Soon2BPaeds

I just started at SickKids this summer and thought I would throw my 2 cents in. I love it here. We have a 12 week long orientation that combines a ton of classroom time with preceptored shifts. The patient load can be heavy due to the complex natu...

I believe it is based on a statistical curve and not a percentage score. This year 151 just hapened to be the passing score

Finallly got my results today and I passed!!!! :yelclap:

this is killing me!

WTG! Still waiting here too

I have heard some people have got results but I haven't got mine yet. The waiting is killing me!!!

I am a graduate of Western's CTF program and I really enjoyed it. We had the exact same (if not more) clinical hours than the 4 yr program and because of the shortened time frame things are more fresh as you jump from rotation to rotation. I have n...

The CRNE is the same exam no matter which province you write in so you can use the resources on any/all of the provinicial associations

Go to the CNO website (www.cno.org) and RNAO (www.rnao.ca) and look up the standards/best practice guidelines that pertain to therapeutic communication and nurse-client relationships. This will give you the basics that will help with the exam

Im an Ontario grad and I found the exam so-so. I find it so hard to judge how I think I did. There were so many questions that I could narrow down to 2 answers but then I had to guess

I am just a few shifts away from finishing my consolidation and I am feeling a little overwhelmed. I still feel like I am not ready to graduate, I am still struggling to manage 3 patients (a full load on our floor is 2-3 patients), I still need the ...

Thank you soooo much for your responses. It makes me feel better knowing I am not the only one that feels so nervous.

hahaha! I heard that too but it sounded to go to be true so I didn't want to get everyone's hopes up until I saw something official

I heard there will be no short answers on the June exam this year

There is no standard way to determine the degree of penetration. I find the most difficult part to be determining what my normal line of defense is going to be (ie. what is their "normal state of health"). Next I consider what kinds of defenses the...

I would just be honest and thank her for all of her help but you really want to work in rehab or the community. Most people would understand if you explain that it just isn't the right fit for you.

we have to get it or we will not be allowed into our clinical placement if a resp. outbreak occurs

The best place to go for information about working in Ontario is the College of Nurses of Ontario (www.cno.org). Im not sure how strict they are with foreign trained nurses but all new graduates in Canada that want to work in Ontario must have a bac...

oh kozier and erb... we used that book last year (Canadian edition)... we hated it so much that some of my classmates created a facebook group about what they wanted to do to the book when we finish this year!

I couldn't disagree with you more. Part of the role of a nurse to further the profession and mentor new nurses - a huge part of which is teaching

I think we students need to start a thread about what staff need to know about students. You say you always want us to ask questions but you don't make it easy. When the staff go out of their way to point out that students are outsiders and below t...

there are a number of accelerated programs in Ontario (McMaster, U of T, Western, York, Trent) ranging from 19months to 3 yrs (depending on if they run year round or take a break in summer)

I have a classic II SE and I think its great. I haven't tried the master classic II though so I can't compare them.

I never knew students could even take it. In my area the providers will not offer it to nursing students and some even will not allow nurses into the course until they have been working for 6 months.

Im in 3rd semester right now and I think its the hardest. We are doing psych and community nursing. I think its the hardest because the material is kinda dull and some of the theories that go along with it are a little nuts. I have no interest in ...