I am a Canadian Nurse:

[Fiona59]

I register with a College.

I write CPNRE or CNRE to be issued a practice permit.

I belong to a union.

Now the thread is started. Keep adding.

We know who we are. Perhaps it's time to let the casual readers of this thread know it as well.

[krissytee]

Both of you have made very valid points and I fully agree. I guess I need to remember that this situation seems to revisit itself every decade and we are fortunate to live in a country that values providing healthcare no matter what a person's station of life is.

[firstlight]

I have a question for the union nurses especially any nurses under ona.

Do you get paid for report time? If you work a 12 hour shift how much time are you paid?

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

I can't speak for ONA but in Alberta we're paid from 0700 to 1915 or 1900 to 0715, regardless of how long report takes. The only time we (on my unit) can claim OT for a long report is if there has been a code/late-in-the-shift admission or the patient is very complex and the oncoming nurse is totally unfamiliar. And on my unit we usually are only reporting on one patient. Many's the shift I've still been giving report at 40 past.