Moving to montreal from tx-taking the professional exam soon

[rubriam]

I will be moving to Montreal from San Antonio, texas, I will be taking the professional examination for nursing on sept 18-20, by the OIIQ.

I was wondering what book is used in quebec for Skills and Techniques (procedures) is there much difference on US procedures and Canada procedures? the book that we used here is by Perry and Potter "Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques."

I also was wondering if theres is any other books that are available out there to prepare for the Professional examination by the OIIQ. I bought the book that is sold by OIIQ, to study for this exam, the title is "Professional Examination preparation guide" I have not been able to find any other study guides on-line!!!! I'm suprised because you can find tons of books to prepare you for the NCLEX but nothing for the exam given by the OIIQ.

I will be greatly appreciated if anyone can guide me on how to find more study materials for this exam.

thank you in advance

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

About 70% of Canada's population is found within 3-500 miles from the US border. The farther away one gets from the border, the sporificer the population and the more challenging the climate and terrain. A significant number of people living in remote areas are First Nations and their living conditions are often quite primitive. You might want to read this thread, where I've had a similar conversation with another nurse from south of the 49th: https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/canadian-province-hiring-432993.html

[ahappyspark]

Dont think remote/rural is for me...got 2 young kids....I will stick with Vancouver and hope these olympics will improve their economy...got to fine a nice community health setting.....average pay or 2yr APRN ...family practice...anyone got any ideas?

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Dont think remote/rural is for me...got 2 young kids....I will stick with Vancouver and hope these olympics will improve their economy...

I wouldn't put all my eggs in THAT basket. The cost overruns on these Olympics have created what will likely be a huge deficit situation for both the city and the province. Calgary's hosting of the 1988 Winter Olympics was said to have resulted in a profit, but a forensic audit revealed some very suspect bookkeeping practices and the actual costs were difficult to pin down. The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal left that city with a now-rarely-used white elephant of a stadium still referred to a generation later as "The Big Owe".

The City of Vancouver says there won't be any Olympic-sized profits coming from the troubled Olympic Village in False Creek.

The project-once forecast to yield millions of dollars in profit-is instead mired in multimillion-dollar cost overruns, according to a consultant's report released Tuesday...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/06/bc-olympic-village-overruns.html

The two main candidates for the mayor of Vancouver expressed differing opinions about who will be on the hook for cost overruns at the Olympic athletes' village. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver and Peter Ladner of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) discussed the extra $60 million for the $1 billion southeast False Creek development in the lead up to the Nov. 15 municipal election...

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id30942

got to fine a nice community health setting.....average pay or 2yr APRN ...family practice...anyone got any ideas?

If you've CURRENTLY got 2 years of experience as an APRN then you'd be starting off in 2011 at somewhere around $84,000 a year plus benefits, give or take. If you're only going to be at the 2 year mark in 2011 then it'll be more like $77,400 a year plus benefits. This is based the salary for a Level Four RN on the current collective agreement the BC Nurses' Union has with the province; NPs are excluded from collective bargaining through BCNU by the provincial government, meaning that their salaries and benefits are subject to shrewd negotiations by the NP herself in order to achieve the best compensation.

[ahappyspark]

Interesting....this IS going to be an uphill battle....thanks...and housing is soo expensive compared to Dallas TX! I will have 2 years experience by then...will prepare for the worst and hope for the best.