fireandice

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1. Pay Scale

   fireandice replied to Trauma's topic in CCU

   I was just so surprised of what I just learned! I think it's time for me to invite everybody to come here in Canada to work! I just started working in the ICU last year without previous experience on this area, came from another country, and yet...I ...

2. Medical errors by nurses in hospitals are the result of?

   fireandice replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Dear colleagues, the main reason of all this problems is simple and yet complicated enough to cause lives..and that is...our Health system sucks!

3. death and dying

   fireandice replied to macky's topic in General Nursing

   Macky: The truth is most of us don't deal well with death, particularly the idea of our own death. You and I know of many patients with whom we've tried to discuss the seriousness of their disease, only to be dismissed with the wave of a hand or tig...

4. LPNs Giving Shots

   fireandice replied to nikkitodd's topic in General Nursing

   LPNs in my facility are not allowed to give IVs or IMs. They should be allowed to do it 'coz they were being trained to do it. Why train people, waste their time, not to mention waste money if they will end up not using what they were learning at sc...

5. aides that put your job on the line

   fireandice replied to erezebet's topic in General Nursing

   I've been working everywhere. I once worked in a nursing home where nursing aides rules! They rule everybody, they act like they're in charge, and they arhue with the RN! Why? Because most of them had been working in the facility for years and even ...