I'm a nursing student in Canada and I have spent my entire life wanting to be an ER nurse. I guess I always assumed I'd have to go work at a level 1 trauma centre in a big city because I sort of assumed rural ER s would be boring. I don't know why......
Evilfeline007 replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in Job Hunt
My thought is that maybe if your resume says you're a senior in nursing school, take it off. Employers may assume: - you have a higher education then most LVNs which may result in a "know it all" attitude - you're graduating soon and therefore are o...
I live in BC, Canada and RNs start at 30/hr as a new grad with no specialty. If you'd be willing to move to northern bc/Alberta or territories it would probably make it relatively easy to immigrate bc they really need nurses there. It gets cold but a...
Evilfeline007 replied to sckooshy1's topic in Pre-Nursing
Like the others said, it's a lot of dissections, testing your own urine, effects of activities on blood pressure. If anything the lab portion will probably help you to understand the theory. So much fun!
I had a 4.3 (average of 97%) for my prereqs and for my CNA. I took 18 credit semesters first year of Bsn and my gpa dropped to 3.9.We had 4 people leave our program in first year. One dropped out halfway thru semester one bc she hadn't done any of he...
Evilfeline007 replied to GodIs082010's topic in Pre-Nursing
While I was waiting to get into nursing school I took my nurses aid certificate and now I work as a care aid in a nursing home as a casual. It's great bc the pay is good (21.95$ per hr), bc I learn a lot that's relevant to my schooling, I don't have ...