It's not known yet if that will need to happen, but I think it would be a last resort if it does. So far, many nurses in Canada have been expressing interest in offering their help in the Covid-19 crisis. The Public Health Agency of Canada posted an ...
theRPN2b replied to Stefanie0804's topic in CA Programs
Ontario Tech University in Oshawa does have a part time option (I'm in their bridge program right now and doing it part time). Keep in mind that it is not an online program, (although a couple of your classes may be online).
Thing almost any nurses want to see is willingness to help us out. Even when you're assigned to your own one patient, volunteer to help us with our patients such as do vitals,answer call bells,toilet patients,change incontinent briefs, help us with w...
I think casual would be a good choice for you. You can still get lots of shifts (at least where I am in Ontario) and you can easily make yourself "not available" during certain times you want off, and they call/email you with available ***** and its ...
YES we are all equal,no one discipline is "above" another.No MD is "higher/more important" than a nurse just like no nurse is "higher/more important" than a CNA. Even though we have diferent roles and different levels of knowledge,we ALL work togethe...
theRPN2b replied to newgradnurse2018's topic in General Nursing
You would have to contact the nursing governing body of the province you'd be interested in working,as each one might have slightly different requirements
Same here in Ontario, as a casual I've been paying into pension for some time and you're right,casual is a good option to make your own schedule or only work shifts you prefer (I know people that stay casual in order to work only days/only night or n...
I am casual in Ontario but have been working full time hours since starting my nursing job over 2 years ago. With the "in liue pay" I make an extra $4+change an hour,so casual working full time hours will be making more money than full timers. But th...
theRPN2b replied to newgradnurse2018's topic in General Nursing
I am an RPN and work on an acute medical floor in Hamilton (about 1.5 hours away from Toronto). And I take my own patient assignment (5 patients) and work alongside RNs NOT under an RN so RNs do not delegate their tasks to me. We do not have a PSW o...
When I got my first nursing job over 2 years ago, I only provided academic references (clinical instructors, preceptors)because it was directly related to nursing, and they accepted those as references. It may depend on where you apply though, some f...
theRPN2b replied to YoursNursingly's topic in Canada
I'm in Ontario and I got hired by my final placement when I finished my consolidation there, so it was my first nursing job. This was early 2016, I was hired into a new grad initiative position (this is when there were still more of those positions a...