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One of our doctors is looking into starting a freestanding endoscopy clinic and has approached me to manage it. I currently work with him in a hospital based outpatient GI unit. I have alot of questions about how to staff for the best care and patien...

We have all RNs in our department and we do all the things you named. I'm confused, if the techs do all that, what do the RN's do?

Thanks! All this helps. When I was asking about where you admit/discharge I was asking for a strictly space (square footage) reason. The hospital GI clinic where I currently work has only stretchers - we admit the patient into a stretcher, start the...

Has anyone completed the BC Provincial Nominee Program process in the last year or 2? I'm wondering what the realistic timeframe is we should expect. I've hear everything from 6 month to a year. We just sent in all the paperwork to my employer, who p...

I finally have everything in hand (work visa, etc) and my family and I are planning on moving up to Vancouver from Oregon. We are now looking for a place to live, and haven't been really thrilled with the places we've seen IN Vancouver so we are look...

OK, so we're going up this weekend to see the above-mentioned houses, as well as another we got a line on that we really are interested in. Question - the house appears to be on the Musqueam reserve, by UBC. Does anyone have any experience living in ...

Unfortunately this is only part of the process. You MUST have a work visa to work in Canada (as someone from another country). I too thought I only had to be approved for my temporary license, and was ecstatic the day that came through. The I found o...

I guess I should have specified - we won't be buying a house, at least not yet. We will be renting. Since we are moving from the states, and I am on a work visa, we want to make sure we all like it as much as we think before that big a commitment. We...

I have a job at BC Womens, and would like to be able to commute on transit - that is one attraction of the New West and Surrey locations - it would be a relatively quick commute on skytrain and short bus. We have looked around in Coquitlam (my husban...

Are nurse anesthetists used at all in Canada - if so, are there educational programs in BC??

Our radiology department will use an existing IV for contrast depending on the type of exam being done. If they need to use their power injector they need an AC line, but they will use an existing one if the pt has one. They call the floor to check o...

Doing a little survey on different facilities PICC placement policies/procedures.... I would appreciate input from anyone who can. You can send me a PM or post here. I am looking for the following info: Do your nurses place PICCs at bedside? With ult...

Does anyone know anything about Langley hospital, and am I remembering correctly that I have heard on this forum to stay away from Surrey Memorial?? Thanks!

1) ONLY NS!! We use 10cc for a routine flush, 20cc after a blood draw. 2) Change sites every 4 days (96 hours). We just changed this year from 72h - it was investigated by our Infectious Disease department after we came to them with the fact that man...

I think the rep from whatever company makes the PICCs you are using (Bard or ??) could tell you the specs for their product. I know that our radiology won't use a PICC line for contrast with their power injector, but honestly I don't know what rate t...

I have noticed reading over this forum that there are quite a few nurses here that have moved to Canada from the US, or are in the process. I am wondering, for those like me who are still trying to get there, what part of the process are you in? What...

Thanks canuckeh! I've been keeping an eye on craigs list, even though I don't think we'll be moving for a few more months. The only area I've been told to stay away from in Surrey. I was wondering about Richmond, but I couldn't figure out how easy it...

Sort of on the same topic - I have been offered a job at BC Womens & Childrens and will be moving up from Oregon in August. I would like to be able to commute easily, and prefereably without a car, and we will need to rent at first. We have 2 dog...

No stupid questions here! Yes, it is fine. What always seems odd to me, and what I did yesterday, is giving heparin in one line and packed cells in the other. It was a post-OHS guy, so I guess they don't want clots!

OK, I am a US nurse in the process of moving to Canada.... so granted I know relatively nothing about nursing in Canada yet (not really the reason we're moving), but I want to caution everyone about the "grass is always greener" syndrome. There is a ...

One more thing... on our IV team we have a policy: 2 sticks per nurse. After 2 sticks with no luck you're going to start to have confidence issues, no matter how good you are, and the patient will too. I just say "2 pokes is my limit, your veins are ...

I got a job offer at BC Women's today! I'm so happy - one more hurdle over on the way to Canada! Now the work permit... I've heard good things about the place - hope it's ok. It's kind of wierd taking a job long-distance...

It just takes time and lots & lots of practice. I was also one who believed she was bad at IV's... and now I'm an IV nurse. Some advice - confidence - it's easy to believe that you will again not get the IV, but try to believe instead that you wi...

To answer your first question - yes, if there was ever a lawsuit that involved an infection with the IV as a possible cause, anyone who wasn't following your facility policy relating to IV starts and dressing is vulnerable in that suit. Your faciliti...

You can also remind them that the cost of tegaderm is MUCh less than the cost of a lawsuit for pericarditis from an infected IV.