fergus51

fergus51

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  1. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    fergus51 replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's funny (I must have become an experienced nurse;)). Some people, like me, use dark humour

  2. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    fergus51 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Obviously in odd situations. The only time I've seen it is with unknown anatomical defects (that's why NRP covers them I imagine). That wouldn't be an unknown issue for an adult going in for surgery...

  3. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    fergus51 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks Coug. Like I said, I don't work with

  4. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    fergus51 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "If staff put a fraction of the time, that has been spent complaining on this board, into washing their hands, I venture to say the nosocomial infection rate would drop." -Grannynurse Maybe someone...

  5. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    fergus51 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :chuckle Thanks, I thought maybe I was really stupid or something because I don't understand why she would have gone 12 minutes without being bagged if they couldn't

  6. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    fergus51 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't understand why it took so long to provide her with oxygen. Forgive me because I work NICU, but when we have a tube slip we just rip it out and if the doc is unable to reinsert one immediately...

  7. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

    fergus51 replied to Alibaba's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The NCLEX is not the end all and be all for licensing. Every state has the right to determine their own minimum qualifications for licensure. Some states require that you have CEUs to renew, some...

  8. Do your Dr.s come for FD delivery?

    fergus51 replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just wanted to relay my experience. The NWT is definitely a whole different world from most of

  9. Do your Dr.s come for FD delivery?

    fergus51 replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked l&d at the 2 busiest hospitals in Canada and 2 smaller ones, and we never delivered fd babies unless the doc just didn't get there in

  10. From Vancouver, Canada

    fergus51 replied to noworries's topic in California Nursing

    Because of all the immigration stuff, you won't be able to come down right after you graduate. You will need to write the NCLEX, become lisenced, get your visascreen and get a job offer before you can...

  11. Giving culturally sensitive care to 1st Nations families

    fergus51 replied to hermit's topic in Pediatric

    First Nations = American Indian in Canada. The word "Indian" is not used to describe them as it's seen as somewhat old fashioned and carries some negative connotations (sort of like how Americans...

  12. Any RN to MSN programs in CA?

    fergus51 replied to Dublin37's topic in Nursing Career

    http://www.allnursingschools.com has

  13. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    fergus51 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Timothy you rock!!! I especially liked the "ask me if we're short staffed this shift" idea. That has to be at least as dangerous to patients as our

  14. Documentaion Legality and Etiquette

    fergus51 replied to mopsi's topic in General Nursing

    IMO there is nothing wrong with charting attempts to contact anyone (doc, house sup, whoever) and nothing wrong with charting instructions given to someone under your supervision (LPN, CNA, etc)....

  15. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    fergus51 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would not wear that. We once had a mother who put a sign up on her baby's isolette that said "Nurses, please wash your hands before you touch me". It lasted all of 20 seconds into my

  16. US one-year accelerated BSN program recognized in Otario?

    fergus51 replied to rhp123's topic in International Nursing

    You must be fluent in French and pass a French language exam which is rumoured to be very tough. Several nurses have lost their licenses and jobs because they were unable to pass it. Quebec is...

  17. Difficulty/Competitiveness for Admission to RN/BSN programs in the GTA area.

    fergus51 replied to texancanadian's topic in International Nursing

    I worked in Toronto. The best students we had were from George Brown if that means

  18. Score one for the agency nurses

    fergus51 replied to misschelei's topic in Agency Nurses

    Our agency nurses get the easiest assignments since we often don't know them well and they may not know much about our unit. It isn't a good idea to give them the sickest patients. I did have to laugh...

  19. U of Southern Indianna?

    fergus51 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Anyone familiar with this school with any comments? I'm sort of looking at them and the U of Pheonix right

  20. What is THIS all about

    fergus51 replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    I didn't mean actually "random" visitors. Our problems usually come when parents of one baby and their visitors want to tour the unit and gawk at other babies. It is inappropriate in the NICU...

  21. What is THIS all about

    fergus51 replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    Someone posted another tread on this topic, but I think it's important to say that all mothers do not want their babies to be gawked at, especially in a special care unit. NICUs babies are not zoo...

  22. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    fergus51 replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is absolutely horrifying. Has anyone brought this up to the manager? Mentionned it in a staff meeting? If you mention that this has a very negative effect on staff morale, I would hope your...

  23. When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    fergus51 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's very unfortunate. We had to have women who had lost babies on the regular post partum floor (for a variety of reasons) but they were always in private rooms at the end of the unit to try to...

  24. Guess my LPN means zilch- vent/rant

    fergus51 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I can understand you must be very frustrated. Unfortunately LPN opportunities vary so much by location. That's the downside of the shorter program I suppose. It's a shame the schools are not informing...

  25. Aspiring to move to the UK

    fergus51 replied to CanadianRNtoBE's topic in International Nursing

    It isn't too tough to become registered as a Canadian, but you will not be able to register as a mental health nurse or midwife without extra training since the UK trains their nurses as specialists...