Hello, im quite new here and i have been reading a lot of posts regarding Canadian nurses. Im currently studying BScN at York University (Toronto area) and i have few questions.
Are nurses really destined to accept the terrible hours of working nights and weekends? I mean, im not expecting 9-5 working hours but i dont expect to work at inconsistent hours every week for the rest of my carrier (hopefully i will start working when im 23-24). In your experience, is it hard to land a steady job with some consistency in your working hours? How many years or months did it take for you to find a steady job?
Also, this question is regarding legal issues. I have heard numerous accounts where nurses are getting sued or being laid off for their mistakes. Is this true and frequent in your environment? Should this be a significant concern?
Im sorry if im asking useless questions but i always found both to be a major issue when i started nursing, and i wanted to know from first hand...
Wow, seven years to bring this thread back to life.
It has taken me 18 years to get straight days. In my area, dialysis is six days a week with rotating day/evening lines an involve working Saturday. Most ORs are seven days a week and do rotating shifts, my hospital is a regional trauma centre. The one OR that is straight days has mandatory call weekend in each line.
The realty is public health in my province usually goes by seniority or your need to be accommodated
Wow, seven years to bring this thread back to life.
It has taken me 18 years to get straight days. In my area, dialysis is six days a week with rotating day/evening lines an involve working Saturday. Most ORs are seven days a week and do rotating shifts, my hospital is a regional trauma centre. The one OR that is straight days has mandatory call weekend in each line.
The realty is public health in my province usually goes by seniority or your need to be accommodated
I had no idea I was responding to such an old thread, I'm not sure why it popped up but thanks for pointing it out :)
Regardless, it is wonderful to see how it varies! In my area dialysis is 6 days per week with days and evenings but no nights or sundays and my close friend who works in the OR works straight days with an oncall weekend once every 6 weeks.
Public health here is a separate job and is something you just apply for as you would any other facility or organization. I don't understand what you mean by seniority or accommodations because here you either work for Public Health or you don't, so if you were in another job and needed accommodation, you wouldn't land in PH because of that! Seems very different from where you are, that's for sure!
I consolidated my BScN in a M-F position and have many friends who work M-F jobs in nursing or jobs with no nights! Lots of options out there :)
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Public health here is a separate job and is something you just apply for as you would any other facility or organization. I don't understand what you mean by seniority or accommodations because here you either work for Public Health or you don't, so if you were in another job and needed accommodation, you wouldn't land in PH because of that! Seems very different from where you are, that's for sure!
Seniority is something that takes some getting used to if not from Canada or the US. Basically you work from casual to part time to full time depending on how long you have worked for the institute and where you line up. For example. If you apply for a job but someone has more seniority they generally will get the job before you even if you have experience. That has been my experience.
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Wow, seven years to bring this thread back to life.
It has taken me 18 years to get straight days. In my area, dialysis is six days a week with rotating day/evening lines an involve working Saturday. Most ORs are seven days a week and do rotating shifts, my hospital is a regional trauma centre. The one OR that is straight days has mandatory call weekend in each line.
The realty is public health in my province usually goes by seniority or your need to be accommodated