JaneSmithRevisited

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1. hours of work

   JaneSmithRevisited posted a topic in Canada

   I was wondering, typically how many hours of work does one need in order to move up a payscale as a new hire. I've worked in other health care facilities before as a nurse. This new job is not considering my past experience as a nurse. My past experi...

2. Need career advice for an RN who doesn't know where to go

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to mcdq's topic in Canada

   With budget cuts, unless you have experience in acte care or you consolidated on a critical care floor or have the critical care certificate... it'll be kinda difficult to get hired on critical care areas. MOST of the nurses hired on our ICU came fro...

3. Nursig student in calgary wanting to go to the OR after graduation

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to coco0106's topic in Canada

   Make a request to have OR as your final placement for your undergrad. If not, do a periop course and when you start picking placements do a quick job search on who's hiring and pick those who are.

4. NICU nurse aspiring to be a ER or ICU/CCU nurse

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to kheemooy's topic in Canada

   What is more important to you right now (gaining new experience vs. continuing excellence at a field you're familiar with)? And what can you afford to do in terms of money and time? How much is each hospital going to pay you (this depends on what eac...

5. Orientation Lengths for New Hires

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to RN.Jillian's topic in Canada

   Talk to your manager about it. Don't loose your lisence over "pretending" you know what you're doing. Thankfully, I had more than enough orientation for my first job because my manager understood as new grads we do need support to get us going. Don't...

6. Operating Room nursing in Ontario

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to tobey's topic in Operating Room

   All RNs in Ontario scrub AND circulate. Some facilities only have RNs and no OR techs/RPNs; therefore, they have to do both. So if there is two RNs in a case, both parties have to decide who's going to circulate and scrub. If you're partnered up with...

7. ONA pay scale

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to shawtee's topic in Canada

   Even when you're all under ONA it does not mean you have the EXACT same contract hospital to hospital. Each union contract is bargained with the hospital. Even in hospital networks where there's 2-4 hospitals in one network hold slightly different un...

8. Why do you want to become an OR nurse?

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to Quynhu29's topic in Operating Room

   Include somewhere in your essay that you enjoy the team environment of the Operating Room. That you enjoy learning hands on. Tell them some exposure you have with the Operating room.

9. What's the job market like in the Toronto area?

   JaneSmithRevisited replied to Aeterna's topic in Canada

   I'm not too sure what kind of nursing you're interested in doing. If you're not interested in a specialty, what would you like to do?

10. What's the job market like in the Toronto area?

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to Aeterna's topic in Canada

    A lot of the positions that are opened in TO are critical care areas or specialized areas (such as OR/endoscopy or dialysis). I know a bunch my classmates from nursing school worked as a nursing resource or float nurse in their hospitals and after &g...

11. 1st year student struggling

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to jumper44's topic in Canada

    Have you looked for on-campus jobs? How about fast food joints? Movie theatres? Call centres (I heard they're really flexible)? Have you looked into scholarships/bursaries at your school?

12. Is Nursing as Stressful as Nursing School?

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to imjustme123's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking about the amount of responsibility I have as a nurse makes me rethink about nursing as a career. I have 1 year experience under my belt and I'm still drowning. No matter what your workplace tells you... it's an environment of blame. I'm tryi...

13. Highest Paid Nurses in B.C....how is this possible?

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to teeheeuhoh's topic in Canada

    It seems that nurses in Alberta and B.C. have better union contracts than in Ontario =(. I've never heard double-time-and-a-half before.

14. Workplace Bullying for Nurses

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to ericleeericlee's topic in Canada

    Unfortunately, I'm not part of a union. It's happening in a private outpatient clinic, believe it or not.

15. Workplace Bullying for Nurses

    JaneSmithRevisited replied to ericleeericlee's topic in Canada

    I can speak from personal experience. I am wanting to leave my job so badly right now because the nurse who bullies me, is not only verbally agressive, but has been borderline physically aggressive as well. I've spoken to my manager but she has not b...