mamaonamission

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1. I am victim of speaking for myself

   mamaonamission replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

   "You're extremely lucky that your boss's boss is willing to find you a new job. We don't know the details of your situation, but the tone of your post is extremely angry and confrontational and I'm wondering about what started this whole business." -...

2. What constitutes a nursing shortage?

   mamaonamission posted a topic in International

   I'm trying to wrap my head around what constitutes a nursing shortage. I know that Provincial Nursing Associations state there is, or soon will be a nursing shortage, but if you look at the statistics, Canada is in the top ten for nurses per people r...

3. Orientation for Practical Nursing Program (yesterday)

   mamaonamission replied to MC-Jo's topic in International

   Hey! Are you going to Humber College? I had my orientation day yesterday at Humber's North Campus - is this your college as well?

4. RPNs that remain RPNs?

   mamaonamission replied to guest427013's topic in International

   I can relate - I am 41 and have five young children, age eight and under, and am going to be restarting my RPN studies this September. As much as I would have liked to do a two year BScN degree, it is a financial and logistical luxury that we can't a...

5. Does anyone know what the Humber College Lab looks like?

   mamaonamission replied to sunkissed75's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hi StudentNurse75! I am a fellow RPN student at Humber College and am glad to find you on this board. I am doing the program part-time at the North Campus. Yes I've seen the lab and it is very cool and high tech - you will enjoy it! Just to let you k...

6. RPNs in Ontario

   mamaonamission replied to Stray dog's topic in International

   Wow, that post just made my week! :nmbrn:

7. Cut off marks for BscN

   mamaonamission replied to dreameral's topic in International

   The discussion thread on this student site has a lot of high school students telling what their averages were to get into nursing school for Sept 2009: http://forums.studentawards.com/yaf_topics22_Health--Medical-Sciences.aspx Good luck!

8. Do Practical Nurses Suffer When Economy Tanks?

   mamaonamission posted a topic in International

   For the past two years I've monitored hospital Job Postings in the Greater Toronto Area, to see which hospitals hire RPNs on a regular basis. I've noticed over the past month or so that Practical Nurse positions are dwindling at a rapid rate, which R...

9. best canadian province?

   mamaonamission replied to sheraz86's topic in International

   As someone who lives in the High Park area of Toronto with four kids and a dog, I have to throw my hat into the ring and say that Toronto is a very nice city to live in if you enjoy cultural activities, people who don't all look alike, ethnic foods, ...

10. Anyone work as a Unit Secretary while going to Nursing school?

    mamaonamission replied to nursing8648's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Yes, I do. I work as a US on a spinal/neurology floor, working alternate weekends. Before becoming a nursing student I worked part time as a US during university. I did my job but at point in my life had no interest in nursing. Now that I will be a n...

11. Some pt's are outrageous in Canada!

    mamaonamission replied to bscn_rn_10_years's topic in International

    This post strikes a chord in me as I just came off an exhausting shift at the hospital where I work as a ward clerk on a med-surg floor. It is an extremely heavy floor (neurosurg and spinal) and today we were short one nurse and you really feel it wh...

12. Part Time Studies

    mamaonamission replied to minniemouse123's topic in International

    You can certainly apply as a mature student - there is an entrance exam you must pass to be accepted, but you do not need to have any other prerequisites. The exam is on Biology, Math and Chemistry as well as an English essay. You can also apply par...

13. Part Time Studies

    mamaonamission replied to minniemouse123's topic in International

    Humber College offers the RPN diploma part-time, two evenings a week until clinicals, for a length of three years. I'm enrolled in the program myself and it works wonderfully as I have four young children and work as a ward clerk part-time alternate ...

14. Jobs and salaries for PN in GTA.

    mamaonamission replied to texancanadian's topic in International

    I'm a practical nursing student here in Toronto and check the job postings at all the GTA hospitals on a daily basis, just to keep my finger on the pulse of the RPN job market. In my opinion, the best money ($22 + hourly starting) is not within down...

15. Start part-time RPN now or wait four years and do full time RN

    mamaonamission posted a topic in International

    Hi All; I'm a week away from starting a part-time practical nursing program that I would graduate from in three years, four months. My end goal is to be a nurse practitioner. I am 39 years old, and currently a stay-at-home mom with four young childre...