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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Wait until after you have your VA license to apply for jobs, employers usually require applicants to have valid state
  2. Do you have a VA
  3. In addition to justbeachy's question. Can you also answer what the nursing job market is like in VA? If there is a surplus of local qualified applicants, employers cannot justify hiring a Canadian...
  4. Interview quest./subj

    Approach the interview questions from the point of view of the manager. Do you think an interviewing manager wants to hear answers that show you are only interested in the job as a stepping stone in...
  5. helping out or obligated

    What are the politics of the hospital? Does the current manager have more power than the new unit manager? If so, don't rankle the one with power, cooperate, but be firm and insist that the new...
  6. Which province for new (old) grad?

    You've handed your resume to the employers in person and submitted it online, now FOLLOW UP! Don't let them forget your name or how interested you are in working on their
  7. Which province for new (old) grad?

    You did not waste your time going to the job fair. They referred you to their website because when employers choose their top three applicants to interview, they look for candidates in their online...
  8. boss vendetta

    I don't think the op did any major damage to their career, they gave prior notice of their resignation and left on their last day of work, the manager sounds hostile and probably wasn't planning to...
  9. How do you know your applications are getting rejected left and
  10. first aid training

    @bvb, Your nursing education supercedes a standard first aid course. As others have said, if you take any courses they should targeted for healthcare
  11. Written Job Offer Rescinded=jobless

    That's unfortunate, hopefully after reapplying you will be offered your old
  12. Are you still in nursing school? If you do not have a license, you are wasting your time submitting online resumes to GTA hospitals, they won't even be looked at by human resources personnel, they...
  13. Ontario's debt is the largest of the provincial debts, the Ontario ministry of health cannot afford to pump additional money into hospitals, your chances of receiving a job offer are better in...
  14. boss vendetta

    To me it doesn't fit the criteria for abandonment, but it is the BON who interprets the nursing practice act. Talk to an attorney familiar the BON, they will be able to tell you what you are...
  15. boss vendetta

    You reported to your supervisor that you were leaving, you did not accept a patient assignment and left the incoming patients in the hands of a RN, I don't think it will result in disciplinary action,...
  16. Feasible Research Proposal Topic

    @nelshyn, you're on the right track with your topic, if you have doubt turn it into focus. Keep in mind that the point of the assignment is to show that you understand the steps involved in nursing...
  17. Feasible Research Proposal Topic

    Have any of your classmates had clinical placements where they used used the barcoding
  18. Feasible Research Proposal Topic

    yes, now that you have a topic, do a literature search, a good place to start searching this topic is the ismp institute for safe medication
  19. Feasible Research Proposal Topic

    Yes, as Tenebrae said try and narrow your topic down done, for example do you want to look at nursing practices that improve patient
  20. Which province for new (old) grad?

    @Cankor, how was the job
  21. Nurse from US interested in moving to Canada

    It won't be difficult for creditors to follow the trail to Canada. It will be difficult to stay under the radar when one's nursing license and place of employment are on public
  22. Transitioning Out of Long Term Care

    In area where there is a nursing surplus, acute care manager can be selective and reject applicants who lack acute care experience, in areas where there is a nursing shortage, acute care managers...
  23. Nursing Depts Ran by Non-Nurses?

    I have no strong feelings one way or the other, I have had both nurses and non-nurses as managers and the patient care policies and practices were never negatively impacted by the non-nurse
  24. Nurse from US interested in moving to Canada

    The savings are not free and clear if you have outstanding debt. Look on the CIC website for immigration to Canada, the proof of funds is to show that you have enough of your own money to fully...
  25. Nurse from US interested in moving to Canada

    After you graduate and are licensed in the US, you should apply to NNAS to have your education assessed for equivalency to a Canadian BScN. While you're waiting for your assessment, you should work to...