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Pavu!! Congratulations!! You must be ecstatic - to succeed on your final try! I am so PROUD of you. I passed too! I passed! I can't believe it - I'm crying!

Oh, you guys, I'm smiling from ear to ear for you....... I'm SO HAPPY for you. I can't wait to get home and check. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!! Where in Ontario?

This wait, frankly, sucks.

No news yet in Toronto.

You are in my thoughts and prayers, pavu. Yours will be the first response I look for when people are posting their results on here. Please let us know what the outcome is. I can't imagine how stressed you must be -- if this was your last chance to w...

Hi pavu, Sure. "Entitled to Practice With Restrictions" (and the restriction being: I can only work as a RN in the place of my employment, as per the regulations of a temporary licence holder). And this is the status of the licence (status is current...

Nothing yet in Toronto. Probably won't arrive by mail until next week, unfortunately. One thing to do: I keep checking the CNO website. If you've registered in the temporary class, their website will be the first place that will be updated if you've ...

Stressful. The exam was more challenging than I expected it to be. There were a lot of knowledge based questions, which didn't bother me (although I know that I certainly got several of those wrong) -- it was the vagueness, the ambiguity, the dozens ...

In my final year of my BScN. Been diagnosed with a bunch of stuff within the last year, namely borderline personality, major depression, anorexia nervosa. Finding that I cannot cope anymore. Was a straight A student. Now getting Bs. I know that I'm c...

there is... elegance to this. sometimes, platitudes are in place for a reason. thank you. i am humbled. i hear what you are saying. i know it's true. but, i also wanted to do a masters, or perhaps np. my grades have seriously suffered in t...

Hello, lovely UK nurses! I've been reading the boards all afternoon, trying to get information about overseas nursing. There have been a lot of threads which have addressed my questions (especially the ones answered by Silverdragon102), but the avera...

I've recently encountered a bit of an ethical dilemma at work. For the first time, I had to float on a pediatric oncology ward, and I read in the chart history of one of my patients that the nursing and medical staff had to deal with her parents aski...

Thanks for the reply, and the thoughtful answer. My question to you: What would you tell the daughter if she asked you what was wrong with her?

I know this has probably been discussed a fair amount on this forum, but as a RPN/LPN that is currently bridging to become a RN, I wanted to share my experiences, questions, and conclusions about the inherent differences between the two nursing roles...

I have schizoid personality disorder. PD aren't talked about much in nursing, and I believe, in general (and also concluded from having read this entire thread), most of the mental health issues within nursing revolve around mood and anxiety disorder...

As a Canadian citizen, I wish you well on this quest. However, I would caution you to rethink your statement. While politics and religion may not as superimposed as they may be in the States, the connotations and mores of each as a unified concept do...

Thank you for all of the replies and insight. Karenmaire, I am sorry to hear about the situation your Irish friends are facing. I have British citizenship by descent, so I am wondering if, because of that status, I would have a bit of an easier time ...

Silverdragon, I think that would be a fantastic idea, and would advocate for it. As someone who is newly looking into international nursing, this thread holds a wealth of knowledge that, while incredibly useful, now carries the possible detriment of ...

I feel a little saddened by this post. Fiona, I can -- within an intellectual realm only -- understand your frustration with the students/new graduates that you work with. I can imagine their newness, percieved unprepardness, and insecurity must beco...

thank you for the link to the cna document. i agree with your assessment that the pathway into the different "levels" of nursing will be smoother and easier to implement. it may make the lines less blurred whilst experiencing nursing within an academ...

That's why I included LPN.. I hoped that might clarify. I apologise if it didn't!

Hello! I was wondering if there are any nurses out there who have done/are doing the McMaster 3 year Post RPN program? Not the ones offered through Mowhawk/McMaster or Connestoga/McMaster, but the one offered through McMaster alone? And if so -- how ...

It's a RN briding program, for RPNs to achieve a BScN.

I'm a RPN student, just entering pre-grad. I've been assigned to a step-down ICU (acute respiratory), and I've been having some serious personal identity and self-doubt issues since the commencement of this placement. I've never been in such an acute...