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    Smokers need not apply?

    uRNmyway replied to RainMom's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah, or full time positions being eliminated or made into prn positions so they don't have to give benefits. I, as a healthy adult, was better off with my insurance before my employer started getting...
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    "It's been 2 HOURS!"

    uRNmyway replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    Well I can tell you that in Quebec, the shortest amount of time I have ever waited in the ED (bilateral pyelonephritis with high temp, BP starting to crash, and per my mom, docs said I was in ARF by...
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    Montreal to Toronto

    uRNmyway replied to frankaie's topic in Canada

    I haven't done it, but as far as I can tell, cost of living is higher in Toronto. Taxes may be slightly lower but housing is stupid expensive. You might want to look at Ottawa
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    Canadian RPN to US RN

    uRNmyway replied to rpncanadatornus's topic in Immigration Advice

    Wow, I find that surprising. I thought that RPN was the equivalent of LPN here in the US. And when I got my credentials transferred, they told me I have the equivalent of the ADN, but I most...
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    Hi!!! any good news about foriegn nurses hiring nowadays?

    uRNmyway replied to deejaye's topic in Immigration Advice

    Ok, apologize for the misunderstanding. And as I'm not familiar at all with E3, I can't give advice on that. However, doesn't change the current state of employment in the states. I don't know whether...
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    Transitioning from night shift to day shift.

    uRNmyway replied to asarn86's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, what she said. Had hours most nurses would love, m-f, 8-5. No overtime, ever. Hated. It. With. A.
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    *The Float nurse* anyone care to share?

    uRNmyway replied to Newgrad_STAT's topic in General Nursing

    I'll agree with what a few others have said. Float has a high learning curve. It's kind of sink or swim I suppose. But you see so much, and the fact that you don't get involved in the departmental...
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    Family Complaint... Why am I so bothered by this?

    uRNmyway replied to Alex87's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    Dealing with lazy unsafe coworkers

    uRNmyway replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, if they are not following doctors orders and putting patients at risk, they definitely need to be reported. Since you say you have already done so to your manager and nothing was done, all I can...
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    Orientee Horror Stories?

    uRNmyway replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, we did have one patient, after having time of death declared and all, started spontaneously breathing again on her own. Didn't sit up, although the image did flash in my head for a
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    What is your Achilles heel?

    uRNmyway replied to cjdmomma's topic in General Nursing

    Lol I wonder what it says about me that I got through this whole thread with no reaction. I agree with a recent pp...feet...Oh Lord...especially the old diabetic feet. Or recently have treated quads...
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    Tasks that are left for the floor

    uRNmyway replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency

    As a floor nurse I have no issue completing orders put in while in the ED. All I ask is that you tell me in report. 'I did this but haven't had time for this.'. Because I might not have time to go...
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    I want to work as a cna but im terrified of contagious diseases

    uRNmyway replied to Mell101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You know I thought of this thread at work recently...being a nurse since 2007, while at home, I can count on one hand the amount of times I encountered HIV+ patients. Since being in the states, every...
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    Hi!!! any good news about foriegn nurses hiring nowadays?

    uRNmyway replied to deejaye's topic in Immigration Advice

    Sorry to tell you but there are dozens of other threads on here about nurses looking for Eb3 advice. Basically you just need to get on waiting lists. I did see that exceptions might be made for...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes of course laborer, only southerners voted for Bush, and remarkably, that was enough for him to win the election. Jesus... insert eye roll right
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    Hi!!! any good news about foriegn nurses hiring nowadays?

    uRNmyway replied to deejaye's topic in Immigration Advice

    Yes of course, I couldn't have a TN without an
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    Hi!!! any good news about foriegn nurses hiring nowadays?

    uRNmyway replied to deejaye's topic in Immigration Advice

    I am Canadian born and raised. I was also educated in Canada. So long as CES and VSC give you the ok you can get
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    Hi!!! any good news about foriegn nurses hiring nowadays?

    uRNmyway replied to deejaye's topic in Immigration Advice

    Nope, not quite. I have the equivalent of an associates and am in the USA on TN. Didn't have any issues with customs over that
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well I'm from Canada, government run healthcare there. Quebec specifically, probably the farthest left of the provinces. And nursing there was terrible! You think patient quotas are high here? I mean,...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Lol, so then who? Government can't do it right and neither can private. So who does that
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually, the insurance we were offered before the change was so much more affordable than anything else I had come across when I was looking for insurance, since the job I had before did not have...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You know, something just happened at my job and thought it directly relevant to this thread. I recently got a new position, was supposed to be full-time with full benefits. Shortly after getting...
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    I want to work as a cna but im terrified of contagious diseases

    uRNmyway replied to Mell101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Unless you regularly go around swapping body fluids with your patients, one with HIV or one who is perfectly healthy makes no difference. That's why we have this wonderful thing called standard...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    uRNmyway replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What I see since coming here is that it looks like the US needs a repeat of the French revolution or something...get rid of all of them and start over from scratch! Maybe if politicians were a bit...
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    Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

    uRNmyway replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical Care

    Well this is in Canada, there is no fight with insurance to pay for it. And if I remember correctly, by then she had been cleared of H1N1. Unfortunately, the damage to get system had already been...