Fyreflie

Fyreflie

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  1. Questions from a new grad Re: moving to another province

    Fyreflie replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    Lots of jobs out here right now! Good time to get nursing in AB. Good

  2. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    Fyreflie replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a laboring patient recently who came in 6 cm dilated with her 2nd baby, screaming down the house for an epidural. We busted it down the hallway to a room, sure she was going to go too fast to...

  3. AWHONN Staffing Guidelines Please check this out:

    Fyreflie replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know if we have to follow AWHONN staffing up here but it really seems to vary by province and budget. In Ontario I worked at a level 2 facility with 13 LDR rooms, 2 ORs staffed by us...

  4. Placenta Previa, Chronic/Acute/or both?

    Fyreflie replied to ASpe63464's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What an interesting question :) I suppose it's a little of both: chronic in that it lasts for the entire pregnancy, but acute in exacerbations if they happen throughout the

  5. baby friendly questions

    Fyreflie replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just to comment on this, too, is that policy a recent one? The Baby Friendly policies I've seen have always stated that the infant and mother being skin to skin with frequent attempts/drops hand...

  6. baby friendly questions

    Fyreflie replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    carrie are you able to shadow one of your LCs further? It's frustrating to try to help Moms when you feel you don't have adequate training. when my old hospital went to "team" nursing they created...

  7. baby friendly questions

    Fyreflie replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Rhee I've been waiting until I'm not on my phone to write a "real" reply to this because I think there are a lot of different ways to look at BFI and I'm really passionate about this! I've worked at...

  8. Men in OB/Peds Nursing....Any thoughts?....

    Fyreflie replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I say go for it. As someone else has already pointed out, just because you're female doesn't mean you have the monopoly on compassionate care; I know plenty of female L&D nurses that I have wanted...

  9. baby friendly questions

    Fyreflie replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Elvish I agree with you. I've worked post partum in two different baby friendly facilities and the only one in which I felt I was able to truly provide good support and education with feeds was the...

  10. How to become a L&D nurse?

    Fyreflie replied to LaceElaine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I pretty much had L@D thrown at me right out of school. The float pool manager I interviewed with had previously been a maternity manager and thought I'd be a good personality fit so she asked if I...

  11. George Brown College PN Program

    Fyreflie replied to RuffaG's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I started my BScN there and loved it! But even at that level (brand new) they worked us hard--I would go in

  12. To be, or not to be, that is the question.

    Fyreflie replied to PennyWise's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    And yes, I think a union representing nurses should be for nurses only! Up here even our LPNs have a separate union because their interests are sometimes in competition with

  13. To be, or not to be, that is the question.

    Fyreflie replied to PennyWise's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm in Canada and we're all union up here--with tge exception if certain hospitals who opted out and offer other incentives--the only place I've had a bad experience with a union was in Nova Scotia,...

  14. Am I unsafe to practice?

    Fyreflie replied to Need2Care's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you're learning from this mistake, and are able to identify why it happened so that it won't happen again, I think you'll be fine! Last year, 3.5 years post grad, I gave penicillin to a woman who...

  15. New grad to mother/baby needs advice....

    Fyreflie replied to navywifeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a scary thing to hear! Don't worry--you'll do great :) there is definitely horizontal bullying In most areas of nursing, sadly, but I have had far more positive experiences than negative

  16. Questions from a new grad Re: moving to another province

    Fyreflie replied to studentchar's topic in Canada

    Hi Char, I think it's easiest to license into your program province but not impossible to do another province first. Call CARNA and just ask them :) Where in NS are you? I just did a year and a half...

  17. How did you *know* your specialty and when?

    Fyreflie replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    I initially thought I wanted something to do with mental health but was hired as a float nurse my first week out of school and the manager I interviewed with asked me if I had ever thought of OB (I...

  18. Do you have family members who are nurses?

    Fyreflie replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My grandmother was an NA for years and years and then it skipped a generation--all four if her kids are musicians! I started Nursing School at 24 after traveling for four years, mostly affected I...

  19. No physician in-house?

    Fyreflie replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started at a larger center (4000/year) and moved to a rural hospital at my two year mark (1000-1200 a year approx with a huge cachement area). I started out terrified but after the first six months...

  20. New Grad to L/D

    Fyreflie replied to RogerThatRN5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've just passed my four year mark and I still have days when I'm terrified and unsure! I think everyone does. It's when you stop feeling that feeling of slight panic that you get relaxed enough to...