Roben

I know . Sufenta is the analog. Offtopic: We just use fentanyl as patches for people with chronic pain. I'll ask today if they use it in the OR intravenously. ICU (Belgium)

Just out of general interest. When you are talking about Fentanyl. Do you mean Sufentanil? We usually combine propofol and sufentanil. Propofol 6-12 mg/kg/hr, Sufentanil 10 mcg/hr. (0,15–0,7 microg/kg) Depending on what reason we can make everybody go to sleep :). Not limited to: Dexdor (Dexmedetomidine), Ultiva (Remifentanil), Dormicum (Midazolam), Sodiumthiopental (last resort, TBI)

Wow, thanks for answering so quick and thorough! It seems like there aren't really huge difference in the ICU. I didn't know there where so many nurses looking for a job. In Netherlands, Belgium and Germany (the rest I do not know) we have the luxury we can choose our hospital. There is a big shortage. For eg. I did job applications in seven different hospitals, all seven said yes. What city would you suggest instead of Ottawa? Peterborough?

Hello to you all, I'm glad I found a way to find like minded people for over 7000 km's away. Isn't it the best job of the world ? Before asking my question I will introduce myself. I'm a 24 year old male living, working and studying in Belgium (Antwerp). I did my bachelor nursing study in the Netherlands (comparable with RN) and I am currently working on an ICU in Belgium. To become better at my job I am doing an ER / ICU specialization in Belgium. Before I became a nurse I worked as a elderly care-taker and later as an EMT. I did a few small time jobs and ofc. my internships as a nurse :). I am trying to realize working in Canada for a while now. My application for citizenship (mother is Canadian) has been send out last year december. Today I contacted the College of Nursing in Ontario and spoke with a very nice lady. I will fill out my application for RN soon. With other words, my plans are becoming more solid every moment. And I must say, I'm getting more excited every day. Excuse me for my long introduction. I have already worked in two country's and I know it can be difficult to adjust (medication, law, you name it!). So to be as prepared as possible it would be great if someone could hand me some information about working on the ICU or ER in Canada. Is there any typical Canadian book about the ICU/ER regarding: - medication and dosages. For eg. we work a lot with the vasopressin/inotropic levophed(noradrenaline) and we use gamma's for patients. - normal values. We work with the metric system For eg. in Netherlands they use 4-8 mmol/l for glucose (blood sugar test?) and in belgium they use 90-120 mg/dl - standard procedures, we also have PiCCo, Swan Ganz, ventilation (dräger) etc etc. But I would like to read about it in English. Using the correct names, I still find that out every day - nursing law? - etc. Besides that I would like to know how working on a ICU is: do you wash patients or does someone else do that? How many patients do you have? Are they all critical or do you also have MC patient's on your ward. Is there a permanent anesthetic or intensive care doctor? For the ER: do you always stay on the ER or do you also ride out? I read somewhere you got shifts of 12 hrs, isn't it killing? I know it is region dependent but what's the general population you threat? Any more information and story's are welcome. I'm going through the forums already to sniff up bright ideas ! Excuse my grammar and maybe the inappropriate / strange way I use my words. Thanks!! ps. I am focusing on Ontario, especially Ottawa city.