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Anyone actually get a call back after applying? My goodness! I have applied for so many Attendent jobs and not once call back. I even applied for a job in laundry (It makes more then the group home I am currently working with) and nothing. I really dont think that many people could be applying as its a pretty small community... I have to stop and wonder if they are just placing adds for the fun of it.

Yeah I was wondering why it seems there are always so many LPN postings there as well.

Maybe people don't like it and don't stay long?

There are some pretty toxic units in my area. Their reputations are well known.

The skill set for the RN and LPN/Dialysis Tech are identical. One drug was administered direct IV upon return by RNs and the LPNs gave it subq.

Now that LPNs are giving direct IV meds, that final clear line has been eliminated.

Which has now also got the LPNs in my hospital asking why Dialysis LPNs get the premium for accessing central lines when we are now required to hold the same skill.

Ultimately, it's all coming down to cash. LPNs are roughly $10/hr less expensive than the RN working alongside them. If you read the US threads, there are fewer RNs on a dialysis unit than here.

I know that the acute dialysis units used to be all RN but who knows now.

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I am a third year nursing student, I have been applying to several hospitals here in Calgary through AHS for about six months now. I applied to both undergrad nurse and Nursing Assistant positions. I just want to be at the hospital environment and gain experience before I graduate. To my surprise however, its either I dont here from them or I receive an email that says another qualified candidate has been chosen. This is what I have gotten for the past six month and this makes me wonder if applying online works!!! I don't know how else to go about it because even the managers always advice that I apply online whenever I go to apply at the hospitals. Any advice on how to go about this?

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The trick is to apply for casual lines. It's not easy to get hired by AHS but everyone that I know of lately that has been hired has been hired as a casual.

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Any updates who applied online and got the job?

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Any updates who applied online and got the job?

I would like to know as well.....I've been casual on psych and in rural for 3 years now and never hear back. I'm going to take my chances and start cold calling, can't hurt anymore than not getting anything at all.

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I applied online to AHS and got hired but that was 2 years ago and I also had 3 years of experience at the time I applied.

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Is it just nursing that is like that or all job postings, I am considering applying for Secretary or Unit Clerk position?

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From what I hear, it's pretty much everything. One of my patient's daughter told me she'd applied for 27 different psych aide positions over the last couple of years prior to getting her Psych degree. Never called for any of them.

Are you qualified to apply for a unit clerk's job because the only unit clerks' I've seen hired are ones who did their preceptorships on the unit.

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Hi, Yes! I was accepted! I got a call from the manager this morning telling me that she's going to send me a job offer and orientation schedule. It's in Unit 27, Dialysis unit

Hi asitoja, I know it's been a year for this thread...How many days did you receive your letter of employment? I just got accepted, and the manager told me it will be emailed a couple of days. thanks...

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