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  1. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    OntCaRPN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I wasn't thinking in specifics. I assumed the original question to mean ... do we talk to unresponsive patients .... and yes, I do. The incident I related was regarding a fellow with a brainstem...

  2. UAB Employees out there???

    OntCaRPN replied to KK7724's topic in Alabama Nursing

    What about LPN's? Do they hire

  3. East of Birmingham Opportunities ?

    OntCaRPN replied to OntCaRPN's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Thanks CardioTrans! Sylacauga would be fabulous! it's right near where we usually go. I wonder what difference it means to staff and staffing if Citizens comes out from under the Baptist umbrella....

  4. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    OntCaRPN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Yes, I do. Many years ago we had a pt in chronic care who was exhibiting only minimal signs of response. Blinking, sucking. We had a neuro specialist come to assess him. Although the neuro doc said he...

  5. How do I wear this?

    OntCaRPN replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    The last nurse in our facility to wear her cap was down stairs at her home one day. One of her children looked down from upstairs and said "Mom, you've got a bald spot." She had the kind with a wee...

  6. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    OntCaRPN replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I know this thread has primarily been about 'love of' versus 'the pay of' but I've been thinking of something else. Here in Ontario we have a huge shortage of nurses. The average age is climbing to...

  7. Skills

    OntCaRPN replied to OntCaRPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I read somewhere on allnurses.com that in some areas, only RN's do nursing assessments. We do that too, even initial assessments and care planning. I forgot tube feeds. Everybody is supposed to teach...

  8. Change ... I could've just cried today ....

    OntCaRPN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    .... after work. We're just beginning primary care nursing. We keep getting told it's a 'learning curve' but my goodness! I'm actually coping pretty well (which surprises me) and so ... I did some of...

  9. Change ... I could've just cried today ....

    OntCaRPN replied to OntCaRPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, we are SUPPOSED to be starting primary care, but we've always been team nursing and you just get into the habit of making sure everything is done up. When it was shortly after 11 am and I knew...

  10. Cheapest Scrubs online?

    OntCaRPN replied to Butternut's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I got so tired of wearing scrubs! So I bought some tuxedo top things that are really cute here ..... http://www.scrubscanada.com ... I think there's an American site too. I get scrubs there as well....

  11. Just to say Hello

    OntCaRPN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi! I'm an Ontario RPN with over 25 yrs experience in med/surg. I've always been very content in our little local hospital BUT we've been 'allianced' and now it's terrible there. We now draw from a...