VanLpn

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  1. The University of British Columbia (UBC) BSN 2024 Entry

    VanLpn replied to Aleia Christelle's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I am applying for 2024! Working on my Bio 235 through Athabasca right now. It's awful and have to basically learn it on your own. I just scheduled my Casper exam for Feb 1st. I have applied twice...

  2. The University of British Columbia (UBC) BSN 2023 Entry

    VanLpn replied to futureubcbsn's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Hi 2023 hopefuls! I have a question about the CASPer exam. I applied in 2022 and when I did the CASPer it was vignettes and we had 5 minutes to write our answers. I am reading that they have...

  3. UBC 2021

    VanLpn replied to lbadaura's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Just got my rejection email. Looks like CASPER and grades were the decider. I got a 3 for both and 1 for my supplemental. My GPA is 78%. Not sure what I’ll do now. Is it even possible to improve...

  4. UBC 2021

    VanLpn replied to lbadaura's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I've only done quiz one and two. I found the quiz harder than the midterm. I think it's a good practice for the midterm though. I got the same mark on both. The orion practice quizzes aren't very...

  5. UBC 2021

    VanLpn replied to lbadaura's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I’m doing mine through Athabasca. I’m in a mad rush to get it done by the end of may. I’m on ch 14.

  6. UBC 2021

    VanLpn replied to lbadaura's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I have just under 80 average. IMO I have a very strong supplemental application. I've taken care of foster children with medical needs, worked in addictions on the Downtown Eastside for years, fair...

  7. Night Shift Dulls your brain

    VanLpn replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I thought I liked night shifts until I stopped doing them. After a couple of weeks off I felt a fog lift. I just got used to feeling crappy. Now that I don't do them anymore I eat better and have the...

  8. Who's for banning rotating shifts?

    VanLpn replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live there most nurses work rotating shifts. We're all union here (British Columbia, Canada) and most people don't like night shifts so this spreads around the misery to everyone. I'm not a...

  9. Sleep Problems after coming off Night Shift... how long does it last?

    VanLpn replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did nights for 3 years, then went to days and it took about five weeks to not feel totally wiped out on days. I've recently gone back to nights, although, for general life balance days worked better...

  10. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    VanLpn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    John Stossel is an outspoken libertarian. Hardly the picture of someone impartially evaluating another country’s healthcare system. Why did he pick Cuba a poor country with very little in common...

  11. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    VanLpn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Fair enough. I don't necessarily disagree with that per se. In Canada, however, we all pay for the health care. No one is really getting a "free ride". The only people that don't pay or those who make...

  12. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    VanLpn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well to each their own of course, I want people to be all they can be as well. I don't see how having access to health care means that someone can't "be all they can be". I want to root for my fellow...

  13. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    VanLpn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Me too. It baffles me that people wouldn't want a universal healthcare system. This discussion has also highlighted to me how individualistic the U.S as a whole is with an "every man for himself" kind...

  14. Should I go to University of Calgary or the University of Rochester? Please help!

    VanLpn replied to veebeeG's topic in International Nursing

    U of C for sure. Way cheaper, and the job market for RN's seems a bit better

  15. Pay for psych nurses in Alberta

    VanLpn posted a topic in International Nursing

    i'm considering entering douglas college for bachelor of science in psych nursing. here in b.c, psych nurses are under the same contract as rn's (same $) and with the exception of a few...

  16. Night shift Moms - how do you do it?

    VanLpn replied to all4ofus's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to lie...it is usually very very hard. There have been a couple of times that I just couldn't do it...I ended up regretting it that night though when I couln't fall asleep until 2 or 3...

  17. Night shift Moms - how do you do it?

    VanLpn replied to all4ofus's topic in General Nursing

    I know you just asked for night shift mom's opionions but being a night shift dad whose wife also works shift work fulltime, I thought you might like my opinion. I work Wed-Fri 12 hr nights. I have a...

  18. Questions? New to the field.

    VanLpn replied to obillyboynurse's topic in Addictions

    An excellent book on addiction is "In the realm of hungry ghosts" by Dr.Gabor Mate. Great book!! Really helped me find my compassion for addicts. Something to keep in mind about addictions is not to...

  19. and everyone's... OK with this?

    VanLpn replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    ugh... I make $19 an hour before nursing school in healthcare support. Nurses start at 30 here and make more then 40 with a couple of years and some shift diff's. I would not work as a nurses for 20...

  20. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    VanLpn replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    My wife makes alot more than I do.She makes about $75-80,000 a year as an RN. I work 2-3 days a week 9 hour shifts for $21 an hour. It makes sense for her to work fulltime (and pick upthe occasional...

  21. ADN=RN

    VanLpn replied to Birdbr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Don't let it bother you, she is clearly wrong, so no sweat. We can't change other people's minds but we can change how we react to what other people say/do. Actually, where I live she'd be right...

  22. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    VanLpn replied to Reese2012's topic in General Nursing

    That just tells me you were grossly underpaid before, not that nurses are overpaid. Where I live paramedics get paid $20-25 an hour and nurses start at $30 an

  23. Lunches: Brown bag or cafeteria?

    VanLpn replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I find that bringing healthy food is easy if you do some prep work.Twice a week I spend about 30 mins chopping a wack of veggies, spinning romaine and spinach and making a grain, usually quinoa. Then...

  24. Lunches: Brown bag or cafeteria?

    VanLpn replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I always bring my own food. Otherwise all that is available is crap. Last night I brought a spinach salad with cucumber, tomatoes, chick peas, raddish,thinly sliced kale, red/orange peppers,...

  25. How much student loan debt and how much is it a month to pay back?

    VanLpn replied to sunshine100's topic in General Nursing

    My monthly payment is $820for 15