gaijingal

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1. Can a nurse really travel most places?

   gaijingal replied to Thomas_Spence's topic in International Nursing

   Hi there, You'd have to look at each country individually (which you can do on this site) and see what people are saying about particular job markets. It's hard to say generally as healthcare is...

2. any1 from fraserhealth?

   gaijingal replied to kyatRN's topic in International Nursing

   I found the recruiters from Fraser Health somewhat....chilly when I met with them at a career fair. I guess it's a socialized medicine thing. I LOVED the Texas recruiters. But that's neither here nor...

3. uk rn asking about maple ridge...

   gaijingal replied to higgy1's topic in International Nursing

   So strange to see Maple Ridge mentioned! I grew up there, and am reluctantly looking at moving back. As far as commuting, everyone commutes, further than the hospitals you mentioned, but having also...

4. Tea Causing Vomiting?

   gaijingal replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Yup. I can't drink tea on an empty stomach either. I assumed it was the tannic acid, because I can drink gallons of coffee, and just get jittery, not

5. wearing perfume to work

   gaijingal replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing

   If one more person tells me they're wearing "just a bit" I'll scream. I don't care how you put it on, or whether it was eau de toilette or body spray, and neither does my migraine. I recognize that...

6. just a thought

   gaijingal replied to fire storm's topic in Male Nursing Students

   This subject has recently come up in one of my classes. One of the guys was already spitting mad that a patient MIGHT refuse him as their L&D nurse -- we're in the first term, this is just an idea...

7. Why are so many of us over weight?

   gaijingal replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

   I have to admit, I missed the "I'm not being offensive" caveat. The thing is, I find the offensive people always forget to mention "BTW, I'm being offensive here." It muddies the waters tremendously....

8. just a thought

   gaijingal replied to fire storm's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I would be very uncomfortable with a male L&D nurse or midwife -- as would my fiance(well, once we're married). To be fair, though, this is also true of MD's, and I try to avoid having male...

9. What Gets to You??

   gaijingal replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   >>I still say FEET!!!. My cousin is like this...she's been a nurse for 15 years, but can't cut her own kids' toenails....even nice,clean baby ones. SO WEIRD. Apparently in her practicals, her...

10. Help me please on this topic!!:selfbonk:

    gaijingal replied to anita2812's topic in General Nursing

    Something to think about: Directives for Human Experimentation NUREMBERG CODE 1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html...

11. Difficulty/Competitiveness for Admission to RN/BSN programs in the GTA area.

    gaijingal replied to texancanadian's topic in International Nursing

    I think York University has a nursing program itself, seperate from the Seneca College one...and possibly a two year program as well (which is brand new this year, so maybe not a safe bet!). But this...

12. what shoes do you wear...

    gaijingal replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Right before my clinicals started last month, Nike Shox finally came out in all-white -- with a leather tongue!!!! All the other models have mesh over the top of the foot...regulations don't say...

13. ...and a side order of placenta please

    gaijingal replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my bro was born in 1992, they asked my dad if he wanted the placenta so we could all eat it. This was in west coast suburbia, and we're obviously an all honky/no culture kind of family, so it...

14. Nursing Scrubs!

    gaijingal replied to croyez's topic in General Nursing

    I loooooooooooove flannel...but I don't have much experience with scrubs, so I don't know if there is some reason it wouldn't work (more likely to carry microorganisms etc). I also like the sleeve...

15. Anyone Have Professors That Do This?

    gaijingal replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ALL of my profs are doing it! My program seems to depend very heavily on the online bulletin boards, which allows profs to not be prepared one class in advance, as they can always post the reading...