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Definitely Mental Health, Mom & Baby units, Peds

I wouldn't take more courses to be honest. The only thing I would be focused on is getting your RN, you will then be more competitive for hospital jobs as there are more RN jobs than RPN jobs.

Were you applying out of the province at the time? If you were, how did they interview you?

All our hospitals here are public! All OR nurses are trained to take on a scrub role, Im not sure what a "scout" is though, we don't use that term here, is it the nurse that works outside the sterile field?(That's called the Circulating nurse here). And yes, They'll only hire if you take the course, its a requirement for 99% of the jobs.

Don't be afraid to ask for more orientation!!! I have seen a lot of nurses not comfortable in a job, they were usually always granted more orientation when asked.

Im not able to PM, but I was wondering how long did it take you to find a job? Are you in Rural / Northern Alberta or did you manage a job in Edmonton/Calgary? Its so discouraging reading the posts about getting jobs w/ AHS ?

Thanks everyone for the replies! My thinking was maybe the "grass is greener" in Alberta than it is in Ontario (Cheaper real estate, cost of living, etc.), but I guess ill take my time and see what happens before moving out there !

Hi Everyone, I am currently an OR nurse in Toronto, Ontario, I have recently been thinking a lot of moving to Calgary, Alberta. I don't want to move out there unless I have a job lined up, can anyone provide any insight on the best way to handle job searching / licensing when you're from another province? Should I apply for my license there first? (I heard this process takes really long), or should I apply for job positions first and then seek licensure afterwards?

Im an OR nurse in Toronto, I can't really tell you what is the difference between here and Australia is but, I would say its really hospital dependent as well. Some OR nurses here are trained to work in all services that the hospital provides, whereas some hospitals will only orient you to only a few services. Theres usually two nurses in a room (sometimes 3, but rarely). As an RN you're either circulating or scrubbing. If there is no RN (you may be working with an RPN or scrub tech), you HAVE to assume the role of circulating nurse.