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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. NNAS experience?

    @maxxyuk suggest you apply to be assessed for equivalency to both RN and PN at the same time, it will save more time than if you apply for PN assessment after you find out your education is not...
  2. Accepted into LPN program but having second thoughts...

    Pharmaceutical and medical device reps spend long hours standing at display booths during conferences, advisory board meetings and inservices. Rep jobs are glorified retail
  3. Job Embeddedness

    @nursehoneBebe the questions you asked on your first post did not have the impact you intended, instead of becoming defensive, try reading other threads to gain a better understanding of the social...
  4. CCAC Care Coordinator vs Hospital Nurse

    In theory the LHINs recommedations should result in cost savings and better ability to provide patient care, but in reality it doesn't result in improved
  5. I don't have any experience with this, but if I had evidence that a RN who did not have an advanced practice license was writing orders, I would protect the public safety and report it to the
  6. Accepted into LPN program but having second thoughts...

    Since you have a bachelors degree have you considered going straight for the MSW? It will be a faster route to working in a wellness
  7. Resilience Training

    @Perurn, Do you consider employee wellness programs a part of resiliency training? If so, then wellness programs are available in quite a few Canadian workplaces (both in and out of healthcare) they...
  8. Hospital Liaison

    I haven't heard of the term either, does BC use the term liason in place of
  9. Resilience Training

    There are articles by Canadian mental health professionals that show healthcare professionals and emergency responders are at occupational risk of developing compassion fatigue, burnout or vicarious...
  10. Nursing agency opportunity

    Do not take the job, report the agency to the labor
  11. CCAC Care Coordinator vs Hospital Nurse

    There will be CCAC job cuts as the shift to LHINs is to save
  12. Do you miss bedside Nursing?

    Is your hospital position unionized? Can you keep your seniority by working as a casual at the hospital, while working as a case manager? If the case management position doesn't work out it will be...
  13. Is 1.5 years in Med-Surg too short?

    Have you ever tried meditation? Calm abiding meditation can help you to see that thinking that you get the short end of the stick, is just a thought, a thought that identifys with your ego, not your...
  14. Is 1.5 years in Med-Surg too short?

    Comparison is the thief of joy. There were more positives than negatives about the job before you were denied the promotion, the only thing that has changed is your point of view, the positives are...
  15. looking for narcotic free nursing job

    Cystoscopy Dermatology Infection control Diabetic
  16. What was your team's answer? The BLS guidelines are reviewed every five years, the guidelines are only updated if the research evidence is clear that changes will improve survival
  17. If it were me living with two chronic conditions, I would avoid nursing because of the impact that shiftwork would have on my health and work life balance. I would pursue a career as an allied...
  18. What is the incidence providing excellent care compared to subpar care? 95/5, 90/10, 50/50,
  19. Agency nursing as a new grad in Toronto area?

    @mintchocolate if you are in doubt about relocating to work in a small town, look at ONA news regarding Ontario hospital layoffs, most of the cuts are happening in cities, for example this past week...
  20. Beware the Recruitment Scammer

    This recruitment scam has been going on for years, according to RCMP fraud investigators it originates from outside of Canada and is aimed at nurses in the Philippines. The fraudsters use names of...
  21. Do I have to be an RN to be a Medical Writer?

    An associates degree in nursing is not an education that is going to open doors to a career as a medical
  22. Most of the people coming to Canada through the international experience program are offered farm labour positions or other temporary work positions that do not require licensing, in Ontario the...
  23. Ontario has the largest surplus of nurses and the largest provincial deficit, IENs keep coming to Ontario, particularly to Toronto, you can't swing a cat without hitting an underemployed
  24. Canadian health care employers have a surplus of local qualified applicants, they have no reason to offer a nursing job to an IEN who requires a work
  25. New Nurse Orientation

    You are on the right track reviewing nursing skills, medications and health assessment, also suggest you review charting assessments, use an interactive website such as; free nurse tutor com...