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The way it was explained to me is, once you have the marriage license, you can legally go by either last name, as long as you can back it up with the correct paperwork if you're ever asked about it. So I would just wait until your license comes up for renewal... CONGRATS!!!

Natasha, I'm just going based on a guess here, but I think it is a cultural thing. Based on your username, I can see (my best guess) that you or your family are probably Russian. Being Russian (ok, Ukranian) I see this a lot. My family is pretty westernized and they now totally respect the nursing profession and what I do, but whenever they tell their more foreign friends what I do, I get a lot of hostility and little respect.Same thing that you mentioned "why wouldn't she just become a doctor?"; "nurses just do all the dirty work" etc. Sooo... I'm sorry if I'm way off by making all these assumptions, but I think that in North America and many other countries around the world it is a highly respected profession, but in others it is still seen as not much more than a babysitter. I had this hostility from my family too before I started. As soon as they saw what I was doing in nursing school and what I do now as an RN their opinion of nursing changed pretty fast. If it is where your passion is, then just go for it, and just wait and see how you can change their opinions :)

When I went through the program, we had to do both home care and public health. According to the info the school gave us, you need the car for home care because you have charts that you take with you and you can't take patients' charts on public transit or taxis. They did tell us that at one time in the past, one student had her dad drive her around. But that means whoever drives you around has to take 2 full days off per week to commit to that. I think in the new 3 year program you actually choose between public health and home care, so it may not be absolutely crucial for you to have a car if you choose public health (but having done both, home care is a better option because in public health you're mostly observing and not doing a whole lot). That said, I really wouldn't make it really make it known that you don't have a car as that will hurt your chances of getting in - besides you still have 2 years to get your license (that's what I did), and you can probably borrow someone's car or buy a cheap one. The interview when I did it was a group interview. There were about 15 people per session. We all sat in a room and had to write 2 essays. I think one was about how you'd be good at a type of learning that they like to use at BCIT, and the other was about why you'd make a good nurse. Then the people running the interview talked a little bit about the program and the courses you'd be taking. After that, they would go around and each person would ask a question about the program. The quality of question you asked would be part of the criteria that you're "graded" on. For example, one person asked if she could drop out of the program after 2 year and become an LPN - she didn't get in. I'm not sure when the decisions are made by. Just keep checking the mybcit website. Good luck!

It seems the stereotype it being perpetuated on this forum. I was so excited to join this forum after I became an RN. I've been a lurker for a while; I can't believe the amount of nasty comments people post on here directed towards fellow posters. Maybe it's because of the anonymity that comes with the internet, but I'm appalled at the crassness of some of the comments. It seems you can't ask a "dumb" question or share a not-so-positive experience without someone calling you unprofessional, ignorant, or worse. How can we judge a person's level of professionalism based on one action or comment? I agree some posts are uncalled for, but why do we judge the person as a whole based on a poorly thought out piece of writing? I am reluctant to even post this because someone will undoubtedly say something nasty. Come on people, we're all in this profession together; we should be supporting each other instead of bringing each other down. Lets break this stereotype of nurses eating their young. Play nice!

hi everyone! I was wondering if you guys have a neutral zone for passing sharps at your hospital? I hardly have any experience in the OR and I was transferred to another hospital for training upon getting hired. At the place where I first trained they used a basin with a towel in it to pass all sharps to the surgeon. The new place I'm at passes the sharps by hand. Honestly, this terrifies me (as a new grad, pretty much everything terrifies me though, lol)! What's the policy at your hospital?