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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 had a reduced patient load (one less during the day ...

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 explain. Anyone can do a skill, putting in an IV, c...

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 let them know you need some extra help/training/su...

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 Enhancement for Public Health, IHI has a free program/certif...

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. ??

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 be dedicated and have some sort of financial plan....

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 general advice from my experience A&P 1: Know al...

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 what topics you need to work on.

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 NCLEX.

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 planning on researching this by myself but a heads up for...

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 accessible, easier to administer and standardized. It seem...

I'm in the process of applying for casual HCA jobs while finishing my second year of BN school in Canada. I've applied to 7 positions in the past two weeks and have not heard anything back from any employers. Two of these positions were ones I was in...

It worked! All they needed was a little proding.

Calgary, 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 why people are spreading this rumor, but they did...

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 out.

"It's just one of those fancy pens!"

I'm curious to see how much group work everyone has in NS. The program I'm in places us in groups of about 8 and many of our major assignments in Term 3 were group based. Adding up to 40% of the overall mark. Now in Term 4 (of 8) it looks like this w...

I applied to three. Accepted to one, wait listed to one and rejected from one. Go figure.

Wow. That poem is amazing, what a memory to leave behind.

I agree that almost all of the books are non-essential. A lot of my classmates made the mistake of buying all required books before classes started, and haven't opened them once since. Remember if you need it, the library probably has it, a friend ha...

Are you direct route? I did the same thing but through MRU for upgrading. I was accepted to U of C so that's where I am now. U of C has a different structure where you'll be in open studies for 1 year prior to doing any "nursing". I would encourage y...

I have the same problems but related to APA guidelines. I will get marked off for having minor mistakes in formatting, yet other students do not even include a cover page, and receive no deductions. My papers are corrected by GTAs, there seems to be ...

Stab wound? Gunshot? Swallowing a thumb-tac? Dog-attack? Let me know if I'm getting close. I would probably just go ahead and go see a Dr. on that one.

"I guess that's one way to fluff a pillow."