Placements?

[Daisy_08, BSN, RN]

i am an rpn student who needs to soon choose where to do my final placements. i know i of one hospital that hire's the new grads after they have done a placement with them (successfully of course) so that would be on a med, or rehab floor. it is more of a ltc hospital so it is pretty slow moving, but it is joined to the cities biggest hospital. any way does anybody have any ideas where i should do my second placement. i don't want to do physc, er or ltc (i work there now and my doc wants to hire me already).

thanks!

[kb14]

i don't want to do physc, er or ltc (i work there now and my doc wants to hire me already).

thanks!

you don't want to be overly too confident about getting the job. the economy continues to be depressing. anyway, how about l&d or or? btw, where do you live? i hate to assume but somewhere in on i'm probably guessing. i'm just wondering because there are slight differences in rpns/lpns scope of practice in each province/territory so it might affect where you can do your placement. best of luck!

[Daisy_08, BSN, RN]

yhea, i know what you mean, and i'm not sure ltc would be my first choice but if they offered me a job then....

you guessed right! ontario it is. i have been thinking l&d. it’s just really hard to get a placement there. i know i would love the or but i think i would miss the pt interaction too much.

you mentioned the differences between on rpns and lpn, just curious what they are?

thanks for your input.

[kb14]

RPN is equivalent to LPN it's just each province/territory have their own rules as to what an RPN/LPN (let's just call RPN/LPN = PN or Practical Nurse just in case ppl from other provinces get offended because we're using Ontarian terms lol) can do within their scope of practice. Also, it depends on what setting (hospital or LTC or home care etc.). I'm not sure what the differences are exactly, just check policies and procerdures in the different settings you're interested in.