MacNurse

I PASSED! I PASSED! I PASSED! :roll :w00t: :roll :w00t: :roll :w00t: :biere: Giant sigh of relief!

It's still pencil and paper, and it now takes longer than it used to, because we have short answer. Ugh.

So, I took the Canadian equivalent of the NCLEX (CRNE), and I'm now going insane waiting for the results! I have to wait AT LEAST another 7-11 weeks for the results! I keep waking up in the middle of the night, I'm losing sleep. Everyone tells me, "Oh I'm sure you did fine." But I'm freaking out... :uhoh21: Just needed to vent...thanks

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And I love it! :hatparty

I always carry at least two red caps, in case I need to cap off an IV. Alcohol/chlorohexidine swabs... Mini flashlight (more like a pen light)... My little cheat sheet of patient info.... Plus what everyone else mentioned already....

Me too!!

That became standard post-SARS. It's pretty much in every hospital in Ontario (at least that I"ve been to). I think it's a wonderful idea too!

There's company here that has scrubs tops that have a collar..really sharp looking. Avoid a tapered leg look (I don't think it's flattering to anyone). My favourite scrubs are really quite soft, but require ironing. Teflon....for all those big GI bleeds, etc..... Darts on tops, I have a figure, and I wouldn't mind showing it a bit (no..I'm not trying to do the 'sexy nurse' thing) Pants that stay up.....I would love if I could have a pair of bottoms that tie at the side, but also had an elastic....

I don't believe so. I think it has to do with exposure in the bloodstream that makes accutane so teratogenic.

I know on the floors where I've had placement, we've always had a nap at night. Nothing wrong with that at all. Note to self - never work in NC...

I have a friend that's been on accutane before. She had to use liters of moisturizers!

Heeheehee...I wonder if he's going to wave his magic wand and POOF! more nurses! Or maybe nurses are the latest crop for farmers! I wonder how you can tell that nurses are 'ready to be picked'? Or when we're 'in season'? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Okay....I'll stop now

:icon_hug: :icon_hug: :icon_hug: We're all here for ya. I'm sorry you had such a rough day. Let us know how things are going.

woo hoo! I'm INFP too . Although I'm half E and half I.

You could show an episode of the process involved in caring for a palliative patient. You could show how a student nurse in her final year advocated for her patient. The hours she spent at his bedside talking, crying and holding his hand with him about his conditon, updating family and friends (and staying overtime), the countless times she assessed his pain, and how as tough as it was, the shift was good because she made a difference..... Anyone want to guess what I did today?

Ok...still student...but.... .....when you look at people in public places, and estimate how many people it would take to lift them i.e. "Whoa, that person's gotta be a 6 person lift!" or "She'd be an easy transfer" I do this all the time...is that weird or what?? :imbar

Everything! No, no....just kidding :chuckle Balancing your life can be tough. Trying to meet family obligations (or even seeing your family), having a social life, balancing the sheer volume of work/clinical....add maybe a part-time job....and trying to keep your sanity! :rotfl: But, the good news? It's possible! Thousands have before....

WOO HOO! Glad things turned out for you! Fantastic! May you have a safe and good delivery, and a perfectly healthy baby!

Ok, you have to run 100 meters in white scrubs. Except on either side of you there are beds side-by-side filled with demeted/dilirious patients that either have c.diff or a GI bleed, or hey even more fun, both! And they like to fling their crap at you as you run by. The one that gets the least amount of crap on them...or maybe whoever get through the line of flying crap..wins!! :rotfl:

Remove the little electrodes for a 12-lead that have been on a 450lbs unwashed patient for an hour (and are now extra gooey and hidden under folds) with only your teeth - fastest wins! HA! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

No disagreement from me there! She took very good care of my precious kitties! Had she identified herself as a veterinary nurse, I wouldn't have been ticked! She just needed to qualify the noun 'nurse'!

Ack! I had a similar experience at the VET's office. My cats had gone to have major dental work in Toronto, and the vet tech brought them back. I wasn't sure when they were going to be back, so I called the office, and the vet tech that was bringing them back for me was already there. The receptionist got her on the line and she said "Hi, I'm the nurse..." :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I should have said "Gee, I didn't know that RPN and RNs worked in vet offices too, I thought that only vet techs/assistants did." But alas, it caught me off guard and the vet is a close family friend... Not a flame to those that are vet techs, but, they're not nurses, period.

That's a fantastic idea! Is there some way of organizing this?

:balloons: :balloons: YAY!!! At least you got an apology! Much better than the initial kick in the pants! Well, good luck, you'll do fine when you go back and at whatever new facility to end up going to....of this I have no doubt!