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  1. RN in London, Ontario

    jennylee321 replied to lkm812's topic in Canada

    If your interview at LHSC or St. Joes went poorly , then yes it is possible that HR will block future applications. Are you willing to relocate, London is a tricky area because they graduate a new...

  2. Dream NICU

    jennylee321 replied to may1787's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Gas machine on the unit, if you don't already have one. I've never worked in a private room NICU, only as a student. But there should be some sort of convertible bed for breastfeeding...

  3. IV infiltrate: Lessons Learned

    jennylee321 replied to NeoRN11's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Agree with what the others above said. Infiltrations happen and all we can do is learn from them and be vigilant going forward. Here is my advice from what I've learned over the years. 1. Never trust...

  4. Fall risk

    jennylee321 replied to dbnurse99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Encourage mums partner or support person to be there with her seems like a good solution to

  5. What to expect during L&D???

    jennylee321 replied to Destin293's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would recommend a prenatal/birthing

  6. Tips for counting neonate's RR and HR?

    jennylee321 replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Counting HR is pretty straight forward after some practice. Always try to take HR and RR when baby is settled because counting a HR of 200 is not fun. For RR you can count the chest rises but I often...

  7. Assisted living turned nightmare

    jennylee321 replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    nightmare

  8. Calling the unit? Mistake?

    jennylee321 replied to dergs's topic in General Nursing

    No this is a common thing to do when your new. When I was new I would sometime wake up at 2am and be like "did I chart that

  9. UK Nurse experience?

    jennylee321 replied to LoopyLu's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    In NZ if you are an adult nurse from the UK you can't work in paediatrics, so I imagine this would be true in Australia. This only applies to UK nurses since you register into child health or adult...

  10. Be a Nurse in Australia or New Zealand

    jennylee321 replied to SaberSolstice's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    If you are making your decision based solely on money than Australia. If you are from certain countries (ie. India, Phillipines), your chances of getting registration/visa will be better in

  11. 50 years!

    jennylee321 replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Amazing, what an honour to have touched so many little

  12. Please help. Career over before it starts.

    jennylee321 replied to Emjked123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Not every one in NICU has to do transports, it would be one of the easier specialties to get by with a weight lifting

  13. Change of career

    jennylee321 replied to vanillas_rn's topic in Philippines

    What is a toxic watcher

  14. Pregnant in nursing school

    jennylee321 replied to AMJ17's topic in General Students

    One last thing, you might not know your having a c-section till 15 mins before you need

  15. Pregnant in nursing school

    jennylee321 replied to AMJ17's topic in General Students

    Take some time to let it sink in that your previous plans will be affected by a newborn. Moms who are able to devote 100% of there time to there babies still get overwhelmed, so please don't go...

  16. Pregnant in nursing school

    jennylee321 replied to AMJ17's topic in General Students

    If you can come to an agreement with the school take some time off and enjoy your baby. They are only they little once and you should get a chance to breastfeed if you want. If you are living at home...

  17. Good Level 2 NICUs in the GTA for a New Grad?

    jennylee321 replied to Hope888's topic in Canada

    Agreed ! As far as I'm aware level 2 NICUs in GTA don't like to hire new grads. They want experienced RNs and don't have the funds to support a lengthy

  18. Starting my 40th year

    jennylee321 replied to kitty29's topic in General Nursing

    They have to tell you something to improve on right? Nobody's

  19. The nurse that assesses the newborn immediately after delivery??

    jennylee321 replied to BSNSt3ph's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    its not like this everywhere at my hospital MD/NNP are only called for high risk deliveries. At other places I've worked its a NICU nurse/RRT team that attend higher risk deliveries and NNP/MD would...

  20. NICU

    jennylee321 replied to dreamerachiever's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Your hospital will probably define a "newborn period" ie. 14 days, and NICU will take anything still falling in the newborn period. Free standing NICUs yes will take some babies "off the streets"...

  21. DOULA TO L&D NURSE

    jennylee321 replied to Ehoughton12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not say your going to try and pursue midwifery after a year of experience. Tell them that it's part of your 5-10 year plan. No one wants to hire someone who wants to leave after a year,...

  22. Employee Complaint

    jennylee321 replied to FlyingFishofFury's topic in General Nursing

    Unless it goes the other way and you get in trouble for not apologising Either way sounds like we are definitely in special snowflake territory here. Are you a newer nurse but she's a very...

  23. How to boost a resume for NICU?

    jennylee321 replied to SP1CEGRL's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Please reconsider applying to the NICU that is a 2 hr commute. This will be incredibly difficult and it will make it hard for you to last a sufficient amount of time there. As others have suggested if...

  24. Potential nursing student needing advice

    jennylee321 replied to NurseMaybe?'s topic in Canada

    Glad to see that men are getting more opportunities then women even though we are a female dominated profession. Let's keep that gender pay gap strong ! *eye

  25. What is General Duty Nursing?

    jennylee321 replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    Haven't heard this term