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  1. IV therapy

    If your workplace does not offer training check the Canadian vascular access association website for a list of courses http://www.cvaa.info/LEARNING/Courses/tabid/66/Default
  2. MD to RN program

    I understand, because the patient contact is what I like most about my job. Also, there are foreign educated MDs working in research at my workplace and they miss the intense patient contact as well....
  3. MD to RN program

    Fazil29 If you use the search tool on allnurses you can find lists of accelerated programs https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/comprehensive-list-accelerated-440181.html Hopefully, after...
  4. Calgary Hospitals

    back2bRN Where are Alberta's new grads moving to? I am curious because some of Ontario's new grads may need to move to find work.
  5. Contemplating Relocating to Canada.

    Information on cost of living in Toronto is on the city website http://www.toronto.ca/immigration/cost_imm.htm Obtaining work may be difficult because hospitals budgets for 2010 are tight and there...
  6. DUI

    You will have to clarify with the BON, but I don't think you report when you are accused of DUI, I think you report when you are guilty of DUI.
  7. Medical transcriptionists are still used even with voice recognition technology. Maybe check with the school counsellor to find out what the hire rate is for the medical transcriptionist graduates...
  8. Hopefully you will find work after you become registered but you need to be prepared for the possibilty that you may not. It will take several months to become registered and the CNO is increasing the...
  9. 'Nurses 4 America'

    Read the fine print of the nurses4america contract, find out what will happen to your paperwork if the agency goes out of business before it is processed. I think nurses contemplating using an agency...
  10. allig I am curious, what happens when the patient who is admitted for the c-section suddenly has doubts, how does the OB respond?
  11. Maybe the paper can describe what nurses can do when they believe a patient has not given informed consent to a plan? In the case you describe, the office nurse can discuss her concern with the...
  12. golu, If an agency is tellling you they can make your CNO assessment results more favourable they are misleading you. If you can understand and adhere to written instructions, then you are capable of...
  13. Well done vivarn, your non-judgemental approach and exploration of the anxiety behind the patient's physical complaint may have prevented hypochondria.
  14. Future of the RN in Canada?

    You have raised some very good questions ruralgirl. You are correct about the narrowing gap, according to CNO stats, the number of new registered RPNs has almost caught up to the number of new...
  15. Future of the RN in Canada?

    I know nurses who specialized because they are passionate about a particular specialty, I also know nurses who specialized to ensure job prospects. IMO, the nurse who specialized based on passion seem...
  16. In Ontario, it is up to the CNO to determine whether or not you need bridging. If you have not already done so, suggest you pick which province you want to live in and start looking at the application...
  17. Hi kelseya That is good news from the CNO! I am not sure what the salary range is for RPNs, the maximum will likely be less than the starting RN hourly rate, which is approximately 29.00/hour....
  18. Nurse wants to live and work in Canada

    In Ontario, internationally trained midwives must complete a 1 year bridging program http://www.cmo.on.ca/ITM.php In Canada, when the economy is good, there is more potential to work as a RN than as...
  19. RPN IEN please help

    I think the CNO requires 1,125 practice hours in 5 years, so Petko should be able to maintain registration as long as the hours are accrued this year.
  20. RPN IEN please help

    Yes contact the CNO and also read this previous post https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/medication-administration-certificate-433457.html
  21. Paraplegia and nursing

    Your friend will need to prepare to face the attitudinal barriers of the nursing school administrators, teachers and other nurses. Maybe your friend can make a list of the nursing students skills that...
  22. Paraplegia and nursing

    There is nurse with SCI on staff at the Craig hospital, maybe your friend can contact the Craig for information on how she was able to complete the clinical aspects of nursing school.
  23. Linzz Do you know which colleges offer mission experience for RPNs?
  24. College of Nurses of Ontario

    Actually, Ontario does not have a nursing shortage and if you think the CNO has not treated you fairly and has not honoured some aspect of the fair registration practice guideline...
  25. There are a small number of international aid placements for students in some degree programs http://intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca/retro/Retro%20ICDR.pdf...