Morning-glory

Morning-glory

Psych, M/S, Ortho, Float.

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  1. When do you call off work?

    Morning-glory replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Guilt, Smilt. I hardly ever feel guilty calling in sick, because I rarely do. I had my gallbladder out in August. The week before I was starting to freak from the stress. The last night I worked I...

  2. English ER Nurse moving to Ontario

    Morning-glory replied to debs_england's topic in Emergency

    Hi Deb Let me answer some of your questions. LPN is actually RPN here in Canada. Registered Practical Nurse. Your skills are in demand here. You do not need to be bilingual. Pay related to cost...

  3. pay scale in ontario and quebec...

    Morning-glory replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks Betsy, I am an agency nurse at the moment so I just have peripheral knowledge of the current situation. I was Barganing union President for ONA when I worked LTC, and so I was more current at...

  4. pay scale in ontario and quebec...

    Morning-glory replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    In Ontario, pay scale starts at $22/hr. Top is near $37/hr. These are approximate pay scales. In LTC it is

  5. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    Morning-glory replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I occasionally float to the ER. I usually get the old and broken, waiting for a bed on Ortho. One night, I was asked to assist with an internal on a woman with pelvic pain. BF in the room. (Did I...

  6. Where Do I Start?

    Morning-glory replied to changeOFplans's topic in International Nursing

    Check out the community college closet to you. See what they have. My understanding is that most have the RPN course full-time, and may offer some of it part time. Best of luck,

  7. Moving to montreal from tx-taking the professional exam soon

    Morning-glory replied to rubriam's topic in International Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=89930 I saw this yesterday and thought of you guys. I posted it in the news forum, but wanted to mention it

  8. Experience with CNO investigations....

    Morning-glory replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in International Nursing

    It actually is quite a simple deal. I was doing a home care case and there were issues with some of the practices in place. I had charted to CYA standards, and so I was called about the situation....

  9. Come Play the Build a Better Hospital Game!

    Morning-glory replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    After spending a night doing 25 complete bed changes:uhoh3: , I'm all for a new way of doing things. I once saw an ad in Nursing Magazine for a fancy dancy bed that you (gently) hose down people to...

  10. Knocked out from cough med?

    Morning-glory replied to JVanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had bronchitis and the Dr gave me some hydrocodone elixir. I have taken Tyl#3's before, but the elixir knocked me out too. Made me nauseated at first, but I was too sleepy to care. I then took...

  11. Med Errors

    Morning-glory replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Note to all... When applying or removing Nitro patches, wear gloves. I was working in a nursing home and was dispensing meds to 75 patients at HS. I took off a guy's patch and continued on. I...

  12. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    Morning-glory replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights for 7 years. I actually worked security before nursing school and worked nights then too. In security we worked midnight to noon. Thank God nursing isn't that brutal. The most...

  13. Vacation entitlement in Canada

    Morning-glory replied to britnurse600's topic in International Nursing

    I work as an agency RN in Ontario. I get to make my own schedule. Vacation pay is about 4% of my salary. (2 weeks). But I have control over when I work. I also teach in the clinical setting, so I...

  14. Should RNs be Required to Have A BSN?

    Morning-glory replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I am a diploma RN in Canada. I am also a clinical instructor. I would love to teach full-time but the college req's that I have a BScN for that ( I appreciate the need for this). It would take me...

  15. Nurses From England

    Morning-glory replied to greek's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a nurse in Ontario. The info that you need will be found by contacting the College of Nurses of Ontario. http://www.cno.org/index.html However, in Canada, licences to different Provinces are...

  16. Underwear question

    Morning-glory replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    It's me again. I just edited my profile and want to see what I look like all dressed up! This is the best nursing site since the old VirtualNurse.com You guys are great! Underwear indeed. There was a...

  17. Should the following resident be in Assited living?

    Morning-glory replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in a "retirement residence" that catered to the very posh for almost a year. They did a reno in the dinning room and spent $450 per chair. The price for all the renovations that were done...

  18. Underwear question

    Morning-glory replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm here to contribute my 2 cents' worth!! I'm not model proportions. More like a Renaisance version. The curves just big enough to hide the bumps. I wear jockey's french cut in the colour of the...