jamd11

jamd11

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  1. At what point do you send to the hospital?

    jamd11 replied to jamd11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the info! At the facility I am at (its probably different in canada mind you) the RN makes the final call (I'm a RPN which I think is equal to a LPN) to send to the hospital or contact the...

  2. New RN from US moving to Toronto-help!

    jamd11 replied to foster356's topic in Canada

    Did you write the NCLEX-RN? Do you have an ASN or LPN? You might have to write the CPRNE for Practical Nursing... its a 2.5 year program in Canada so that may be what you have is equivalent too? I'm...

  3. Want to get into obstetrics.. needs advice!

    jamd11 posted a topic in Canada

    Hello to all you maternal & newborn nurses! I have some questions! I'm currently in my 3rd year BScN at York U but this summer I did the 2nd year BScN to RPN bridge through Georgian College. I'm...

  4. Want to get into obstetrics.. needs advice!

    jamd11 replied to jamd11's topic in Canada

    she or he

  5. Can I use the same location for two IM injections and how far apart?

    jamd11 replied to smooshcrickets's topic in Patient Medications

    Are the medications compatible together? Often to spare the patient the experience and discomfort of being stuck with a needle twice we mix together the two medications and inject as one IM. Call...

  6. Want to get into obstetrics.. needs advice!

    jamd11 replied to jamd11's topic in Canada

    I was talking about the 2nd year BScN bridge to RPN available at Georgian that she asked about, not the m & n certificate

  7. Want to get into obstetrics.. needs advice!

    jamd11 replied to jamd11's topic in Canada

    Thanks for the advice! I'm not necessarily expecting to get a job right away in this area more so looking for when I am completed my RN in two years but I would like to have the knowledge before...

  8. Want to get into obstetrics.. needs advice!

    jamd11 replied to jamd11's topic in Canada

    Hello Galipemi.... The course is not advertised on their website. Its only available to Georgian-York collaborative RN students and the program is the only one in Ontario for now. I think I saw on...

  9. RN to CNA...

    jamd11 replied to fireball78's topic in California Nursing

    In Canada, regulated health care professionals have to work to their full scope of practice, I assume its similar in the states (just assuming lol I could be wrong), So you'd be expected to work to...

  10. wound Vacs

    jamd11 replied to shefrn1's topic in Home Health

    In my experience, some simple things I found helpful was to give prn pain meds a decent amount of time prior to changing as the sponge tends to dry up and extracting it from the wound can be so...

  11. What type of agenda do you use for nursing school?

    jamd11 replied to Guest11/16/14's topic in General Students

    I use pocket life and calendar + apps on my iPhone and it syncs with my MacBook and iPad so I have all my schedules updated if I change one . I also bought a basic day planner from staples and...

  12. First Day of Nursing School

    jamd11 replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    Wow! American nursing schools and Canadian nursing schools seem like day and night from each other ! All your prep is intense and you start classes about a month before we do! I know this post isn't...

  13. Question about Canadian CPRNE exam!

    jamd11 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hello, I'm registered to write my CPRNE on September 11th, 2013 in Toronto... For all you who are currently studying or have successfully passed the examination recently, what textbooks did you mainly...