Congratulations to those who are newly admitted! Best of luck as you enter into this exciting career. For those on the waitlist, don't lose hope! Keep pushing as nursing is certainly a
Thanks, I've applied as a casual home care nurse and I'm waiting for a call back. Looking at the US home care info, a lot of them are agency-based and they get paid per visit (if a patient cancels...
Hello, I've worked on medical units for 1.5 years now and, while I'm decent at it, I want to explore something different. I'm looking for a job that has the following qualities: 1. Time 1:1 with a...
On the unit I work on, we have an exclusion criteria that says "no total care patients - independent patients only." However, you have to keep in mind that all units are part of the hospital. When...
Check with U of C nursing before you do that because I don't think they accept the challenge course. You need a C- in the course but the challenge doesn't give you a
Do your CPR mid-late December or early January or if you can. You need to renew it every year. If you do it too early, you'll need to renew it during your very busy final focus in your last term. A...
**Assuming they didn't change the schedule for the upcoming year** You'll follow either the blue or the green schedule. Both schedules attend the lectures on Tues/Wed/Fri
There are two schedules and you will be randomly assigned to one of them. You will have class 4 days a week and get either Monday off or Thursday off. If you have Monday off, then Thursday will be...
If you are re-doing all the vaccines, it is best to get started early because certain ones (like MMR, Hep B, Td) require multiple shots and will take a few months. I cannot remember whether they...
Yes, the U Calgary Student Wellness Services (https://www.ucalgary.ca/wellness-services) located on the 3rd floor of the MacEwan Hall (the building with the food court and book store) can provide the...
You need to book a N95 fit test with one of the local companies (for example, Eisan consulting https://www.eisanconsulting.com/). For vaccines, you need to obtain a document from your birthplace and...
Yes, see here https://nursing.ucalgary.ca/future-students/undergraduate/curriculum There is a 4-month break between term 6 and term 7 for transfers, whereas degree holders go through without a
I've been told they review applications on a rolling basis. When I applied back then I had a 3.87 but I didn't get a response until the last week of October. When I called them early October they said...
You are absolutely not alone! My first 6 months of independent practice were hell. When I applied to the job, my manager told me "this is the hardest unit to start your nursing career on." I...