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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 before 😞 . I didn't do well on the Casper and that was...

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 added an audio part to it which some schools use and s...

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 CASPER score? They don’t give any feedback. Congrat...

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 helpful, they are way too easy. I found using quizlet...

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. ?

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 amount of volunteer work and did the Care Aid certif...

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 energy for exercise. It's unfortunate because I li...

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 nurse yet but I do work in mental health and current...

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 for me.

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 with the U.S? Why not choose from one of the western Co...

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 precious little or are on disability or social as...

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 Canadians to "be all they can be" however if they...

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 of philosophy. I am very grateful that Canadians ...

I enjoyed that very much! Thank You:)

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

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 specialties(maternity,peds) they can work in many environments t...

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 am. If my wife is home on Saturday she has a nice b...

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 little nap wednesday while the kids are at school ...

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 get to attached to the idea of the addicts "recover...

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 bucks an hour. I do not think that is "good money" ...

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 O/T) while I work weekend nights and take care of t...

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 because most places in Canada have two year lpn program...

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 hour.

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 I put them all in tupperware in the fridge and jus...

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, strawberries and celery. I brought homemade lentil vegetabl...