OgopogoLPN LPN, RN

I usually cannot sleep beforehand. I can never nap in the afternoon as I have 2 young children. I sometimes try to lie down at 7:30pm (11-7 shift) but I almost never can sleep as my normal bedtime is about 11pm. So I'm basically up for 24 hours ...

BC, Canada. 5 years exp. $26.80/hr plus various shift diffs. LTC and acute care/same pay. Fully paid benefits/pension also with that

Yikes, I better follow what's happening...if I stay on my self imposed timeline, I will be writing the CRNE in 2015, or 2016 at the latest. Either way, it will be the new format.

It's hit and miss. There's 3 schools pumping out new grads to very, very few jobs. Some new grads are being hired casual in LTC and acute care, but get very few hours. The summer is busier of course, but for casuals right now, it's very slow. I gradu...

I live in the Okanagan, and from everything I've heard online, in person and 2nd hand info, then entire Lower Mainland right now (and for the past few years) is completely brutal for LPN jobs. There are NONE. Experienced LPNs are applying everywher...

That would be overtime in my world. Wouldn't matter one bit when it fell from one week into the next, or one pay period into the next. Anything after 4 consecutive 12 hour shifts or 6 consecutive 8 hour shifts is OT in my union.

I live in Kelowna, and there are certainly diploma RNs at KGH. I would assume that since you have been working as one for many years, they wouldn't require a BSN at this point, but of course that is up to CRNBC. As for the job market, some new grads ...

I like the Vocera system...for the most part. It does have occasional glitches. I like being able to locate my coworkers, even if they don't respond to a call. I like it telling me the time if I can get to a clock right away, or I'm taking a break o...

Fiona59 may have some words of advice for you....

I'm sorry to hear you weren't successful with your 3rd attempt with the CPNRE. Other than a refresher and perhaps a waiting time, I doubt there's many more options for you I actually thought one would have to retake the whole program to be able to w...

No, it doesn't mean you failed. It just means yours is taking a bit longer in the mail.

I will make about $52,000-$54,000 gross as LPN with 3 years experience. This is FT, some OT, but not much. This doesn't include my paid benefits/employer contribution to pension/LTD coverage.. If that's included, that would add another $10,000 for...

I don't know if it's the same in the states, but to be eligable to take the CRNE as an American RN, one must have already passed the NCLEX. So I imagine it might be the same in the states. To be eligable to take the NCLEX, one may have to have passe...

Yes, but that is the heart of the issue on these threads. Posters are asking what to do after failing the CRNE or the CPNRE the alloted 3 times. No one here is discouraging someone from trying all 3 times. It's when they aren't successful after tha...

When I got my pass in the mail, it included paperwork I had to fill out and sign to get my full license, after I paid the rest of the fee of course. So my envelope wasn't "small". I'm in BC.

There are a few rotations at my hospital that are 8/12 hour mix. Not many, but some.

I see those odd numbers all the time. If the rotation is a 5 week rotation with weird shifts on/shifts off, etc, it can break down into a 0.78 or whatever. I've seen the calculation sheet that has to be done after a rotation is made up to get the F...

It's hard to say exactly how many shifts that would amount to biweekly, but 0.72 is 72% of full time and 0.68 is 68% of full time. This might give you a bit more to go on as well. If someone was hired for a 0.2, that is equal to one eight hour shift...

I know an RN who got a job at Kelowna General about 5 years ago. Was living and licensed in I think Nova Scotia. They paid all her moving costs, including shipping her car to get her out here. Mind you, this was 5 years ago. When she was on mat l...

I always use a filter needle when drawing up from a glass ampule. I use a regular blunt fill needle when drawing from a vial, then change to correct gauge and lenth needle.

I guess it all depends on your collective agreement. I asked about this through my union and this is not an option. I sure wish it was, because I would do it in a hearbeat!!

I wish we had that option. I worked yesterday and was paid double time and a half, but would gladly take time and half and bank the other pay for a paid day off.

I live in Kelowna, BC. You don't need a post grad to work here. But, be warned, there are VERY, VERY few hirings for RNs at Kelowna General. The outgoing RN class at UBCO of the past few years has had recruiters come to them and basically say, som...

Great post! However, we really need to dispell the myth that healthcare is free! We all pay dearly through many type of tax for our great healthcare system! Mainly income tax, but many other taxes as well. Other programs may not receive all the mon...

$55,000, not quite full time, occasional OT General duty LPN in acute care and LTC (same employer, same paycheque)