fergus51

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  1. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why people think advocating for universal care is the same as advocating nationalizing health care as a whole. Those aren't the same things. Really, it would seem more like nationalizing...

  2. RN pay in Canada

    fergus51 replied to mudiwa's topic in International Nursing

    It depends on the experience level. It was something like 23-36 when I left a couple of years

  3. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree. My take home pay is the same percentage in California as it was in Ontario. The exchange rate is really a moot point. You don't benefit or suffer from it unless you make money in...

  4. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Well, she must be talking about how we euthanize people in Canada when they start to need to much health care because we can't afford it. In my hospital we just put them on ice floats and sent them...

  5. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe you seriously think that would happen. Who do you think would stay in nursing for that? Nurses are needed, and people will pay us what they have to in order to get us to work. That's...

  6. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    You also have to consider WHERE in the US you live. You won't meet many other Canadians living in Alabama or Mississippi or Kansas because the pay rates are lower than in BC or Ontario or Alberta. I...

  7. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Timothy, that really has nothing to do with universal health care or not. This is my problem with the term socialized medicine. It implies the government is running everything with an iron fist and it...

  8. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I used to think the conversion of dollars mattered, but I find it really doesn't. When you live in theUS, you pay for everything in US dollars, when you live in Canada you pay for everything in...

  9. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    fergus51 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't that simple Timothy. In Canada for instance, nurses are generally unionized and they negotiate their contract with the health authority. The wages vary depending on the province, just like...

  10. Artificial Nails Anyone

    fergus51 replied to hGooding's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!! Artificial nails harbor germs that natural nails don't. End of story. The blue light test doesn't tell you WHAT is growing on your artificial nails.... I work NICU and would flip if someone I...

  11. I love nursing in Canada because...

    fergus51 replied to bizzymum919's topic in Canada

    Yeah, that's never appealed to me. I think there is such a HUGE variety of places in Canada (and the

  12. Nursing in B.C.

    fergus51 replied to beehive8's topic in International Nursing

    I've lived and worked in both places. My rent in Toronto was a little more expensive, but I also made a little less money so it evened out. Vancouver is getting more and more expensive. I'm sure...

  13. I love nursing in Canada because...

    fergus51 replied to bizzymum919's topic in Canada

    Hi Paulette, I've been here 2 years this time around. I also lived there for about 2 years as a new grad. Mark, I feel bad for you. You must have worked in some not so nice

  14. Ontario Travelers OHIP & Taxes

    fergus51 replied to CrazyNurseIrene's topic in Travel

    That's what I was told. I moved down here for the second time about 2 years ago and got my own insurance because $1000 is nothing. I went to a walk in clinic in January and my bill there alone was...

  15. Ontario Travelers OHIP & Taxes

    fergus51 replied to CrazyNurseIrene's topic in Travel

    Gotcha! I was thinking maybe I got ripped off when I bought insurance to cover me down here until my work insurance came

  16. Torrance Area?

    fergus51 replied to STFXNurse's topic in California Nursing

    I think all hospitals in Southern California hire Canadian grads. It's near the coast, but not as close as places like Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach (see the common theme...

  17. The Magic of Touch: What's Happened to the PM Care Backrub?

    fergus51 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    If she has to ask she hasn't worked as a nurse recently. I loved doing backrubs as a student when I had 3-5 patients. Nurses on the same unit hd 8-12 patients and many more responsibilities. Time is...

  18. Peripheral Arterial Lines

    fergus51 replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Policy says to do the drip method to avoid any chance of collapsing the artery. Many nurses do the drawback method

  19. Changing provinces ?????

    fergus51 replied to LPN_666's topic in International Nursing

    You will have to ask the college of nurses of Ontario. Their website is

  20. Doctor/Nurse relationships

    fergus51 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of nice docs out there. I work with

  21. 87 yr old new mother

    fergus51 replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    She didn't have any other children I believe. This pregnancy was the result of egg donation, so the child is not hers biologically. A lot of women over the age of 40 in particular need to consider egg...

  22. Ontario Travelers OHIP & Taxes

    fergus51 replied to CrazyNurseIrene's topic in Travel

    Did you ask exactly what OHIP would cover? I'm just curious because I was told they don't cover all

  23. HELLP Sybdrome

    fergus51 replied to gwenith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Someone has to love those funny looking itty bitties

  24. Doxepram?

    fergus51 replied to apaisRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    that's why most places stopped using it decades ago i believe. most of our drugs unfortunately have some nasty potential side effects. i know some docs won't use surfactant prophylactically because of...

  25. Losing money being a nurse

    fergus51 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    According to a study they're talking about on CNN, Americans are the worst savers. Over 22% of us have no money for savings at the end of the