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Hello! I'm a new nurse and have little experience when it comes to this slippery slope in nursing. I am wondering.... is it ok to tell a white lie for the comfort of the patient?? Say they are extremely confused, have a short term memory of about 5 m...

For all you lovely nurses that like to stay in shape when you're not working. What are some good work out songs you listen to? I've recently decided to get fit and healthy and my iPod is lacking looking for any suggestions! Thanks In Advance!

For those that have access to this program and have taken the nclex... how similar is the presentation of questions on the nclex and is it comparable to the level of questions on the actual nclex? I'm a Canadian BSN student and we are writing the NCL...

Hello! I'm a new nurse in LTC and I would like some clarification from experienced nurses. My question is at what point would you make a call to send a LTC patient to the hospital? I'm asking this question because recently a patient who is normally i...

If you are taking micro for nursing at York ..... Best of luck to you be prepared to self teach the entire course - currently taking it as we speak... It's a nightmare !

Look up Lipid A !

I passed as well! I live out in the boonies about 1.5-2 hours north of Toronto so it took awhile for the results! Congrats to all successful applicants !

I'm in ON and no mail yet!

In Canada too, I've never been drug tested in my life .

This is NOT a homework question...I follow a few facebook groups ran by nurses helping students prepare for their registration exams and one posted this question and have not posted the answer and it has me scratching my head... I'm torn between A,B ...

This is also not for the nclex. I am a Canadian New grad just following an online Facebook group that posts questions daily and this one had me confused :|

So the facebook group moderator posted the answer as A - with no rationale . I hope it was a typo

Ahhhhaa....Blood cultures! I knew I was missing something with my thinking process thanks !

Thank you !

In my experience 3-11 is the worst shift in the world.... It's ok of you are working a mixture of hours but 3-11 straight you really feel it. I felt like all I was doing was sleeping and preparing to go to work. I couldn't get anything done .

Where to start . . . . LTC care facility.... Getting a 95 year old woman dressed for the day (I was new to the unit and not familiar with the Residents quite yet)... She had a lt mastectomy and was supposed to have a prosthetic breast. Well, she empt...

I'm starting my 3rd year (collab degree with Georgian-York). I was just wondering if there are any York graduates out there (past couple of years). Did you find that York prepared you well to write your registration exam? Did it take you long to find...

Assuming things gets you no where and you are making a fool of yourself. It's great you are so passionate about this and trying to help people out but you are talking a big game with not a lot of information to back you up. Stating "I got lucky and p...

In Ontario you need a PSW Certificate inorder to even be considered for a PSW job at a hospital or long term care facility. PSW at hospitals and Nursing homes work along side Nurses doing bedside care. Im a registered RPN so i work with many PSW at t...

Hey everyone! I'm a Canadian nurse and I had posted this to the Canadian nurses forum with little luck before the thread went off topic/dead. I am just wondering what you did to land your job in L&D or PP? Did you take special courses, volunteer...

You need to convert mg to mcg or vice versa. Then you need to use your formula to figure out the rest.