Mito

Hello All, After reading the success that N.S. nurses using this strategy I am thinking this would be our last hope at my hospital to finally get management to take the nurse's issues seriously? The chronic lack of staff, the determination of managem...

I would like to hear from nurses all across Canada regarding the working conditions , wages and benefits that they are seeking and how this will effect the retention and recruitment of the nurses we already have.

Hello All, I am about to start my clinical consolidation with a preceptor on a med/surg floor. This is my main interest in nursing and why I chose to do my entire consolidation there. My fellow students , however seem to be more interested in the s...

Annie, A few things come to mind: 1: have you read the course outline that you were given at the start of the semester? , this should really be retitled as "what is going to be test material" 2. stop with notes already, pick out the important genera...

You must get past the shy part of personality and get on with the job. Your wife must have given you some indication of what nurses do on a daily basis. You must be comfortable with female/male anatomy with various fluids and/or substances present....

I am 42 and I have been in a nursing related field for 20years. I spent the first 14 years as a nurse's aide/orderly and completed the RN program in 2003. I went into a f/t program which is not possible for everyone. It sounds like you have done...

Ontario: long term care and acute care hospitals

Hi Everyone' I'm a student nurse entereing my rotation on a med-surg unit and I need to buy a stethoscope. I would like to know what scopes any of you are presently using, are you happy with it and what one would you recommend? Any help you could pr...

Hello alll, Having been out for a year now I would have to agree with Fergus that med/surg is always a good choice for a new grad since there seems to be casual and pt positions available. It is a nice place to "park" and get a chance to see what is...

Hello I am a new grad RN on a telemetry unit and that is all I have worked since graduating in June of 2003 I have taken the CC1 course and learned alot from my collegues. It is really a good floor to work on and I think you will enjoy it if you ge...

Dalton Mcguinty is proposing that public service workers ie nurses, doctors teacher etc. temper their wage demands to help pay down the debt the liberals inherited from the tories. Ofcourse some of the tax cuts the tories imposed aren't being mentio...

Ransome, Fergus51 is giving you some excellent advice and I will add my experience of preparing for the RN exam. I did use the guide and I think I averaged around 75% on the tests but I also used NCLX review books since this helped me prepare for d...

I think one way you could cut down on your reading is to use the course outline they gave you at the start of the school year. Reading lists are filled with not only the required reading but extra reading while interesting and sometimes helpful is o...

Hello All, While a I agree my response may have been detailed I felt that was what was needed in this situation. Tnkrbell will never be able to develop critical thinking skills if she doesn't understand how the process works. Using 1 specific examp...

TnkrBll, Let me just say I share your pain when it comes to care plans, I remeber as a student (not that long ago) that they gave me some troulbe as well. To give some advice that might help you is: care plans are based on the nursing process that i...

No ofcourse not, if I was female I wouldn't have a problem with it either. Give the nurse abuse thing a rest please, this is an arugment based on the sexes not nurses in general. I will however comment on the fact that while the uniform is not real...

I think the sexist white cap and uniform is right where they belong in the past. I can think of nothing sillier than going back to this WWII? version of a uniform. Peggy if your husband really likes it, by all means get him a cap and white uniform ...

We use medi tech at the moment for patient data, diet and the like also staffing and scheduling. We will be using for direct entry notes starting sometime in the fall, as someone who's writing sucks I am looking forward to the change. No if we cou...

We don't allow annonimity at our hospital. I feel if a person has to complain they should have the guts to stand behind their claim. This is ofcourse just my opinion. Mike Laing

Could you be more specific about which hospitals are doing this so I can check it out for myself just soley for research purposes you understand. If it seems like I am making fun of this issue its because I AM there are plenty of other things to wor...

As a new grad and being 40 myself look at it this way; your going to be 40 anyway it is up to you if you want the education at 40 or continue with what you are doing now. Mito

Hello All, I think that danger pay is a marvelous political trick to distract nurses and the public away from the real issues surronding sars. These I believe to be: Poor information exchange between the government and frontline workers No real wi...

Hazel, Our class wanted to take part in this type of thing and thankfully it was voted down. There is nothing in my opinion more foolish than a nurse wearing one of those silly caps just like the teenagers do in drive thru places. Mito

Hello All, As a senior nursing student on a med/surg floor we have a great deal more responsibility than we did in first year (no real suprise there). With multiple tasks to do ie meds, treatment, prn's for pain and ng tube insertion and management ...

JMP, Didn't you graduate recently? ie the summer of 2001? Mito