accept an Ebola patient. No way would I care for one of these patients in that gown. I hope people took more pictures.

I used to live and work in Texas 1994-2003. I came home to Canada when my Mom got sick and kind of got stuck here. I worked ICU/ER/Cath Lab in Dallas, Houston and the border cities. So tell me, has much changed in the past 10 years? Thanks, Eilleen

Yes, that seems to be common these days. Most places only require you to write vitals on the that transfusion form at the beginning and at the end of the transfusion. They don't want you standing there taking vitals q5 for 15 minutes anymore. Havi...

WOW - are they doing this in Texas?

Well you've learned not to burn bridges but at least you learned it young (basing that on when you graduated). Is there any reason you have to stay in the community you now live and work? Agency/Travel Nursing is good because it gives you a taste o...

If you have no experience, you will be able to get a job in the GTA. It's toughest on senior staff because the salary is much higher than they have to pay new RN's.

It's even worse for experienced Nurses because we are too expensive.

Nurses here (Ontario, Canada) are grandfathered in. Where is that not the case in the U.S.?

I've worked in both Unionized hospitals and non-unionized hospitals and I prefer the Union. The only bad thing about the Union is when you're low on the totem pole because seniority means something when you have a Union. Hospitals in Texas don't want...

If you're travelling with animals ... beware. Anchorage is not an animal friendly town. I took a job in the ER @ Providence and moved there in June. I couldn't even find a hotel (except one really filthy, dank place) that would allow dogs. Couldn...

One of the things that happens is that the Docs usually change shift at about 6pm and at that point they're moving all their patients. The new Docs coming in want the rooms cleared so they can see patients (most still get paid per patient seen). We...

Although I work in the Cath Lab now (and have the same problem) - I worked in the ER for years. It seems half the staff on the floors seem to go to break at the same time. I must tell you however, my favourite memory of the ER vs the floors. I was...

I agree - go to Big Baylor! I worked in several of the Dallas hospitals and Baylor is the way to go. Professional and excellent ongoing education. I've been an RN for 25 years and I have a lot of respect for Baylor. Eilleen.

I've been an RN for 24 years and I still remember that first job. I was also new in the city and not familiar with even the type of IV bags they had. I also had almost 0 orientation. My preceptor was more interested in flirting with the Interns th...

When I was very young I wanted to be a Surgeon. My father (he was an HR Manager) loved medicine and he used to bring home films (those huge reels) of surgical procedures. I still love Anatomy & Physiology. Then I became a teenager and decided ...

You can still live and work in Texas - just stay out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. madore57

What is the "Group One list"? madore57 I still don't know what "group one" is but I did leave a job once (and only once) in Dallas without giving proper notice and it's true that it followed me. I had a hell of a time explaining that one when I g...

I thought it was considered assault if you shaved off a patient's moustache, cut their hair ect. Of course you can shave a man who normally shaves but to remove a fully grown moustache, beard or hair is considered assault - or so I thought. That's ...

Ok, I know you'll all think I'm nuts (so do I) but over the years I have aquired several animals. I worked with a rescue group and adopted a dog I was fostering which brought me to 3 dogs (all large). I had 2 cats in Texas. Then I found 2 in the g...