Nursing school as mature student

First it depends which province you are registered in as to your wage. They are all different. I am in BC. We start around 22.00 and up to about 32.00. I doubt you will get a job as an RN or even a student RN at a hospital. Alot in my class were able to work as care aides in extended care facilities though. Good wage and experience.

I guess it depends on the nursing shortage where you are going to school. The hospital that I do my practicum in, and will do my preceptorship in, has asked my class to work as student nurses NOW. We would make somewhere around $18/hour as casual nursing students. They are in a severe nursing shortage though. Each nurse cares for an average of ten patients/shift. If someone calls in sick... they are LUCKY to find even one person willing to work yet another overtime shift to cover. I spoke with a few of the casual RN's... they work full-time hours even though they casual staff... we are THAT short. I have not agreed to work as a student because I am so short of time now (average three or four hours of sleep/night during the week) and think working two 12-hour shifts a week on top of the two 12-hour practicum shifts, classes and nonstop homework would kill me.