Gswords

Gswords has 4 years experience.

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1. BC RN to Washington State

   Gswords replied to bigblondebun's topic in Washington

   You probably saw my thread before, but I'll share some more info. To get a WA License you need to prove your education equivalency using CGFNS. CGFNS is $300+ and takes time, took me a few months to get things in order. Once you have that, getting th...

2. Infusion position

   Gswords replied to Guest1030824's topic in Infusion

   If you are ever worried about becoming a stale nurse, remember you can always find jobs in outpatient care in medical clinics. Safe stuff, not high acuity, and sometimes pay is even more than hospital nursing.

3. Moving to Seattle from Vancouver, BC

   Gswords replied to vanlink's topic in Washington

   I'm from Vancouver, moved to Seattle. I did not go through a travel agency, rather I just found a full-time job here. - Travel agency usually requires at LEAST 1 year of experience in the particular field. - Nursing pay in Washington (and the rest o...

4. Canadian RN (BC) moving to Seattle

   Gswords replied to hopeless_nurse's topic in Washington

   Sorry for the late responses folks. It took me 5 months for all the CGFNS b/s to go through, since it there were a couple requests back and forth with my university.

5. Canadian RN (BC) moving to Seattle

   Gswords replied to hopeless_nurse's topic in Washington

   I got a FT perm position. Travel positions pay more, but I wanted to stay longer than a couple months in 1 location so I got a FT. The TN is good for 3 years with option to renew if you want, so I felt a FT would be more convenient.

6. Canadian RN (BC) moving to Seattle

   Gswords replied to hopeless_nurse's topic in Washington

   For TN, its a matter of showing up at the border crossing with all your documents in hand, ie the CGFNS certificate, your BSN degree, WA State license, employment job letter, etc. The last piece was important, you have to get a job offer first, then ...

7. Canadian RN (BC) moving to Seattle

   Gswords replied to hopeless_nurse's topic in Washington

   Swedish, Evergreen, and UW Hospitals would be a good start.

8. Canadian RN (BC) moving to Seattle

   Gswords replied to hopeless_nurse's topic in Washington

   I was in a similar boat. I graduated and worked 1.5 years in BC before working in Seattle. You may want to look into an RN "nurse residency" program, its basically like an extended new-grad program which transitions you into a full time position. App...

9. UNBC's reputation?

   Gswords replied to dovermoi2's topic in International

   I'm a 1st year Nursing student at CNC (UNBC/CNC Program) Like yourself I'm also from the lower mainland, and I ended up in Prince George. What do you want to know about the program? So far I've found it to be very easy, in terms of academic/grade wi...