thistle23

thistle23 has 3 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   Thanks breech, sheng31 and carol. I am here in Saskatchewan.

2. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   hello! just got my result today and I PASSED! such a relief! goodluck to those who are still waiting.

3. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   Congratulations breech and soetpeel! I hope I will have the same fate as you guys! I was wondering why soetpeel who as I understand is in the UK got his result already and I am in Saskatoon and havent received mine yet. Maybe they send the result to ...

4. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   Today is november 2. I did some reading on the October CRNE last year and they started receiving results on November 9 in Saskatchewan. People from other provinces received their results at a later date. A few more days and everything will be alright...

5. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   I finished both of my books 15 minutes before time is up! I even thought that 3.5 hours is not enough! there are lots of information and story telling that we need to read only to find out that the question at the end is not even relevant to the stor...

6. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   yeah right! when I try to eliminate choices, I always end up with 2 choices that seems equally right. I cant wait for this entire thing to be over! well I hope it will be over... and not having to do everything all over again.

7. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   I walked out of the examination venue after the exam without having any feeling or idea as to how I did in the test. some questions are really weird. the only questions that I am sure I got right were the drug calculations and the Arterial blood gas ...

8. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   lol! is Regina NOT far from Saskatoon? :chuckle sorry... I've only been here in canada for 8 weeks. The only places I've been to are the grocery stores and the mall here in Saskatoon. That's why I dont feel very comfortable going to another city whe...

9. CRNE 7th october

   thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

   I've heard of a 3 day CRNE prep course in Regina but it will be too expensive for me to get into that course since Regina is quite far from Saskatoon so I would have to pay for food and accommodation too. I am planning to do the online readiness test...

10. CRNE 7th october

    thistle23 replied to DEMS's topic in CRNE

    I have the Mosby's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian RN Exam. I got it from the University Bookstore here in Saskatoon. It's a nice study material. It gives you an overview about everything. It also has a practice test after each chapter and a tw...

11. Where to buy CRNE prep books in the Philippines?

    thistle23 replied to thistle23's topic in International

    what I did was I asked a relative in Canada to buy the book and send it to me here in the philippines. It cost me 74 CDN for the book and 22 CDN for the shipping via Canada post. It took 6 weeks before I received it. Its the cheapest mode of shipping...

12. vluna any1?

    thistle23 replied to mcnursie's topic in International

    As what I've already mentioned in my past posts, the application process for the RN residency and for Employment are separate. the qualifying and competency exams that they are giving right now are for the RN residency program. If you apply for the R...

13. vluna any1?

    thistle23 replied to mcnursie's topic in International

    Training being counted as hospital experience will depend on your future employers. Some consider it but most of employers only consider "payed" work wherein you function as a staff nurse and have FULL responsibility over your actions. Being on train...

14. vluna any1?

    thistle23 replied to mcnursie's topic in International

    Vluna Hospital is not hiring new nurses at this time.The examination that they are conducting right now is for the "RN residency" thing.A "RN Resident" is also know as OJT nurse, meaning it is not for employment but purely for training only. After 6...

15. Detailed request on CRNE Exam Prep Guide, 4th Edition

    thistle23 replied to lolita_cross's topic in International

    Hi! It's really impossible to find a CRNE prep guide here in the Philippines. What I did was, I contacted my relative in Canada and asked her to buy the CRNE prep guide and send it here for me. She was able to buy a copy at a University Bookstore in ...