Ontario Second Entry Nursing Fall 2020

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Hey, I used to creep these forums for the past few years and they helped affirm my decision to apply to nursing school for Fall 2020. I didn't see one started for next year so I thought, why not start one?

I graduated a while back so I'm a bit older, but my top three choices are:

1. Queen's

2. McMaster

3. York

4. Humber-UNB

10 hours ago, helgurk said:

Hey guys!

Bit of an off topic question - Does anybody know how long it takes for Toronto Police to process Vulnerable Sector Screening forms, especially during these times? I'm in the process of asking my university to send me a form so that I can forward it to Toronto Police. But unfortunately I have to resort to mailing instead of handing in the form in-person which I think really prolongs the process.

My university (McMaster) requires these forms by July 31 but they said they understand there will be delays and to just let them know the day you mail out the form at the very least.

IDK maybe I'm overthinking but I'm just worried I've started this process a little too late. I've done these screenings in the past and they usually took me about 3 weeks. But with Covid-19... I don't really know.

Is anybody else in a similar situation?

Hi there,

in Toronto, you have to do it at the one on College Street. I think it doesnt matter where you do it, rule of thumb, it goes where your address is the last 5 years. The will cross references database. So if you are moving to hamilton but coming from toronto, go to college st. For Toronto, you can come to METRO police st ( college st.), order online, or go to shoppers and order it there. For regular processing (takes up to 10 weeks due to covid19) cost you $20. I did “fast processing”, for this you have to come in person to METROPOLITAN POLICE HEADQUARTERS (40 College St., Toronto. Ph# 416-808-2222).The cost instead of $20, it’ll be $60. You ll get it within 5 business day. I did mine 3 days before the lockdown. My suggestion is call them and asked. Hope this help! Good luck ??

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57 minutes ago, nursehopeful2020 said:

I am stressing too. I just found out this week that it needed to be done this soon. I requested to receive the form we need for the Toronto Police from the mac email they provided but I have not heard back yet. Have they responded to your request yet?

I am also nervous because I am currently quarantined in Ontario, but my health coverage is in another province and with COVID I'm not sure if I can get there and have my vaccinations done. I am hoping that I am allowed to get updated vaccines and a TB test done here.

Also, what are you doing for CPR? Is there any CPR classes in Ontario being held right now in the pandemic? Or are you planning on doing it online, because I am not sure what to do here ?

Hi there,

there are online CPR classes for new and recertification. The problem is how comfortable the university is. My suggestion is contact the university and inquiry if it’s OK taking online CPR. Hope this help. Good luck ??

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I wouldn't worry about how long the police checks are taking. It's not within your control. Having a record of when you initiated the process would likely be important though.

Police checks will be needed for starting placements which no one is doing within the next seven weeks, anyway. It's surprising that a paper form is required for the Toronto Police Service. Usually it's the police service that serves your permanent address completing your record check. Most police services are doing the background checks and payment for the record checks online now. In the era of COVID, it's even more reason to have the police checks done online. Lastly, for those out of province, should it be the RCMP running your check vs. TPS, anyway?

I would double-check your obligations and the expectations in this regard.

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34 minutes ago, hopeRN said:

Hi there,

there are online CPR classes for new and recertification. The problem is how comfortable the university is. My suggestion is contact the university and inquiry if it’s OK taking online CPR. Hope this help. Good luck ??

Hey, Do you by chance have any links to these online courses? I've been trying to find an online BLS course with no luck ?

Thank you ?

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I've created a group for the Lakehead Compressed program on facebook since I couldn't find an existing group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1620545541437555/.

If the link doesn't work, it should be under Lakehead Compressed Nursing Incoming 2020 Class!

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3 hours ago, nursehopeful2020 said:

I am stressing too. I just found out this week that it needed to be done this soon. I requested to receive the form we need for the Toronto Police from the mac email they provided but I have not heard back yet. Have they responded to your request yet?

I am also nervous because I am currently quarantined in Ontario, but my health coverage is in another province and with COVID I'm not sure if I can get there and have my vaccinations done. I am hoping that I am allowed to get updated vaccines and a TB test done here.

Also, what are you doing for CPR? Is there any CPR classes in Ontario being held right now in the pandemic? Or are you planning on doing it online, because I am not sure what to do here ?

Hey, which email did you request it from? Because I requested my form and they responded to me the next day (today). The email is fhsprof (at) mcmaster (dot) ca. It's actually a pretty inefficient process they have going: you have to email Mac to ask them for a Toronto Police letter for which they will MAIL it to you (they won't scan it and email it to you). Once you receive the letter in the mail, you have to fill it out and then MAIL it to Toronto Police Headquarters (40 College St). After that, TPS will process your request and then MAIL the clearance letter back to you. There's a document Mac released (https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/pcbe/documents/VSCtemporaryprocess.pdf) that outlines the different scenarios and what to do (look at #4). Basically, as long as you've mailed in your request to TPS it seems like Mac will provide some leniency.

Also, another thing I want to add. I noticed on the TPS website it states that they're currently processing Vulnerable Sector requests from June 1st. Today is June 4th. So I'm thinking the processing is actually happening pretty quickly?? IDK. But I remember putting in a request last year that I needed for a Summer job and my request was processed in 3 weeks. 7 weeks I've never of like somebody else mentioned...

Regarding CPR training, I'm currently looking into it but it seems like there are a lot of in-person classes readily available pretty much everyday. Try using this website (https://myrc.redcross.ca/en/). It doesn't seem like there are any fully online courses available (if somebody finds one please post it!!). But they make mention of ensuring health and safety protocols and social distancing guidelines are being followed.

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2 hours ago, hopeRN said:

Hi there,

in Toronto, you have to do it at the one on College Street. I think it doesnt matter where you do it, rule of thumb, it goes where your address is the last 5 years. The will cross references database. So if you are moving to hamilton but coming from toronto, go to college st. For Toronto, you can come to METRO police st ( college st.), order online, or go to shoppers and order it there. For regular processing (takes up to 10 weeks due to covid19) cost you $20. I did “fast processing”, for this you have to come in person to METROPOLITAN POLICE HEADQUARTERS (40 College St., Toronto. Ph# 416-808-2222).The cost instead of $20, it’ll be $60. You ll get it within 5 business day. I did mine 3 days before the lockdown. My suggestion is call them and asked. Hope this help! Good luck ??

Hi there, thanks for the response!

When did you do your fast processing request? Because I'm looking online and TPS mentions that they've actually suspended their fast processing since the middle of March due to COVID-19. At the moment, they're only allowing you to mail in your Vulnerable Sector Check forms, no in-person dropping off is being allowed. You also can't make a Vulnerable Sector Check request online for some reason. It must be mailed in.

I'm reallyyyyy hoping it doesn't take 10 weeks to process the request. On the TPS website, it actually mentions that they're currently processing VSC requests from June 1st (today is June 4th). So maybe the process won't take long after all??

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Waitlisted at Western. Anyone else? GPA for 10 most recently completed courses is 3.5 or 82%. Not too optimistic ? For those who got offered a spot in the program, what is your deadline to accept?

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Just got waitlisted at Western. My GPA for 10 most recently completed courses is 3.81. IDK how good of a chance I have to get off the waitlist.

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1 hour ago, onetruelover said:

Just got waitlisted at Western. My GPA for 10 most recently completed courses is 3.81. IDK how good of a chance I have to get off the waitlist.

I believe another batch of offers will be sent out soon since the last day to accept last week's offer is on or before June 5th. Good luck!

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Also waitlisted at western. I think my GPA was 3.4, not sure cspr went. Fingers crossed!

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1 hour ago, F u t u r e R N said:

I believe another batch of offers will be sent out soon since the last day to accept last week's offer is on or before June 5th. Good luck!

Oh awesome! Thank you for the info!

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