boomshakelaka

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1. BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

   boomshakelaka replied to wizkid1's topic in CA Programs

   BCIT has a partnership with the hospitals that gets their students a bursary for preceptorship. It’s basically like being paid but you are not hired by the health authorities. You are also not allowed to find ESN employment because of this partnershi...

2. New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

   boomshakelaka replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

   i agree that OP is probably the common denominator. she's messing up and the preceptors have to give feedback and criticism. whether or not OP is getting it, it should always be done in a respectful manner especially when its coming from someone in a...

3. Platelet Administration

   boomshakelaka replied to rn39648's topic in Safety

   interesting. i need to find this article and bring it up at work as we do platelet transfusions quite regularly and this is the belief

4. Platelet Administration

   boomshakelaka replied to rn39648's topic in Safety

   over gravity it could take about 20 minutes. how fast is this push and pull method? what i understood is that platelets cant be administered under pressure. the cells become unstable/break so the patient does not get the platelet increments they shou...

5. how do you pick what school to attend

   boomshakelaka replied to CURLYKATE's topic in CA Programs

   given that you're going to be stuck going to that school for 3 or 4 years its good to do some research before you apply. if you know where you're going to be staying and dont plan on moving, apply to the ones most convenient to you. you don't want to...

6. When Your Loved One is Admitted

   boomshakelaka replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry to hear that this happened to your mom. We have personal time off to use for a reason - situations like this. I couldn’t work if this has happened to my family - knowing everything that happens behind the scenes. And even if I do work I would b...

7. New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

   boomshakelaka replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

   OP. Have you figured out what you’re going to do? Are you choosing to complete your orientation?

8. BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

   boomshakelaka replied to wizkid1's topic in CA Programs

   Don’t get me wrong. Bcit is still and amazing school and you’ll become such an amazing nurse if you do choose to go. But they are currently going through a lot of changes to the curriculum - you probably don’t want to be the first few to try it out i...

9. BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

   boomshakelaka replied to wizkid1's topic in CA Programs

   Yes I don’t know why they are struggling compared to the other students then. Maybe it’s just these individual students or they’ve implemented some changes even to those about to finish the program. But it’s also the first year students that we get f...

10. 5 yr Nurse Burnout

    boomshakelaka replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    2 years in and i feel i might be. i used to have so much patience for my patients, but now i have less room for compassion. i sometimes take out my stress on my friends and family and its so unfair. the job is tough and maybe we just need to change t...

11. New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    boomshakelaka replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    When i was a new grad and just got hired I hated orientation. I hated the person orientating me, the educator and my manager. I felt that i wasn't being supported enough and they would only focus on my mistakes rather than the positive things that I'...

12. BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

    boomshakelaka replied to wizkid1's topic in CA Programs

    When i went to bcit two years ago, the NCLEX was not incorporated into the program. most of us paid to take a course at kaplan or hurst. Langara on the other hand had incorporated it into their program by that time.. maybe BCIT has by now, but BCIT d...

13. Is this even Legal?

    boomshakelaka replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    that is insane. could they not float a nurse from another unit to help? if you feel unsafe taking care of 16 patients you should call in sick yourself

14. BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

    boomshakelaka replied to wizkid1's topic in CA Programs

    I am currently working in med surg and we get preceptor students from UBC, Langara and BCIT. BCIT used to have a good reputation but my colleagues and I have experienced working with some recently who seem to struggle much more than the other student...

15. Oral care in patients

    boomshakelaka posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a nursing student, i've observed that not every policy a hospital has is being upheld by nurses. one for example is oral care. Policy says every 12 hours, with 4 hour mouth assessments, but i sometimes only see one a day in other patients that are...