spiritmagejkt

spiritmagejkt has 20 years experience and specializes in LTC, public health, School, now Med/surg.

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1. Hospitals to axe nurses

   spiritmagejkt replied to kidsndog's topic in International

   That be no good. Hope it doesn't come to Nova Scotia, I'm just getting my feet wet and been through a lot already. Penny wise pound foolish.

2. traveller nursing in US

   spiritmagejkt replied to pancia's topic in Travel

   I know there are some fairly decent agencies in Northern Maine. I ran into a couple of the nurses in Cariboo. I don't remember the names. But I think it was a localized agency. I will tell you though that the pay there isn't all it's rumored to be. T...

3. Canadian Registered Nurse Exam Any second hand guides out there?

   spiritmagejkt replied to kbjmkj's topic in International

   I passed my exam and I still have the book. I dont mind passing it down.

4. Failed CRNE exam being good prepared

   spiritmagejkt replied to el_2008's topic in International

   I used the 4th edition ( still had short answer questions) and I used NCLEX preparation materials. One thing that maybe throwing you is if you run into a stumper question that you don't know the answer to. There is a tendency to hang up on that and m...

5. sick time

   spiritmagejkt replied to toronto rn's topic in International

   Time wise int he US we had bank time. Sick time and Vacation are combined but the overall time is quite a bit less than if you had them seperate. I like how things are done better up here. Too bad it was so rough getting in here.

6. sick time

   spiritmagejkt replied to toronto rn's topic in International

   The policy where I work seems really different from what I'm used to. There were no disciplinary things laid out but you do have to have a doctor's note for more than three days. You don't have to say why your calling out when you do. Apparently that...

7. Anybody knows??

   spiritmagejkt replied to kitty catt's topic in International

   The nursing specialties seem to work here just about the same as they do in the US. At least from what I can tell so for. In Halifax we have something called the Regestered Nurses Professional Development center. They have a number of classes at very...

8. Top Five Tips for Night Shift? For a new nurse?

   spiritmagejkt replied to TuckerBug's topic in New Nurse

   I've worked evenings or nights all but a few months of my carreer. The staff I've worked with on that shift have been experienced and very good. I hope my new experience here will be the same. I find I do much better work if I'm not rushed and have a...

9. Cruise line nursing? Worth a shot?

   spiritmagejkt replied to Shenanigans's topic in General Nursing

   It would be a serious temptation for me and if I were younger and single I'd probably do something like that. At one point I seriously considered working in Central America or Mexico. It was really hard to immigrate legally though. I did a couple sho...

10. do you go to work sick?

    spiritmagejkt replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Its a toss up. If its a cold I generally go in. If I have a fever I don't. Puking definetly not. WHen I was working LTC there was an issue in that I made so much on the shift differential that I ran into problems financially with sick or vacation pa...

11. Nurse to patient ratios in Med-Surg in Ontario question.

    spiritmagejkt replied to linzz's topic in International

    THank you for not deleting this. The info is helpful for me starting out since I'll probably be working the RVN's:yeah:

12. CRNE Feb exam results?

    spiritmagejkt replied to kk27's topic in International

    I kinda hope its later. We have 2 weeks to regester and the fee here is severe financial hit. My first check isn't until March 27, and my poor husband has been taking all these expensive immigration and licensing hits. I really want to take this one ...

13. CRNE Feb exam results?

    spiritmagejkt replied to kk27's topic in International

    Haven't gotten mine yet either. The CRN in Nova Scotia said this week. So I'll probably see it in the mail next week.

14. Cross Country Comparison of Wages and Benefits

    spiritmagejkt replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    That is very interesting. Especially with the Clinical specialist nurses I am considering doing that. Looks that they make about the same as a practitioner. It feels soooooo good to get back to working again. I feel like a normal human

15. what's it like working in Canada

    spiritmagejkt replied to jemana19's topic in International

    I would jump across for a tour first and see if you like it. Immigration is hard and stressfull but personally I think it was worth it. oh the things you'll do for love. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the Tunnel finally. I start work mo...