SurroDoula

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1. June 4th CRNE

   SurroDoula replied to backwoods's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   I got my results today (Edmonton area), and I PASSED! Several of my classmates in the Edmonton area also got their results today too, while others are still

2. June 4th CRNE

   SurroDoula replied to backwoods's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   No mail from CARNA for me today, but I checked online earlier and I also have the link to apply for my permit. I'm taking that as a positive

3. June 4th CRNE

   SurroDoula replied to backwoods's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   Well, I got mail from CARNA today, but it wasn't THE ENVELOPE, it was the Alberta RN magazine. Is that a good

4. June 4th CRNE

   SurroDoula replied to backwoods's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   Up until this point, it hasn't been too bad waiting, but now that it's coming closer to the time when the results are mailed, I'm starting to get anxious! I'm in the Edmonton, AB area, I'll post when...

5. Alberta Cuts Nursing Jobs and to "Restructure Health Care"

   SurroDoula replied to loshki's topic in Canada

   If you are planning on gaining into nursing, go in with your eyes WIDE open - it's a mess now. Also consider if you want to work at the bedside or not - it's looking more and more like if that's what...

6. AHS Media Campaign

   SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

   I'm lucky that I have the freedom to work anything from casual to full time, and would actually PREFER what so many people seem to dislike, such as night shift. Unfortunately, most of my contacts are...

7. AHS Media Campaign

   SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

   I'm scared for two reasons - one is that my parents are aging, and it scares me that they might not get the nursing care they need when the inevitable health issues pop up. I can see myself spending...

8. AHS Media Campaign

   SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

   I wrote a paper this semester about the whole workplace transformation issue. If you can find a copy of the Clinical Workforce Strategic Plan 2011 - 2016, March 16, 2011, Version 8.10, on Insite, it...

9. Grant MacEwan University - Winter Term 2014: Conditional Acceptance Requirements

   SurroDoula replied to _dindin_'s topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   If you are accepted in the winter intake, don't worry about taking your CPR course until the summer - you don't need it until your second semester and you need to renew it yearly - you probably don't...

10. AHS Media Campaign

    SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    UNA released the number of job losses expected AHS plans to reduce RN 'head count' despite ad claiming it's seeking more nurses -

11. AHS Media Campaign

    SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    Lol, and look at the job postings - most are for part time or casual lines (for both RN and LPN). UNA has commented on it AHS misleading Albertans on nurses work hours -

12. So you want to move to Alberta for a job

    SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    I agree. From what I can see, their plan (if it even works) will provide a short term fix until the boomers start retiring in large numbers. In the mean time, nurses will have left the province in...

13. So you want to move to Alberta for a job

    SurroDoula replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    I'm currently working on a paper regarding the whole workplace transformation that's going on in AHS. In some of their areas of their documents they are saying that if they are able to increase the...

14. Alberta Nursing Schools FALL 2014 - MRU, MACEWAN, UofC

    SurroDoula replied to loshki's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    MacEwan is 3.0 - they will accept anyone with a GPA at or higher than that average, in order of application (basically apply on the first day that applications are open for that intake). I got in with...

15. Grant MacEwan Jan 2014

    SurroDoula replied to kchel329's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Congrats! You will get a letter saying what you need to do, but you will need CPR (which you will renew yearly, and you need it before clinicals - maybe plan to do it in the summer so that you don't...