Gamma

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1. 70K possible for a Toronto nurse?

   Gamma replied to bellasalsera's topic in International

   The fact that there is a nursing shortage has created a situation whereby the amount of money you do make is directly related to whether or not you have a life outside nursing. If you check out that website you will find that at Sunnybrook Hospital i...

2. Social Security number

   Gamma replied to backbone's topic in International

   Click on the link below for information on getting your Canadian Social Insurance Number. http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/cs/sin/0200/0200_010.shtml

3. Where are you from?

   Gamma replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   Hello there, Sounds similar to me. Origionally from Nfld and started nursing back in '65. I also went to Saudi back in '96. Stayed 3 years in Riyadh, worked at KKESH, (Mustashfa I-oon). Where did you go?

4. Where are you from?

   Gamma replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   Good Luck!!! Education is very expensive in this country.

5. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

   Gamma replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   Don't pay attention to naysayers. I worked as an RPN for 20 years and went back to school when I was 38 years old. I graduated as an RN at 40 and am very happy I did. I have been employed full time since then. I have travelled and worked in the middl...

6. Where are you from?

   Gamma replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   Wow! Nice to hear from so many Newfies. I can't imagine where one would travel in this world and not meet up with one. So Anjeeh when did you graduate from Humber College? Who knows, we may have crossed paths?

7. RN as Inpatient, horrible and looong rant

   Gamma replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   hi, there is no way the treatment you got is acceptable. it is true that nurses and even doctors expect you to "heal thyself" almost, sometimes if they get even a suspicion you have nursing training. they seem to forget the human asapect of nursing a...

8. Where are you from?

   Gamma replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   I am from NFLD, currently living in Ontario. Trained as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in St John's at the General Hospital in class of '66. Went back to school 20 years later and graduated from last 21/2 year RN Diploma course at Humber College...

9. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   Gamma replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I find this topic rather interesting as it seems this is an international problem. What I have observed is that these so called managers are frequently in the "over 50" age bracket themselves with control issues. They have been in their positions for...