To all RN's currently working in Canada, HELP! I have questions that I am hoping you can answer for me. I too am Canadian, and I left after graduation to come to the US to work. I am hearing so much about the nursing shortage back home and while I have been looking for these alledged jobs on the Internet I am seeing an awful lot of part time and casual but little full time. Also, I am seeing that they want qualifications out the ying-yang and that beggers are being very darned choosey, wanting masters degrees, ability to speak such languages as Tamil, Cree, etc, and I want the real scoop from those of you who are there. Are there really jobs? Much full time? How much have the working conditions deteriorated in the past 4.5yrs in my absence? Salaries, what are they like now? Obviously I can't ask potential employers these type of questions, but I want to know if it is still the same in terms of once you start working in one area, you never get out of it due to shortage of jobs and you cling to what you've got. Is it still a bunch of older women leaving no room for advancement or hopes for full time for the newcomers? Please help me out with the answers to these questions or any other helpful insight into the nursing shortage there. I really do miss home but I don't want to go back there to find myself out of work or trapped into a job waiting for full time that may never come. Thanks!
