Canada NOT the US

This thread is about Canadian nursing. Yup, we do it slightly differently up here.

So there are some things that you need to know. Fellow Canadians, I know we are percieved as a polite, quiet crowd, who don't like to make waves, so add in what you've discovered from newly arrived nurses.

One of my favourite memories is of a nurse who had just arrived from Texas. Apart from the language difficulties (nobody could understand his accent). We have snow a lot where I work. Not unheard of to have the odd flurry in summer. But I digress. It's November, he looks out the window and sees a few flakes and immediately looks stricken. He needs to know if he can go get his snowtyres on his truck. He drove an F150. We had to explain that this wasn't unusual and he had plenty of time to get the snowies on. But the look of panic was pure gold.

So, don't panic about snowflakes, don't assume that Mounties wear red serge at all times, and not everyone speaks French.

Don't tell us how you are only going to be here long enough to move to the States.