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Just sticking my nose in here - there was a posting on a Canadian job board for civilian nurses to go to Afganistan on short rotating deployments (8-10weeks) I believe this is for Canadian nurses only though - and the job entails working in the clinics looking after the civilians working over there? I applied for the position - mind you they did require trauma certifications so I will see if they call me to discuss the opportunity :)

Hi Mary - I am a Canadian Nurse and just applied for a contract position posted on one of the job websites here in Canada - this contract agency has thus far from what I can see only employees engineers and whatnot so not sure what will happen - hopefully I will hear from them sometime this week.

Hi there - Yes I am Canadian - from the greater toronto area - this is my first time so I am quite nervous/excited - like starting the first day in the ER - gotta remember first days suck and the rest is uphill :)

Hi all - I am heading for my first assignment on a native reserve called Bearskin Lake. I am really looking forward to going and doing a unique form of nursing - I am sick and tired of the standard hospital nursing and I am hoping this is the direction my career is going - I excited and nervous - I also plan on creating a blog of my experiences :) WIsh me luck!!

Thanks Jan - I am hoping for all of those things - it will be quite the adventure :)

I am going to be a disaster - I have a hard time rolling my tongue around new fancy words (drugs are the worst) so going to some of these places and then trying to say the names of them is going to be very interesting LOL

Well it is official - I leave on May 25th - very much looking forward to this new adventure - will have to journal and take pictures of my time up there!!

LOL - yes I was thinking to myself what am I in for - but I have a colleague who does it on a regular basis and she loves it - so I thought why not? - hopefully I will be disciplined enough to write about my experiences - we shall see :)

I am hopefully soon going to be trying this branch of nursing out for size...I have been an ER nurse for 2 years and I was an RPN for many years prior to that - I am nervous but excited at the same time - If all goes well I should be going within the next month or so!