bonitabanana

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1. diploma vs degree

   bonitabanana replied to petunia's topic in International

   I'm a Canadian Rn (diploma) --grad. 18 yrs ago-- never thought I'd need it too-- but later found ou that it would have been a good thing to have-- Lot's of programs now to do online--check w/Ryerson, Univ. of Athabaska, even TWU in Dallas has a 4 yr,...

2. Nursing in US

   bonitabanana replied to JellyBean1's topic in International

   I left Canada about 12 yrs ago to travel south as an RN. I had about 3 1/2 years of general medicine under my belt,plus some general prn stuff-- a letter from my employer (IN TEXAS) and a $50 bill paid at immigration in T.O. and i was ready--I too, ...

3. fooling myself

   bonitabanana replied to beaglemom's topic in General Nursing

   the best is yet to come-- LTC IS VERY VERY CHALLENGING. NOT ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH BEING RELATIVELY FRESH TO NURSING, BUT SOMETIMES I THINK AS LTC NURSES YOU STRUGGLE WITH THE GUILT OF FEELING FRUSTRATED AT AN OLDER POPULATION-- UNFORTUNATELY SOMETI...