Mewsin

Good luck in your new adventures.

It's almost time. Are you ready?

Oh man I thought my first clinical site was bad. I'd be tempted to go and buy gloves for myself. I would definitely not work there when I was finished.

I just did a clinical placement at my place of employment. It was the best clinical experience ever. At my work not only were they understanding about being a student they also were very helpful and tried to come up with more experiences for me to do...

There is just no way for us to know what it will be like. I work a casual job, when I'm not in school, but I get full time hours. There were 2 months when I first started that I didn't get enough hours though, so I mean it happens. Did you ask how ma...

We really only use them in the clinical setting and I love them. It just brings everything together, focuses you on your assessments, and keeps you on track for the day. Doing them is hash and when one instructor wants them done differently than the...

Are you still working on the same unit where you were having problems before with not being able to get the work done? Would it have helped if another nurse would have spoken with your patient? I'm not saying you're not competent at all but I know s...

I have been waiting for this day for almost a year. Before I started school I was a casual aide working full time. Now I just work on holidays. Today I'm so freaking excited I could hardly sleep. I was up at 4:30, I've already worked out and I'm rea...

It is going great so far. We did one day of orientation to the building, I worked at an aide with my co-workers. It was freaking awesome. Tomorrow, one of my favourite nurses is on my team and I have already asked him if I can tag along with him when...

Good luck. My advice is simple be in class, don't fall behind, enjoy the ride. It's tough but I've been told it's worth it.

In our health region everyone has their first and last names on their badge.

What about making drug cards for the clients you are passing meds to? When I pass meds in school I have a sheet of paper with each drug on it, and the times they are to be administered. It gives me a quick reference sheet as to what the drug does, wh...

I would just say make the best of it, it will go quickly. I had an issue at the beginning of our semester in September, I did a weekly countdown to get myself through, maybe that would help. Do you have time at your job to study? I'd just use time ...

I'm in a Canadian practical nursing program.

I did just do this it does take a little effort to get contents. Generally I'd think an instructor should know how much force to use. And you do need to know if there is residual feed in there. Now I'm assuming this is a formula we're talking about n...

Really? I think we all get that this is a nursing student. Next semester I do a nursing clinical rotation on medicine, I don't think we need to get not picky. My advice, learn as much as you can you never know when things will go downhill on medici...

Body mechanics, body mechanics, body mechanics. Don't do anything that will put your back in danger, stand your ground. I'm a CCA in LTC and a nursing student. Last semester during clinicals there was a patient not being transferred properly. I refu...

So far we have written papers on determinants of health, social deviance, cultural symbols, and diversity.

Yes you did the right thing. I would have made a joke about the running faster comment. Just move on, we grumble about the paper work but it is a necessary evil.

I'm almost finished second semester, just finals and practicum left. 1st semester Wash hands Transfer lifts repositioning Make bed, occupied and unoccupied Catheter care Bed bath Rom Feeding people, assessing swallowing, assessing risk for aspiratio...

Our CCA course I heard is a lot like your PSW course. I found it just helps. My practical nursing program in the first semester just built upon what I learned in the CCA. The way our pnp course works is that everything overlaps everything else. So wh...

We have finals week coming up starting Monday. 5 days 5 finals then our second semester practicum and then a break for a week. The practicum is at my workplace which is awesome but my "break" week I'm working also.

My night shift job is not like that.

I thought about it for this semester but it looks like we're going on strike so I may just stay on education leave.

1. Continuing care assistant is my title. 2. I'm in Saskatchewan Canada. 3. I make 21.37/hr. I started at 19.87 4. I get shift diff, and weekend premium. Weekend premium is higher than shift diff but if you work nights on a weekend you get both. 5...