Kevin2020

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Hello everyone, I have a few questions to ask today. Currently, I finished my BScN program, and will write my NCLEX sometime later this year. I live in East Toronto, so both Scarborough Health Network & Michael Garron Hospitals are my closeby hospitals. I commute by public transit as I don't have a car of my own. My questions are related to the New Graduate Guarantee (NGG) program: At either of these hospitals, if you did do a NGG program, how was your overall experience? Lets say your mentor wasn't that great, were you able to switch mentors? At SHN, let's say I wanted to work in General/Centenary sites, can I do my NGG at both? Can I request specific units at these hospitals? I don't prefer to be in a float/NRT pool How does the rotation of units work? Is it like 1 unit for a specific month, then you move to next? What were the ongoing professional development training opportunities you received while in the NGG program? How was the interview? What were some examples of questions they asked, what should I focus on? Do you recommend the NGG at your hospital? How were the staff, work-culture? Is the pay the same as the new RN's salary? What are other NGG programs in Toronto that nurses would recommend? I look forward to hearing from anyone

Hello Everyone, Thank you so much for these comments once again. Looking at the comments, what I understand is: I first have to get a job shadowing done by a nurse in dialysis, as I move onto to my last year of university, I will have to try and get a placement in the dialysis unit, if not, atleast med surg. Do a placement there, get some experience in med surg (if I don't get into dialysis unit placement), then work on getting a nephrology certificate simultaneously, and apply to become a dialysis nurse (also getting in touch with the dialysis unit manager as well). I think that's how this pathway leads. I'm happy now, atleast I sort of have a pathway leading, and can plan on how to achieve it. Without this pathway, I was super clueless. If there's anything else to be mentioned in this steps above, please let me know, I really appreciate for everyone's time :)

Thank You EVERYONE for these wonderful comments. I'll try replying everyone's comment in one post now. Thank you so much for taking your time to help me. This is very much appreciated and means a lot to me :)

Hello everyone, To start off, I’ll provide a background about myself. I am a first year nursing student at a university in Ontario, Canada. I live in Scarborough, a part of Toronto, Canada. I have done a co-op placement at Scarborough Health Network (SHN) during high school, and I’m aware of a floor that they have now turned into a nephrology unit, in one of the hospital sites. SHN is said to be having the largest nephrology program. I like this hospital, and I really want to work there in the future, as a dialysis nurse. However, I’m unsure on how to become a dialysis nurse (or what steps need to be done to reach there). I tried searching on Google, and I can’t find info on it. I am aware of nephrology programs that are conducted by Humber or Durham colleges, but their website only has a requirement, and that is to have a CNO license, I believe. Does that mean, after I graduate from the nursing program, I can straight up, join the nephrology program and become a nephrology nurse, or will I require some sort of experience at a unit first, and then take the course to become a nephrology nurse? Please help. If anyone here is working on this unit, can you please help on how your day goes? What will be the responsibilities? Thanks. Kevin