prospectivenurse22

Congratulations Team Canada! Proud to be a Canadian...have always been, but especially today! Great game.

Thanks again dishes! Nursing just seems more and more like a profession I want to be in, and not my boring cubicle job. Now it's just a matter of raising my GPA and applying for the next year.

Thank you dishes, I will be checking that link out. Thanks to bananashan as well. Your answer helped me a great deal. I think I'll try and work harder to raise my GPA for my last semester and hopefully make it higher. It's good to know that the co-ordinator you talked to was helpful. I think I will do the same. It's good to know other people are in sort of the same position as me. I hope you make it into the program. Keep us updated on your progress, I would love to hear about your experience at U of O nursing. Thanks again!

Hi there, I'm currently a student in the last year of a degree completely unrelated to nursing. If I graduate from this degree, I am guaranteed a job in the federal government. My problem is that the job resulting from my degree is not fulfilling. Over the years, I have worked many jobs including retail and did co-op for my current degree, which consisted of me in a cubicle in front of a computer. I actually started missing my retail jobs because of ppl interaction, and that I would help people in one way or another. I don't want to be in a boring and meaningless job my whole life, yes...it will give me ample vacation days and go beyond just paying my bills...but I want to be true to myself and acknowledge the fact that I want a job where I take care of people and am challenged every day, so I am seriously considering a second entry nursing program at the University of Ottawa. My question is, how satisfied are you of your profession in nursing? What are the good and the bad about your job? And finally, do you have any advice for me at all? (sorry, spelling error in the title...it's been a long night of reflecting on my choices)

Hi, I'm a student currently at the University of Ottawa doing a Translation degree (B.A.). I did a few co-op terms and doing more and more of my "future career", I started not liking the idea that there was nobody around me, I wasn't directly helping anyone, there was no state of urgency in what I was doing...so to resume, pointless. I had previously been admitted into the BSc. with a major in biology and kept going in it for my first three semesters but because of personal reasons, my marks were really horrible (sleep-related reasons such as insomnia and excessive daytime sleeping during lectures, and other conditions). After I switched, I got quite a bit of a grip on my situation, but am still kind of dealing with it. I want to get into nursing. I just need about 1 semester of university to qualify for second entry in the Bachelor of science in nursing but I am afraid. See, now, my GPA is about a 7.0 (out of 10 I believe) but my past courses in science (due to reasons mentionned above) had horrible marks. How much of a bearing will this have on the consideration of my application if I do apply? Will they concentrate on my GPA or only my science marks? I also would like to hear from people who have been through this program (second entry or even the bachelor of science in nursing program) at the University of Ottawa. How many clinical placement hours did you get? How was your overall experience. What did the courses concentrate on...anything would be much appreciated. Thank you.