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  1. Nurse Calling In Scripts to Pharmacy Illegally

    This is a very difficult situation, I would speak to a lawyer that is experienced with nursing license defense ASAP. She needs to be reported, however you also need to protect yourself from
  2. Shadowing to evaluate performance

    I think there should be one clear defined reason to shadow the staff and the staff should be the ones that determine the reason, your current plan is management driven, vague and I am skeptical that...
  3. Nurse Calling In Scripts to Pharmacy Illegally

    How did you respond when she told you she had called in Bactrim order for
  4. admitted diverting, freaking out

    Talk to an
  5. CRNE to NCLEX

    By the time you write, educators and students will have a much better idea of what to expect when writing the NCLEX, it is confusing right now because it is still in the early stages of
  6. CRNE to NCLEX

    I think (but I don't know) that it is more likely that the questions were distributed according to the CRNE's exam blue print. The educators don't have the authority to change the skew of the test...
  7. CRNE to NCLEX

    I agree with most of what you wrote Steven, with a couple of exceptions, the company (NCSBN) that does NCLEX did not buy out the company that does the CRNE (ASI). NCSBN out bid ASI in the college of...
  8. Prospective international nursing student in Canada

    I don't think your information is up to date either fkdlwms5, Canada is starting to have a saturation of their own nursing grads, so is the US. Canadian grads haven't been aggressively recruited to...
  9. I do not have a sample question but there are quizzes in the CNO quarterly journal "The Standard", the journal is on the CNO website, look in the table of contents for "Quiz" or "Take the Quiz" The...
  10. The information on the written test is on the CEHPEA link that Jason posted [h=3][/h]The IEN Objective Written Exam (MCQ) consists of questions based on 5 RN Entrance to Practice Competency Domains:...
  11. CRNE to NCLEX

    CASN website has a powerpoint that discusses the differences between the exams and transitioning from CRNE to NCLEX RN CNO website has information on the jurisprudence
  12. RN and Lactation Consultant

    GTA pediatricians do not hire nurses, they either help the moms themselves or refer them to their hospital breast feeding clinics or one of the Toronto public health clinics, jobs in these clinics are...
  13. This will be the first time that the CNO is asking IENs to do the OSCE and it seems like the exam will be as JasonNZ posted and there is no need to take a prep course. The CNO recommends that you...
  14. Applying to Trent university

    The letter is a good idea, also you will likely need to submit an extenuating circumstances
  15. Applying to Trent university

    How long have you waited for someone from Trent to get back to you? Maybe you will receive a reply after reading week is
  16. IEN wants to be have Masters Degree in Canada

    It is true that once your credentials have been assessed by CNO as equivalent to a Canadian BScN it is equivalent. If your friends had their education assessed before 2005, their degree may have been...
  17. Insurance Company RN Jobs

    You must be thinking of homecare agencies not insurance companies, since Canadians have publicly funded healthcare insurance, there is no need for private insurance companies to arrange for urine or...
  18. Upgrade course for New RN's IEN's

    I am glad you registered for the course, I don't know if you are aware, but there are funds through the Nursing Education Initiative to help reimburse Ontario RNs and RPNs for courses, keep a copy of...
  19. Upgrade course for New RN's IEN's

    George Brown, Centennial and Ryerson are all recognized schools, the content of their health assessment courses are similar, they even use the same textbook
  20. Upgrade course for New RN's IEN's

    No, I have nothing to do with any colleges, my statement about employers preferring education from public, accredited schools is common knowledge among
  21. Upgrade course for New RN's IEN's

    I encourage you to take the course from George Brown as it is a community college that is accredited and Toronto healthcare employers recognize it as a valid course. Most employers do not view courses...
  22. Ideas for a non-nursing Master's Degree?

    Some non-nursing Masters degrees that can be a go well with a BSN RN are; Health Informatics, Business, Ethics, Law, Education, Public Health and Social Policy, Rehabilitation, and Library
  23. Length of Vacation Time for Registered Nurses

    I would not count on the new grad initiative as a future option, my understanding is that 87 of the 89 million of the new grad initiative dollars has been spent. It is unlikely there will be any...
  24. You cannot rely on your parents for financial advice, you will have to learn on your own, suggest you borrow books on personal finances from your local library, (I recommend Suze Orman's books). As...
  25. Hitting the Pavement HELP!!!

    Before you try walking in and dropping off your resume, find out what the human resource's policy is first, some workplaces have a policy to discard resumes that are not submitted through the proper...