thegoose

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1. McMaster Nursing? Is it worth it?

   thegoose replied to jodi01's topic in International

   only clinical is pass/fail.... but i wouln't say that makes it any less challenging than any other class. All the rest of the classes are graded, and yes you do need to do well, especially if you have a preference for your last year of study. THey on...

2. Ireland Nursing, questions from a Canadian RN

   thegoose replied to taleh8's topic in International

   Hi, I recently went through the process of trying to get registered with the Irish nursing board. I am a Canadian trained nurse with expereince in ER from Ontario. I started the application process last september 2007 as I was leaving for Ireland in ...

3. Which way should I go??

   thegoose replied to Stray dog's topic in International

   I'm not sure what this fear of not having experience stems from.... alot of people do the RN program straight out of highschool with little work/life experience (myself included, not meant to be a put down!). The whole point of going to school is to ...

4. fuultime or part time?

   thegoose replied to ellamae28's topic in International

   Hello, I suppose it will depend on a few things. I can give you information that pertains to the ONA's collective agreement, but that will only be relavent if you are working in ontario at a unionized hospital. Part time you do get paid 13% in lieu ...

5. Some pt's are outrageous in Canada!

   thegoose replied to bscn_rn_10_years's topic in International

   I work emergency too and I feel your pain. People today are so egocentric. There is really nothing you can tell them that will make people like that lady you mentioned feel better about waiting. It's frusterating becuase when they start that converst...

6. Possibility of Working in ICU as a new grad

   thegoose replied to Joyce22's topic in International

   If that's the area you want to work in and you have a palcement there, I suggest you work really hard at your placement, make sure you meet the manager of the unit and at some point in your placement, express your interest in working there. Some staf...

7. Competition for Masters Programs

   thegoose replied to SyncSix's topic in International

   would it being competetive prohibit you from applying? 60 sounds like a large number for a graduate program as those who do thesis based need to be superivised by a nursing professor. From what I know MAC takes only 17 students in thier graduate prog...

8. role(s) of RN in Ontario

   thegoose replied to codeblue20's topic in International

   I don't believe I am missing the point at all. I believe this discussion on poop is missing the point. I know LOTS of people i went to school with who have not set foot on a hosopital/facility floor since graduation who work in pretty much most of th...

9. role(s) of RN in Ontario

   thegoose replied to codeblue20's topic in International

   Have you considered a job in public health? Counselling? out pt. Psych, Diabetes RN?, health informatics? (there have been a few RN's I work with who left the unit for a time to work on developing and implementing computer programs such as electronic...

10. period of adaptation ireland

    thegoose replied to parabone's topic in International

    I gave a detailed account of my expereince in annother thread. If you click on my name you should be able to find it... I think the original title was "dublin anyone" or something like that. As I detailed there, I found after many difficulties that a...

11. McMaster 2 Year BScN Accelerated?

    thegoose replied to trryt4ssasfgb34's topic in International

    I can try to give you some information, although I dont' know how well I'll be able to answer the specific questions. 1. being male - not sure what you already know about this. Do you mean preferential consideration? Even if this was the case, I'm n...

12. Dublin anyone??

    thegoose replied to hanna-beacon's topic in International

    Thanks guys. I would have thought 4 years would be enough too, and to be short by 1,000 hrs just didn't make sense to me. I did go through the transcrips, and contacted my school directly. What I found was over 4 years I received aprox 1,200-1,300 hr...

13. Dublin anyone??

    thegoose replied to hanna-beacon's topic in International

    As i recently learned, any nurses from canada/us/austrailia (bascially non eu) do not qualify for direct registration. They say they look at everyone on an indivisual basis, but if your education is from can/us/etc... it apparently will not contain e...

14. McMaster Nursing? Is it worth it?

    thegoose replied to jodi01's topic in International

    I just came accross this thread and thought i'd add my 2 cents. I graduated from McMaster Nursing 2 years ago. I know alot of people have criticisms of the program - it's certainly not perfect, but i have to say I enjoyed it immensly. The problem bas...

15. my good nursing life in ireland

    thegoose replied to lhw4102's topic in International

    Have you found a place to do your 6 week adaptation yet? and are you working with an agency to find work or doing it on your own?