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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Question about moving to Canada for Nursing

    dishes replied to Mikeya's topic in Canada

    Once you have a few years of experience, check the government of Canada website for opportunities in remote or isolated first nations communities. If you do become licensed in Canada, consider taking...

  2. Career going and confused

    dishes replied to PsychNurse6083's topic in Canada

    Most Ontario nurses work shift work, it takes many years of union seniority before a nurse can obtain a clinic position. Instead of hoping for a clinic nurse position, consider gaining two years of...

  3. Next step if you don't pass NCLEX in Illinois

    dishes replied to Shonab89's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What do you think the Illinois BON thinks of applicants who try to circumvent their NCLEX cap rule by applying to another state and then re-applying back to Illinois? If you apply to another state,...

  4. PRN vs routine pain meds

    dishes replied to Cdnbscn's topic in Patient Medications

    Inadequate staffing is an employment problem, from a patient safety point of view, the solution isn't have the physicians write scheduled pain medication orders for the convenience of the nursing...

  5. Facility Stopping & Searching Employees' Personal Belongings

    dishes replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Since you are unionized, your union can seek advice from their lawyer, then inform the

  6. Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    dishes replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    I don't which Atlantic province you are located in, but if you are in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or PEI, it seems that Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre (RNPDC) does the competency...

  7. Career Change-Charlotte NC

    dishes replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Click the caution symbol in the bottom right hand corner of your post and ask the moderators to change your

  8. Request Copy of NCLEX Passing Letter

    dishes replied to jhonjhes's topic in Nurse Registration

    jhonjhus I think you should send an email to the NYBON explaining your situation, they will know how you should apply for licensure. I also think you should be wary of the recruitment agency, I...

  9. Facility Stopping & Searching Employees' Personal Belongings

    dishes replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    A lawyer can clarify if the policy is within the law, as welll as if security guards have legal authorization to do search and seizure and if doing the searches in public is considered harassing and...

  10. CNA vs. Fast food: Which is tougher?

    dishes replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    CNA and nursing school programs, as well as employers teach proper body mechanics and transfer methods. Work related musculoskeletal injuries are not the result of improper technique, but often due...

  11. I'm quitting today! Finally had enough!

    dishes replied to SoontoBNP's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with roser and elkpark, just resign, employer's are more than happy to overwork employees until they have nothing left to give and spit them out. The employer is not going to change the working...

  12. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    dishes replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    A full year of orientation in home health! What a great way to ensure that a new grad is able to manage patient care safely, does the employer still offer this type of

  13. Career Change-confused!!

    dishes replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Look for a school that is on your state board of nursing's list of approved pre-licensure nursing

  14. Nnas advisory report

    dishes replied to pawara's topic in Nurse Registration

    I'm not sure if you are aware, but there are free occupation specific language training courses offered in Ontario. The OSLT for healthcare professionals allows IENs the opportunity to practice...

  15. Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    dishes replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    Since your provincal regulatory association website doesn't clarify what the competency based assessment entails and it is a three day exam, it sounds similar to assessments done in some of the other...

  16. Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    dishes replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    sarah did you do the self assessment readiness tool (SART)? It's an online tool with questionaires that help internationally educated health care professionals compare their own knowledge, skills and...

  17. Advice on Acceptance into Nursing

    dishes replied to t12ra's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Your question is should you take the PN program learn the foundations of nursing, graduate, become licensed, find employment and gain meaningful real life experience, versus take meaningless easy...

  18. Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    dishes replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    Yes, the provinces have different IEN exams, although I think BC, Alberta, Sask, Manitoba and Nova Scotia use the same SEC assessment and theirs also includes OSCE. You're not the only IEN who is...

  19. Recruiter vs direct hiring

    dishes replied to sparkeepoo's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's an employer's market there is no need for NY hospitals human resources departments to use recruiters. Why would a hospital pay a recruiter when they can post a position on their website and...

  20. Got an offer in sub-acute, how to politely decline the offer?

    dishes replied to EP10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If this job vacancy is in an area with a saturated market, the recruiter will have many interested applicants and will be contacting one of them as soon as you decline the offer. I bet the recruiter...

  21. Aussie trying to work in Eastern Canada

    dishes replied to SarahMaramara's topic in Canada

    Have you checked your provincial college of nurses website for an overview of what the competency based assessment entails? Different provinces have different IEN assessments. Ontario has IENCAP, a...

  22. Request Copy of NCLEX Passing Letter

    dishes replied to jhonjhes's topic in Nurse Registration

    CA BON won't have a copy of the NCLEX results, they destroyed the file after the OP did not show a SSN within three years. NCSBN should have record of the NCLEX results and NY BON should know how to...

  23. Neuroscience ICU or Oncology

    dishes replied to medicalninja's topic in General Nursing

    Are you currently a nursing

  24. got fired/terminated

    dishes replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're recommending the OP omit employment information and pretend she just became licensed? Bad idea, employers do employment background checks and verify an applicant's license, they can see the...

  25. Nnas application papers

    dishes replied to albertabijaya's topic in Nurse Registration

    If NNAS does not have record of you applyinng to be assessed, it doesn't make sense to have the forms completed and sent to them. When you apply to be assessed they create a file on you and when they...