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I just want to let you know how helpful these nursing threads have been to me. Thanks for all the information, guys; it's really reassuring to know what I should be expecting. If there's anyone with experience in the Canadian system, I'd love to hear their input.
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Can any Canadian nurses confirm for me that Nurse Practitioners here can qualify to provide abortions?
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Apr 15, 2011 20:24
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I keep forgetting where this thread is. Is there a reason that nurses hang out in BFC, instead of in The Goon Doctor with the EMTs and Pharm students?
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Mar 10, 2012 22:04
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jet sanchEz posted:Out of curiosity, would women have a hard time working as an RN in correction? Corrections was the one field my aunt, who has worked in it for years, told me not to go into as a new grad. However, a few years of experience may make a big difference. I don't think it's especially difficult but it's probably intimidating at first.
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Jul 3, 2012 20:47
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For some mysterious reason, a HUGE amount of profs/lab coordinators at my school are peds nurses. I'm guessing that with only one childrens' hospital in the city, there is absolutely no ped nurse shortage, which makes me worried for the majority of my classmates who all love babies and want to work L & D despite our clinical rotation in OB/maternity being next semester i.e. none of us have actually done it. The thing about our profs all being peds nurses is that it's incredibly annoying to hear "We never use this in the ped population!" twelve times a semester. And I think that, as a class, we're missing out on classroom experience from populations that most of us will actually work in like ER/geriatrics/ortho. Yarbald, I am insanely jealous that you only have one day of clinical a week  I guess the reason that this thread is full of students is that actual working nurses have no time to post. Woohoo, my life in two years!
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Sep 28, 2012 01:06
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Hellacopter posted:I really like the OR and ICU but for different reasons. The OR is super technical with lots of fun machines and tech, and you have a whole multidisciplinary team within arms reach around the table. Downside include surgeons, standing, and that circulating can get boring. ICU also has fun machines and tech, but you spend a lot more time with your patients and if they start to head downhill there's no transferring to a higher level of care. It's a challenging environment, but it's one where I'd be pushed to learn new things all the time. It'd also open up a lot of doors because I'd like to get into the cath lab eventually and ICU experience seems to be preferred. This is amazing, THANK YOU. I never considered using ADPIE as a resume tool.
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Oct 4, 2012 17:51
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) and I *think* that the programs use keywords to match for relevancy. 
, this is really just my personal approach and what I've come up with through a lot of reading and tweaking. I also decided to only apply for positions that I'm genuinely interested in instead of having to fake "Experience isn't required? Oh yes I'm very interested in the family clinic. 
" and for whatever reason, this latest revision of my resume and CL is getting HR to call me. Maybe it's all just timing too.
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Assuming that you're looking for PSW/PCA/UCP/NA work as a resume builder here. Make sure you emphasize actual PSW-related tasks: lifting/transfers, communication and reporting, giving showers/pericare/oral care/catheter care, feeding (and be specific if you've done NG feeding tubes), using empathetic communication with cognitively impaired individuals, assessments, etc. I leave a LOT of my work experience off my healthcare resume because the fact that I did dishes or handled cold hard  is actually I do dishes at my current job but just when we're bored and then we complain about it not what people hire nursing aides to do. It's fine to use work experiences that show accountability and that you know how to report to people with higher authority as any actual incidents will go straight to the nurse, not to you.Your description of your clinical experience sounds like you were locked in the staff room doing flowsheets your whole time. PSWing is totally practical, make sure you mention the actual physical nursing stuff you did like make beds or take blood glucose or whatever.
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Oct 6, 2012 22:07
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Go for retirement homes with ALC floors (that's a lot of them by the way) and home care agencies. Of my classmates who work as PSWs, I'd guesstimate that 70% worked home care. They are always desperate for grunts, the only downside is that you must have transportation. The ones that did get hospital positions got them in really, really small towns where the applicant pool just wasn't big enough to disqualify them OR had experience from a prior degree e.g. vet tech or research positions. Or you could just apply to the hospitals anyway! 
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Oct 6, 2012 22:29
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I honestly loved geriatrics. They can be really medically interesting, and most dementia patients can still tell you stories about their life. You also get to see a lot of interesting thought pattern abnormalities (blocking, circumstantiality) and other features of their mental illnesses. They're usually on crazy drug cocktails, so your med knowledge has to be comprehensive. And even when they're being aggressive, very few of them are capable of putting you in hospital yourself.
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Nov 8, 2012 16:21
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People react to high pressure differently. It's not about you, it's about their own frustration and you're just in the way. Do a good job, and know you're doing a good job, and let them work their own crazy out.
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Feb 1, 2013 23:28
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Have you ever told your DoN that the amount of paperwork you chase is making your actual job impossible to do? Or is the problem higher up the organizational chain?
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Mar 31, 2013 23:15
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Roki B posted:BTW the reddit r/nursing is total hellfucker garbage don't ever go there for advice you're welcome in advance. Yeah, I have zero respect for that sub since some dude posted a 3 page essay about his DEEP SOUL CALLING to work in pediatric nursing because he wanted to give back to the universe or some poo poo after taking some good acid and getting Internet points up the wazoo for it... Also a lot of Cali new grads complaining about their job market, which is understandable, but not news.
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Jul 23, 2013 17:35
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nordavind posted:At work today I met a girl with borderline personality disorder who's committed because she opened her stomach with a knife and put needles in her guts. Apparently she was sitting with her entrails in her hands when the paramedics arrived. gently caress. I've seen some poo poo in my time in psych, but this takes the loving cake. Of course she was abused as a kid. Sometimes I hate humanity. Hoooooooly poo poo. Never a dull day in psych, eh?
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Aug 21, 2013 20:49
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whatshesaid posted:Interesting. I know that not many people are interested in psych nursing, but I've never heard anyone really poo poo on it as a profession. I have always wanted to do something in psych, hence the bachelor's in psychology. Combining medical stuff with psych is the ideal thing for me. Yeah, not too keen on the military. I looked at my school's requirements for their program, and it said a year of full-time work is required before beginning the Master's program so I guess that answers my question. From what I've heard from classmates/working RNs in Canada, it's best to have a few years at least of actual floor experience as an RN before diving into Master's NP (plus, having positive cashflow would probably be nice!). I know a few of Ontario's reputable universities don't accept NP students direct from BScN.
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Aug 27, 2013 18:48
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crikster posted:This is my first semester in the ADN program. What I've learned so far is that every spare moment is spent studying. I'm pretty smart at book learning, but I'm afraid my people skills aren't good enough. I know she's banned (for a GREAT reason), but regarding that post about 'quitting' coffee? Yeah good luck with the rest of your degree.
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Sep 10, 2013 01:24
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babyturnsblue posted:I was hoping someone had some insight for me. I'm currently taking my prerequisites to apply for an ADN program. My eventual goal is to finish a BSN, but because of financial reasons I'd like to be able to start working full-time as soon as possible. I'm hearing that the job prospects for ADN are extremely bleak, but just what exactly should I expect? The 'portability' of an ADN is way lower vs. a BScN, at least in the States. If you want to work in a big city, it's going to be very tough without a BScN because magnet hospitals or something. Long-term care and nursing homes could hire basically anything, though.
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Sep 10, 2013 17:55
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According to ~my extensive Internet research~ California is the worst place in the States to be an RN. Pay is high and so the market is FLOODED. Interested to hear from anyone who went straight to ER from nursing school. Positive experiences or regrets for the rest of your lives?
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Feb 18, 2014 01:52
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Helmacron posted:Can I just call you out to explain that? Like, explain how Darwin was all about poor fuckers who lose a foot through diabetes because they never had an education, and we left them behind, and they just didn't want to bother anyone, or they hadn't had their loving mental disorder diagnosed because they're scared of doctors or doctors bills or both or any number of a loving unbelievably huge amount of things. Everyone who shows up non-compliant, injecting oxy through their PICC, etc. has a sad story behind them and has been failed at some point in the system. But it's very harmful to those people to absolve them of ALL personal responsibility. Adults have the capacity to make informed choices.
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Avian Pneumonia posted:So I've finally graduated and have my RN from Drexel University. I'm looking for a job at a hospital in or near New York City. I have preferences on the kind of hospital/unit I'd like to work on but I'll also take what I can get as a first job. According to ~rumors~ NYC is Hard Mode Job Hunt, like Cali. To be honest, I started my new grad job hunt in February, going in person to managers and introducing myself. I also attended job fairs and talked directly to recruiters to find out what they wanted (i.e. what my cover letter should say) - every recruiter, even the LASIK/botox clinics, even ones from Nowhere, SK. New grad is a rough time and a lot of my classmates found the hunt harder than we were told to expect.
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May 21, 2014 20:04
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DustingDuvet posted:I want to share a 3,000+ word guide I wrote about writing resumes for nurses with sample content included. It is intended as an actionable guide covering nursing summary sentences, content development, nursing volunteer and rotations, nursing skills, and nursing job advice for those with little to no experience. If any nursing Goons have any feedback it would be really helpful before I promote this article to the masses. quote:More specifically, are you having trouble with your ER Nurse resume, Graduate Nurse resume, Registered Nurse resume, Staff Nurse Resume, or even your Nursing Student resume? I see you there, Google keywords! This guide is terrible, but would it help anyone to see examples of actual resumes? I can post a demo one if there's interest.
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Jun 2, 2014 19:22
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I was terrified of sterile procedures at first but then I realized that everything outside the dressing tray is LLLAAAAVA. Your patient's skin? LAVA. Outside of the syringe packet? LAVA. It's also helpful to clench a sterile fist if you're not doing anything with it to keep your hand from hitting LAAAAAVA by reflex (my bad habit is nudging my glasses- I had to train myself to do it with my elbow).
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Aug 28, 2014 22:19
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ICU and ED have sort of opposite nursing personalities. EDs have to be generalists, get-stuff-done-quick, high-stress, prioritize lots and lots of patients from each other. ICU nurses are more perfectionists who know a LOT about very specialized areas and have very tight control over their patients. At least that's the stereotype I've heard.
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Sep 24, 2014 18:02
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The US rhetoric about unions is absolutely bananas. Regardless of how you feel about your union rep, the actual bottom line dollar amount on your job offer is HUGELY affected by your union status. I love ONA and I'm not afraid to admit it. Without a strong union we'd be wiping asses just for the moral high ground because nursing is a caring profession, don't you know.
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Oct 15, 2014 17:27
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At my institution, RNs are not allowed to push meds. Period. Except for tPA to de-clot PICC lines. I have an opinion 'bout that, but I'm a rookie.
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Dec 1, 2014 03:33
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Koivunen posted:What? How do you give IV pain medication? Do RNs get ACLS training? Subcutaneous infusions and PO meds. IM Dilaudid in emergencies. The hospital's mandate is to provide sub-acute care, and it's still defining what that means. I should clarify, we don't have an actual emerg/crit care department, anything nasty gets shipped right out.
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Dec 2, 2014 03:14
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otter space posted:I had a manager who was very vocal about her preference for hiring men because they don't go out on maternity leave for a year at a time. Wow that's almost illegal to admit, your manager was pretty smart!
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LordAnkh posted:My thing is also how long they'll keep the job for you until you graduate. I mean if I apply now in February who says that they have to keep my position until July when I'm licensed? But if I apply in May or June then it's less time for them to wait. You're overestimating the speed of bureaucracy. Seriously don't put it off any longer.
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Feb 1, 2015 03:46
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Weebly posted:drat, my hospital just instituted $10/hr extra incentive pay for this and next month. What? Why and how? Is every single full timer on vacation?
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Apr 24, 2015 15:42
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The knowledge that you can appeal a firing, and that it can't be dropped on you literally the day you walk in, is enough to justify having unions. America is hosed.
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May 20, 2015 21:24
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MurderBot posted:First week of PhD classes are in an orientation setting. Sounds like you're in hell. My sympathies.
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I've forgotten SO much Pharm just a year out and I still bat a better average than some of our float RPNs. We memorized a ton of psych meds that I've never given since school, and right after my textbook came out, a ton of hot new puffers dropped onto the market. Most medications can't kill a patient right away and as long as you know the ones that can, you'll be fine, specifically your insulins/coags/cornucopia of common heart meds. As a nurse the PRN's you'll advocate for the most will likely be comfort-measure things such as anxiolytics, opioids, fun wound stuff like Santyl, palliative goodies like nozinan/scopolamine, etc. Complex heart medications, antibiotics and immunosurpressants are neat, but won't be your scope to titrate.
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Jun 5, 2015 23:55
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Annath posted:The things we are expected to chart on every patient every shift (nights, because that's what I work. Days don't have to do weights for example): If you're not in ICU this is RIDICULOUS. Who has time to get this done with 4-5 patients that I'm assuming are peeing, pooping, have feeds/IVs going? Fall assessments twice per shift?
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Any Canadian nurses have opinions on Athabasca for Master's? Out of my grad cohort, 9/10 went from BScN almost immediately into an Athabasca MN for management/nurse educator roles. Which, to me, is too easy and makes me question the applicability/marketplace value of the degree. But I may be wrong so I'm curious to hear from folks with experience.
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