GingerSue

GingerSue has 20 years experience.

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1. man sent home with a broken leg

   GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

   How did this happen, and how can this be avoided - the man goes to emergency because of his leg, they bandage it and send him home?...

2. nurse tells pregnant woman she's having phantom labour

   GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Canada

   "The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa, a women's rights advocacy group, is also trying to help her reunite with her baby. They have offered to house Bilotta in their women's shelter and they have...

3. where to get medication administration, first aid and CPR courses done in Toronto, ON

   GingerSue replied to sshafiq's topic in Canada

   In the past, I got my CPR from St. John's Ambulance two-day training sessions. Or, another time I got it through my employer - SRT Med-Staff arranged for training session for interested staff at...

4. nurse tells pregnant woman she's having phantom labour

   GingerSue posted a topic in Canada

   Is this nurse competent - if she/he told this pregnant woman that she's only having phantom labour, and given an antacid? Yet the woman (who happens to be in a jail) is pregnant, and has a breech...

5. Applying for non-RN positions

   GingerSue replied to k1p1ssk's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Are there any nursing agencies in your area (check the yellow pages, or ask around)? Have you tried long-term

6. nurse fired

   GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

   Important that this issue of privacy and confidentiality is, is it possible to consider that this nurse can learn to work according to the rules? And maybe consider that she would benefit by being...

7. nurse fired

   GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

   Reminds of a local situation here where a nurse got fired for similar reasons - knowing one of the patients personally, the nurse got into her file and then told her own mother (acquaintance of the...

8. nurse fired

   GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

   This nurse had been going into files of people with whom she had personal connections, not professional reasons, so they fired her. She knows that she isn't supposed to violate patients' right to...

9. no sedation during cataract surgery?

   GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

   Some patients were not given sedation during their eye surgery as described in this link:...

10. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe family has to speak to a lawyer, to get things moving on this? Sounds like court decides. So, there must be a formal way that this is all

11. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the replies. So, when family has requested this kind of assessment, having spoken to the nursing staff about this request, because of concerns about the senior's ability to make decisions...

12. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When a senior client is in a senior's facility, and a family member requests that the client's competency will be assessed, who decides re: the client's level of competence to make their own...

13. what about this doctor?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    Doctor in Montreal taking photos of naked female patients:

14. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    GingerSue replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    are there any nursing employment agencies that you could

15. New RN BSN over 50 and Can't Get a Job

    GingerSue replied to HoosierMale's topic in General Nursing

    Recently I've seen ads for nurses to work in Corrections - would that area be of interest to