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1. AHS undergrad nurses employment

   Soupysoup replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

   I worked as a UNE for two-ish years. I was orientated to the unit, and after a few shifts just sort of left to my own devices. It was medsurg, and the charge assigned me less acute patients. I also...

2. Clinical Challenges- Assessments vs Skills (finding the balance)

   Soupysoup replied to Samantha.G's topic in Canada

   I'm a fairly new grad - and looking back, in nursing school, skills seemed so important. It's hard to put it in perspective but skills don't really matter. Take that with a grain of salt, but let me...

3. Coping skills for anxiety?

   Soupysoup replied to MA Nurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

   If you happen to work for a big organization sometimes they offer confidential counselling services. I know my company does! Otherwise I think it's best to just talk to your co-workers or manager and...

4. Recommended Certifications for Nursing Students

   Soupysoup replied to tamaram's topic in Canada

   I took a TNCC course to upgrade my assessment skills, ACLS is a good one, anything with reading EKGs, skills online (public health) has some good free ones Welcome to Skills Online - Skills...

5. Are there Rn jobs in Edmonton/Calgary? 2016

   Soupysoup replied to Kwas's topic in Canada

   I got a call from a manager yesterday - and they said that there is a hiring freeze in Calgary. No external candidates can get in.

6. High school refresher courses - Pre health

   Soupysoup replied to Maxg1983's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   I had to redo all of my high school science and math courses in order to qualify to enter nursing school. It was an intense long journey that took me a year and a half. It can be done but you need to...

7. Advice for a future nursing student?

   Soupysoup replied to Guest808169's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Congratulations! It looks like your first semester will be a nice transition from Arts & Science to Nursing. I can't say for sure without looking at course descriptions but I can give you some...

8. NCLEX

   Soupysoup replied to kp1987's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   prep u is an online quiz maker with nursing questions from different categories (process, oncology, etcetera). It also has rationale for questions and "grades" your overall performance showing you...

9. NCLEX

   Soupysoup replied to kp1987's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   My school has given me access to passpoint/prep-u. It seems to have Canadian content now. There's a lot of questions on it but I have no idea how it will compare to our

10. Gyno floor, what to expect?

    Soupysoup posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, I have found out today that my first hospital practicum will be on a gynological floor. Could anyone give me a heads up on common diagnosis, procedures, meds, tips and tricks? I'm...

11. CRNE ending, NCLEX beginning

    Soupysoup replied to eeff's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I have seen so much confusion about what is going on with the CNRE to NCLEX. I was under the impression that we would keep our test but it would be developed for the computer, making it more...

12. Contacting Employers after Applications

    Soupysoup replied to Soupysoup's topic in General Students

    It worked! All they needed was a little

13. What city are you in??

    Soupysoup replied to lexiie_RN's topic in General Students

    Calgary,

14. CRNE to NCLEX

    Soupysoup replied to donk's topic in Canada

    This has been blown out of proportion. We will still have the CRNE. The only difference is that we will be taking the exam on computers rather than writing it, which will be waaay better. I'm not sure...

15. Contacting Employers after Applications

    Soupysoup replied to Soupysoup's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the reply. I really do want to contact them and see where I'm at in the line up! I'll report back when I find