Best thing to do is to see what your scope of practice is under a temporary licence. Its usually defined pretty well there. Alone in the building as a grad nurse...could be scary and I doubt that you...
So I will share what I personally learned from this, having once been in your position not too long ago. I failed my CRNE, felt hopeless, went through all the emotions, and am now working as an emerg...
emergnursejudy replied to Aeterna's topic in Canada
Its interesting that with changes in the economy, the first things that seem to be cut or condensed are the roles of nurses. Hospitals attempt to balance budgets, and they immediately cut educational...
emergnursejudy replied to shawtee's topic in Canada
It also depends on the collective agreement that your hospital has with your union. At my hospital, we were without a contact for a year, and it went to arbitration. Now I don't think all hospitals...
emergnursejudy replied to UK_RN_AJ's topic in Canada
I really depends on the hospital you are working at. I work presently in the emerg in Ontario, and although I can't talk for nurses in Alberta, we are basically trained to do pretty much everything....