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I felt I needed the baiscs before I could move on to a critical area (I did 5 years med surg before taking the training). And I am glad I did it. I worked ICU/CCU for 2 years, and went back to ward nursing. I didn't like the anxiety from the familie...

i made just over 90 last year in bc. i'm full time, DC1, step 9. rarely work OT, and am in charge a fair bit. i work with some floor nurses who have made in the 150s. to work that much isn't safe to me. but i have two small kids and like hanging out ...

I grew up in Burnaby, and now live in Victoria. I did my training at Douglas, and now work at the Jubilee. I haven't worked at the General. It's quite a bit smaller than Vancouver. But I much prefer it. I can't handle the traffic and commutes on the...

my bad. i didn't know there was a difference. sorry.

there are some travel nursing companies in canada. like i said, i know of one. i work with nurses who are hired by said company to work in other health regions (you can't work in the same health region in which you are employed). my friends haven't h...

nope. the only one i know of is solutions staffing. but that's because they're based out of prince george and i know a few people who work for them. sorry i'm of no help.

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i just started in icu in january. i've only had problems with one person. our ward is awesome. we have lpns, rns cnas float here. i don't care, you wanna help, come on board. but i also worked on a heavy medical ward for 5 years, from which most of o...

i guess it depends on the person. i've seen people in a dead sleep and be able to get up and run a code with no issue. i'm not one of those people. it takes me 30 minutes to defrost. and i guess it depends on the culture of the hospital/ward. i'd ra...

my old ward, i was lucky if i got a break. i usually ran to the vending machine to grab a snack and go pee (not at the vending machine, but you get what i mean). my new job is totally different. last night was the first time since i've been there (3 ...

there is a agency here in prince george that sends nurses to hospitals in fraser heath, interior health, viha and nha. i'm too much of a chicken to go anywhere, but i know lots of other people i work with who have gone and have quite enjoyed it. the ...

in canada, an lpn is an lpn and an rn is an rn. diploma nurses (i think they are the same as associate degree, but don't quote me) are hired here all the time in bc. i think the only places you couldn't work are quebec (language) and ontario (but i'm...

i don't know about the bridging in to the lpn from the care aide. i'll have to ask a couple people at work who have been aides and are now lpns. i'm pretty sure you can't at cnc. and i don't know if you apply for the rn program at cnc or unbc. i know...

for me, it was either teaching or nursing. i don't know why, but those were the two jobs i was drawn towards. i was very very very shy when i first started nursing school. to the point that when i was in clinical, i couldn't go wake up the patients, ...

i don't think you have to fear anything with employment as an rn in prince george. i know for a fact there are plenty of open lines right now. they may not be permanent, but they are full time terms. heck, i left my position to take another job in se...

if you're working at childrens, you're best staying in vancouver or burnaby. to drive from pitt meadows to south burnaby takes at least a half hour (in the middle of the night with no traffic). taking the bus when the counterflow is going the opposit...

i make 30/hour. i estimate 23 an hour net. because of the rotation, the cheques vary from 1000-2000 each. that doesn't include overtime or stats. once you have your ei and cpp paid off for the year, it's better as well. i would say you'll be making 2...

i'm a bad girl. we've had snow since the 30th and i haven't put them on. i'll do it monday. after my exam tomorrow, i have a week off to do stuff like that.

i agree completely, fiona. i get perma road rage when i hit hope, and it doesn't go away until i leave. i'm sick of people being up to their eyeballs in debt and not understanding why i live in a place where i can have a nice house and cars and only ...

shaazzaamm, it's alaska. what are you expecting? 70 degrees in march? cuz that isn't going to happen. heck, i'm only 500 miles north of the canada/us border, and it's 10 degrees here (-10c) with 8 inches of snow on the ground. we don't have 24 hour d...

if i were going to move back home, i'd live in mission and work at msa hospital. i can't justify 800 grand to live in the neighbourhood in which i grew up, when i know my parents paid 46 grand in 1971 for their house. but i still miss my ocean and mo...

sexy accents? ha ha ha. sorry. it's the whole "english accents are so neat" thing. i don't like kits. but i'm anti trend, and kits is a very trendy place to live. little dogs and lululemon. rent's not cheap, but it's near the ocean, which i love. i ...

from sfu to childrens on the bus? no. don't even try. it's not worth your sanity. if you drove, it wouldn't be that bad. i had a friend who lived over by lougheed mall (kinda at the base of burnaby mountain) and worked at womens (sorry i'm switching ...

do you have a car or are you going to walk/bus it? i'd live along the oak/cambie corridor. vgh is 12th and heather (between oak and cambie), so i'm sure there's lots of health care people between oak-cambie-broadway-49th area. kits wouldn't be too ha...

i'd be a pharmacist. i love that aspect of health care, and my husband (who does community pharmacy) makes 60% more than i do. i can't justify another 5 years of school, and having to move 8 hours away from here. and i still love nursing, so why cha...