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It took me about six weeks of firing off resumes to all the RPN jobs in my area, (southwest Ontario), to get hired part time in a retirement facility. After working three months at that facility I took a full time position. After gaining experience I am now transitioning to a hospital setting which I find more interesting and is significantly higher paying. The common experience exiting nursing school as an RPN in SW Ontario seems to be juggling several part time positions until you can gain seniority and experience and an opportunity presents itself. I have two pieces of advice for you. First, if you are passionate about nursing and really want to care for people then go for it. With perseverance you will be able to turn a casual/part time position into a full time position. Second, any setting will have learning opportunities that will allow to grow as a nurse. When you first leave nursing school the amount that you still have to learn is staggering...you won't even know how much you don't know. Apply for everything and maintain a positive outlook - you have the opportunity and privilege to make a difference in people's lives no matter where you go.

If you're sure that you want to be an RN then that's the path that you should pursue. The bridges from RPN to RN take 2-3 years full time or 4-5 years part time after you've become an RPN.

My program uses Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Canadian Medical-Surgical Nursing (2nd Ed., ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-9989-8. It is also a beast - it's very comprehensive and most of it is relevant, not a terrible read in my opinion.

Just my two cents - I would tie the nursing diagnosis (e.g. impaired physical mobility) to the treatment (amputation) of the medical condition (Osteomyelitis): Impaired physical Mobility r/t amputation of toe d/t Osteomyelitis.

Wrapping up my third semester of five. There are about ninety of the original hundred left.

I`ve found that as an older student my prior learning, life experience and ability to keep things in perspective give me a distinct advantage over most of my younger classmates. It sounds like you know that nursing is what you want to do so go for it!

As I understand it the size of the raised area from the skin test is key, not all of the redness. If there is any doubt they will send you for a chest xray. There is also a gold standard serology test, gamma interferon I think, that can definitively tell if you're positive. If your chest xray comes back negative but the skin and blood tests are positive and you're asymptomatic then you may have latent t.b. which will require a prophylaxis antibiotic to help keep you from converting to active t.b.

Consider taking a look at distance learning. I upgraded some high school courses through the Independent Learning Centre: Independent Learning | Distance Education | ILC.org The courses are cheap and you can do them at your own pace, I did them while my kids were asleep at night. You can get the competitive marks that you need and then apply. As another poster said, take baby steps and you'll get there.

Hey Firey, This thread is four years old, it's bleedin' demised. You'll probably get a better response by creating a new thread. :)

I wrote everything on index cards: the major glands, control centres (e.g. pituitary, hypothalamus), hormones, target organs/tissues, and physiological effects. I would then arrange the cards into feedback loops.

I would have given her the opportunity (ultimatum) to turn herself in. If she didn't within a very narrow window I would have reported her as you did. Perhaps her sending a retraction email to those she requested the answers from and coming forward to administration with a plea to help for stress would have minimized the damage she did to herself.

I give her a year as a nurse max. Then she'll be able to brag about her humanitarian work at cocktail parties. Don't let it burn you, she'll get what she deserves in the end.

Curiosity is overwhelming me...may I ask how old you are and how far along you are in your plans for world domin...uh... get a big car via nursing? Have you started a program yet?

I believe OP is referring to the Sunshine Coast in B.C. Could an admin move this to the Canadian forum please?

It's pretty ironic that you respond to a thread about discrimination with what to me seem to be broad assumptions and racial/cultural stereotypes. If you know Tarang personally I offer my apologies, I wasn't able to glean that from your post.