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  1. UBC BSN 2024 Entry

    I am applying for 2024! Working on my Bio 235 through Athabasca right now. It's awful and have to basically learn it on your own. I just scheduled my Casper exam for Feb 1st. I have applied twice before 😞 . I didn't do well on the Casper and that was...
  2. UBC BSN 2023 Entry

    Hi 2023 hopefuls! I have a question about the CASPer exam. I applied in 2022 and when I did the CASPer it was vignettes and we had 5 minutes to write our answers. I am reading that they have added an audio part to it which some schools use and s...
  3. UBC 2021

    Just got my rejection email. Looks like CASPER and grades were the decider. I got a 3 for both and 1 for my supplemental. My GPA is 78%. Not sure what I’ll do now. Is it even possible to improve CASPER score? They don’t give any feedback. Congrat...
  4. UBC 2021

    I've only done quiz one and two. I found the quiz harder than the midterm. I think it's a good practice for the midterm though. I got the same mark on both. The orion practice quizzes aren't very helpful, they are way too easy. I found using quizlet...
  5. UBC 2021

    I’m doing mine through Athabasca. I’m in a mad rush to get it done by the end of may. I’m on ch 14. ?
  6. UBC 2021

    I have just under 80 average. IMO I have a very strong supplemental application. I've taken care of foster children with medical needs, worked in addictions on the Downtown Eastside for years, fair amount of volunteer work and did the Care Aid certif...
  7. Night Shift Dulls your brain

    I thought I liked night shifts until I stopped doing them. After a couple of weeks off I felt a fog lift. I just got used to feeling crappy. Now that I don't do them anymore I eat better and have the energy for exercise. It's unfortunate because I li...
  8. Who's for banning rotating shifts?

    Where I live there most nurses work rotating shifts. We're all union here (British Columbia, Canada) and most people don't like night shifts so this spreads around the misery to everyone. I'm not a nurse yet but I do work in mental health and current...
  9. I did nights for 3 years, then went to days and it took about five weeks to not feel totally wiped out on days. I've recently gone back to nights, although, for general life balance days worked better for me.
  10. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    John Stossel is an outspoken libertarian. Hardly the picture of someone impartially evaluating another country’s healthcare system. Why did he pick Cuba a poor country with very little in common with the U.S? Why not choose from one of the western Co...
  11. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Fair enough. I don't necessarily disagree with that per se. In Canada, however, we all pay for the health care. No one is really getting a "free ride". The only people that don't pay or those who make precious little or are on disability or social as...
  12. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Well to each their own of course, I want people to be all they can be as well. I don't see how having access to health care means that someone can't "be all they can be". I want to root for my fellow Canadians to "be all they can be" however if they...
  13. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Me too. It baffles me that people wouldn't want a universal healthcare system. This discussion has also highlighted to me how individualistic the U.S as a whole is with an "every man for himself" kind of philosophy. I am very grateful that Canadians ...
  14. The Transience of Life

    I enjoyed that very much! Thank You:)
  15. U of C for sure. Way cheaper, and the job market for RN's seems a bit better here.