laurasc

laurasc

Gen Surg, Peds, family med, geriatrics

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  1. are there any more two year RN programs?

    laurasc replied to toegemojo's topic in International Nursing

    They do in Montreal. John Abbott College has an intensive program that is only 2 years and you come out with a nursing diploma....

  2. Justified or over-reaction?

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in International Nursing

    It's pretty much a fact that the ads are indeed in poor taste. But my question was, do you think those ads are as damaging to nurses as the RNAO says it is? To be perfectly honest, I think their...

  3. Peds office nurse - keep getting sick :(

    laurasc replied to indynurse#2's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I was a pediatric office nurse for almost 10 years and the first couple of years I was sick all the time. I had everything....strep, pneumonia, ear infections, gastro, influenza (multiple times), and...

  4. Anyone ever work for an R&D company?

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have an interview coming up this week with a company that essentially specializes in R&D for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. They apparently have quite the nursing department....

  5. medication errors

    laurasc replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Well, in my clinic we have a policy that a patient cannot get a med refill without seeing the doctor. They are to bring ALL their pill bottles to the doc's office and have it all filled at the same...

  6. sample protocol

    laurasc replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Samples where I work are a joke. First off, there's not much there for such a big clinic. I'm the one who is supposed to be in charge of the samples (BIG mistake...I should never have accepted it)....

  7. Horrible, awful week

    laurasc posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    If I never have another week like the one I just did, it will be waaay too soon for me. I work in a very busy family practice and 4 of the 6 nurses on staff were off sick all last week. Two never...

  8. warning..long rant..nurse skills in question!

    laurasc replied to okie2's topic in General Nursing

    That depends on the office. Where I used to work I wasn't allowed to order any tests. That was up to the doc. Where I work now we have a fair amount of autonomy and can order some tests without the...

  9. Horrible, awful week

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Well, yesterday I was at work and he came back into my office, closed the door and said "We have to talk." He then launched into a long monologue saying that he felt that he had to be aggressive...

  10. The Bad Old Days

    laurasc replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 1985 and started on a General Surgery floor that specialized in gastric bypasses. (in those days it was a nasty procedure unlike now) It was a 31 bed floor, we worked 7:30AM to 7:30PM...

  11. Horrible, awful week

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Okay, here's the update on the problem doc. Seems he was there this AM complaining to the office admin and that he completely omitted the fact that I appologized. (yeah, I did...imagine that.) I...

  12. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    laurasc replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    "lady bum" That's how one mother referred to her daughter's perineal area. It's actually quite cute. When my hubby was young his mother called his member a "Charlie". You can imagine the gales of...

  13. Do you refer patients to websites for helpful information?

    laurasc replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I have a whole list of them, but these are the ones that I remember and/or have bookmarked on this computer. http://www.region.halton.on.ca/health Our local health department web site...

  14. warning..long rant..nurse skills in question!

    laurasc replied to okie2's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm an office nurse and have been for over 10 years. I can tell you that not all of us are dunces like the one you encountered. Like many said, there are stupes in every profession and you...

  15. Treated badly in ER of hospital I work at!

    laurasc replied to missmolly's topic in General Nursing

    Hm...sounds so very familiar. About 5 years ago I found myself in the ER for about 7 hours, literally screaming into my pillow from abd/pelvic pain. No one took me seriously. And like you, the doc...

  16. Horrible, awful week

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    No, he has a habitual "god" problem....ie he thinks he's lord above us all. Seems typical of those very young docs IMO. You know it occurred to me that I started nursing when he was a snotty-nosed...

  17. sniffle sniffle... are you seeing much influenza?

    laurasc replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Oh yeah! It's moving through our clinic like the

  18. Finish the Sentence: "Doctors practice, Nurses ____________?

    laurasc replied to allamericangirl's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors practice. Nurses run their fannies off!

  19. Salary to live in New Jersey?

    laurasc posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    My husband has been approached about possible position in New Jersey. The company is supposedly somewhere near Giants Stadium and the New Jersey turnpike. My question to you all is this, what...

  20. Salary to live in New Jersey?

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Well, I want to thank you all for your replies. The job possibility for my hubbs in NJ fell through and he ended up taking another position in a town about 30 miles from here. It's about a 40 minute...

  21. How ambitious are you?

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a newly graduated nurse prac in the office...just got her license. (contrats to her! ) She's the same age as me...42. Another nurse I work with is taking every possible nursing course she...

  22. How ambitious are you?

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    That's something I would love to do one day too....probably just before or just after I decide to "retire". One of the ladies in my church did that for a week, went to South America somewhere and...

  23. Ontario Nurses and reflective practice

    laurasc posted a topic in International Nursing

    It's that time of year when once again we have to go through our refective practice spiel. How's it going? Have you been able to complete everything they require? Have you been audited? I haven't,...

  24. When physician's act up/out

    laurasc replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have to pass that one on at work for when one of our docs blows his/her

  25. Do you take the flu vaccine?

    laurasc replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    No, there's no guarantee, but if you do get the flu, it's far milder with the vaccine than without. Last year I caught the A-Fujian, the strain that wasn't covered by the vaccine but was only sick...