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dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Nursing shortage

    Is the textbook written by a professor of a nursing
  2. i need your help

    Agree with silverdragon, also do you plan to drive your own car or use public transportation? The type of transportation you plan to use, will impact your choice of city size, small cities do not...
  3. Unhappy Hospital

    I do not consider the different responses in this thread 'cranky vs happy', to me it is more a matter of different personality types. In this thread the answers reflect harmonizer personality types vs...
  4. Rn trying to reinstate my license

    Click on the yellow caution symbol in the left hand corner of your post and ask the moderators to edit
  5. LPN to personal care assistant?

    Same in Ontario, there are many IENs working as
  6. BSN graduate with no license

    It says you have three years of experience, does that mean you are licensed and working someplace
  7. i need your help

    Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton are expensive cities to live in and even though many IENs find it difficult to become licensed and find work, they are still popular cities for many new...
  8. LPN to personal care assistant?

    When writing a resume for PSW positions, do not put LPN designation beside your name as you are not legally entitiled to the designation unless you are licensed in Ontario. List your education, US...
  9. LPN to personal care assistant?

    Personal support worker is a common title in many, but not all Ontario health care facilities. When you search job postings, under qualifications, personal support worker certificiate required is...
  10. transferring from nys to ontario

    @sdg you were allowed to complete the competency assessment because you graduated from a one year LPN program before January 2005, I think it is unlikely that jamie will be allowed the same...
  11. Quit Nursing?

    A supervisor is never a nurse's only resource, in this case, following your supervisor's advice was dangerous to the patient and to your license. I suggest you review your BONs educational resources,...
  12. LPN to personal care assistant?

    Look for PSW job opportunities with home health care agencies such as; VON, VHA, Red Cross, March of Dimes, Saint
  13. LPN to personal care assistant?

    Not all of the Personal Support Workers in Ontario have certificates and they are not always required in order to work in long term care, homecare, agency, attendant care
  14. Quit Nursing?

    I don't think you have have the knowledge, skills, and ability to practice safely and competently in your current job, if you stay in it, you are high risk for a complaint to the
  15. complaint with Ohio Board of nursing

    First, I hope your son is ok. Second, look on the BON for previous hearings regarding medication administration and ask your lawyer what are the possible outcomes. IMO this situation at most, warrants...
  16. Conestoga RPN Program

    A room will come up, if you check kijiji, phone and make arrangements to check the room/roomates before you decide to rent. Speak to the Conestoga student advisor for accommodation ideas, maybe there...
  17. Conestoga RPN Program

    @firealarm, I see the IEN bridge program starts in March and since your start date is off of the regular start dates I suggest you look on kijiji for room rentals/roommates that are located near the...
  18. Conestoga RPN Program

    Centennial's website has a couple of word documents that detail their 'approved with conditions' status, looks like they are borderline in their graduation rate, as in 2012 43% graduated and in 2013...
  19. transferring from nys to ontario

    As you are an internationally educated nurse, your first step is to have your education assessed for equivalence to Canadian PN education by National Nursing Assessment Services
  20. Conestoga RPN Program

    If you look at CNO list of approved practical nursing programs (CNO March 2014) it says Conestoga is approved but George Brown and Centennial are approved with conditions. The description for approved...
  21. Unhappy Hospital

    It seems since 'management and staffing is not the problem on your unit (ER)' it is ok to assume that staffing is not an issue on the overcrowded units that receive the ER patients... so what is the...
  22. Becoming a nurse with a disability

    To get an overview of the various nursing skills that are common in nursing practice, look at the textbook 'Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques' by Perry and Potter. To see demonstrations of the...
  23. Dilemma..How do I get from here to Bscn ?

    I do not have any knowledge of the selection criteria that the committees use to choose students, but my thoughts are, as long as you were not in the nursing program at Sheridan, your marks should not...
  24. Dilemma..How do I get from here to Bscn ?

    Ontario schools do not have one definition of what a mature student is, that would be the simple and straight forward thing to do and that is not how Ontario bureaucratic organizations do
  25. general question needing guidance

    One more piece of advice, if you can be identified by your user name, suggest you change it to something more