A little early, but I'm looking into hospitals in BC or Alberta where I can do my 4th year consolidation/pre-grad. I'm a BScN student from Ontario, and my university said we can go anywhere we want, and I want to go to western Canada.
I've done previous clinical experiences in the ER, and know that this is where I want to end up. I'm really interested in doing consolidation in an emergency room that sees alot of trauma stuff. I've done previous clinical in smaller rural hospitals, and didn't really like how the serious stuff was shipped out to the bigger centers. I liked how the Level 1 & 2's saw more. I eventually plan to move into air ambulance type of work, and want the most ER experience I can get.
So, back to my point.
* I'm up for anywhere in BC or Alberta,
* An ER where I'll get good trauma and serious medical experience, in addition to 'regular' ER stuff
* And somehere that will accept a student from Ontario, not just the local/affiliated schools.
If anyone could post hospitals that I could look into, I would really appreciate it!
true, they're desperate for people, but they're not desperate for new grads... i can't tell you the number of people i've worked who graduated in Spring 2004 and now have more than a year's experience in a Trauma setting that that have been turned down for jobs there because they're still "too new"... you really have to impress the Patient Care Manager to get hired right out of school...
as far as paying for people to move from other provinces, hospitals do that all the time... with EXPERIENCED nurses... if you look on the CHR recruitment page, it even says that only those with 2 years of experience qualify for a paid move...
they're both hard to get into here... high demand areas...
ETA: i'm not saying these things to be discouraging... i just wanted to point out that (from the experiences of my co-workers) it doesn't appear to be easy here in Calgary to get into speciality areas as a new grad...
Thanks for the info- it is hard to be so far from Canada and learn all of this- never mind the disadvantage of not being able to "impress" anyone with my potential skills. I am coming up in Aug and have to talk to some wpople I know to get a good grip on what I am looking at.
The L&D positions at the RVH all state "2 yrs experience", but how do you get this experience if no one will hire you? Catch 22...
i just wanted to say that timing has a lot to do with it too... i mean, if you happen to apply right when they're in the midst of a huge turn over, you're more likely to be considered... for the most part, though, the PCM's of ER and ICU suggest working on a floor like the one i work on or trying for a position at the less acute hospitals [PLC (Peter Lougheed) or RGH (Rockyview)]...
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Thanks for the info- it is hard to be so far from Canada and learn all of this- never mind the disadvantage of not being able to "impress" anyone with my potential skills. I am coming up in Aug and have to talk to some wpople I know to get a good grip on what I am looking at.
The L&D positions at the RVH all state "2 yrs experience", but how do you get this experience if no one will hire you? Catch 22...