Ellab

Also, thank you for the Ryerson suggestion, but the course has already started there as well.... Any other ideas? please help me , I really could use this course

I actually called them. and they said I think either they don't have it or it started in May and it's only once a year. but anyway, it's not available

I live in ON

Hi, Does anyone know where I can take a patient/physical assessment course? I've tried Humber, Seneca, Centennial, George Brown...any other ideas?

I know, but I don't qualify... it's only for Canadian graduates and I am not

is that the one which starts on June? it's 430$ other colleges had it for 230$... am I wrong?

Thank you lesliel for trying to encourage me:) I actually wanted to sign up for these courses( coronary care, patient assessment etc..) but they only begin in September... if you know colleges which offer these courses, please tell me, I have called to some, but maybe you know more colleges. and one more question; how did you apply for positions? buy e-mail like they ask you to, or maybe by fax or personally? what's the best way to do it?

unfortunately, I can't move. I am not a big fan of Toronto either... but I don't have a choice. well i'm gonna hope for the best... what else can I do...

what hospital is that?

Like I said, this is very unfortunate. But I honestly applied everywhere! in and out side of Toronto, hospitals, rehabs, clinics, and nothing. I've been sending resumes every day for more than 2 months now, and it seems to be pointless. they all want acute care experience and 1000 other stuff, but where am i gonna get that experience if no one is hiring me?

I am from Israel, I don't think that English speaking people will move there:) But, I am serious, you can work pretty much anywhere you want. As a new grad I got accepted to pediatric CCU at one of the biggest hospital in the country. I didn't go there because of relocation problems, but then I also easily got in to another large hospital as an NICU nurse. my friends who graduated with me, all work in great positions. they go to different courses all the time, conferences etc. But, anyway, what should all this new grad nurses do? what lies in our future?

Well, first of all, this is very unfortunate, not only for immigrants, but also for Canadian nurses.Canada is one the few countries that treat their nurses the way they do. I happen to know that it's not completely the same in the U.S( and I have read other threads..). I have friends there who are also nurses, and also immigrants, and they work! and not only that they work, they hold "dream jobs" as you call it, ICU, CCU etc. Second, I came here for many different reasons which I will not elaborate, however ,one of those reasons has to do with Canada being known as a country where nurses are welcome, and moreover where nurses can progress. not for nothing so many nurses immigrate to Canada of all places. I guess, this information about the Canadian nursing is false..to bad no one knows that, and nurses continue to come. Third, I don't mean to sound nasty,but if i was a Canadian citizen, knowing all that, nursing wouldn't be my first career choice... I am not conducing war with you, but I really can't understand why would anyone will want to become a nurse under these circumstances...?

. there's nothing else i could think about, but applying for agencies which i really was against, but even these places are not hiring RN's and if they do they want you to go to hospitals that are located 100km away. So I honestly don't know what to do. I didn't graduate from Canada, and I have some experience in NICU, a position which I easily got in my home country. I have to tell you that based on my home experience and based on my friends experience from the U.S and other countries which they've moved to, that Canada is the hardest placed to get hired as a new grad. and frankly I don't understand why.... Moreover in my origin county, hospitals prefer hiring new grads, because they believe we are the future nurses, they are training you for3-4 months and sending you to many different courses, conferences and what not in order to make you the best skilled nurse you can be.... coming from that I wads very disappointed to find out that in Canada new grads will not be hired anywhere.

what's itc? what does it stand for? i couldn't find on the internet

Hi, Does anyone know were I can take Coronary Care I and II in Toronto? iv'e checked George brown, Seneca and Humber- nothing there available... any ideas????

I really don't know what are you talking about. I am not being picky, I am applying for any job available in and out of Toronto, so I really doubted that the problem is in My "work preference"...

Hi, I am also a new grad, and although I have already posed my frustration on a separate thread, I will be happy to join this conversation.:) As you are, I am looking for a job at every possible hospital, for any position, but no one has called me yet. there's nothing else i could think about, but applying for agencies which i really was against, but even these places are not hiring RN's and if they do they want you to go to hospitals that are located 100km away. So I honestly don't know what to do. I didn't graduate from Canada, and I have some experience in NICU, a position which I easily got in my home country. I have to tell you that based on my home experience and based on my friends experience from the U.S and other countries which they've moved to, that Canada is the hardest placed to get hired as a new grad. and frankly I don't understand why.... Moreover in my origin county, hospitals prefer hiring new grads, because they believe we are the future nurses, they are training you for3-4 months and sending you to many different courses, conferences and what not in order to make you the best skilled nurse you can be.... coming from that I wads very disappointed to find out that in Canada new grads will not be hired anywhere...

At this point I would take any position.... but nothing is available unless you have million years of experience and 10000 certificates..:)

are you from U.S? and Fiona , are you an RPN?

is there any way to check this, i mean is there an official source who can confirm or refute this rumor? i know people are talking about but it would be nice to hear it from someone who really does know. And can anyone also answer my 1st question regarding job search for new grads?

so you're telling me that i studied for 4 long years to become a nurse, but i won't be working as a nurse because i will be "over paid", moreover i will be working in administration or something?? if i wanted to work in administrative position i would study it in the first place, don't you think? so yes, i think it's ridiculous...and insulting

That's what i thought at first, but then iv'e been told that RPN"s are being trained for 2 months to be "RN's" . apparently they are cheaper to hire, so hospials prefer to hire them and not Rn's. i know it sounds ridiculous, but iv'e been hearing this from many resources... so i don't know..

Hi, I am a recently graduated RN, i passed my exam on Feb 2011 and i am looking for a job ever since. I am applying to each and every hospital in and out of Toronto. no one has called me yet. moreover, reviewing the positions it seems that no one will ever hire a new grad since all the positions require at least 2-3, sometimes more years of experience in the same field, 300 different certificates, and other qualification that obviously a new grad does not have. In addition to that, i have heard a rumor about RN"s being replaced by RPN's , and that in a few years hospitals will no longer hire RN's, and that the later will be placed in administration positions only. So i have 2 questions which i will be happy to get an answer for: 1. how can a new grad find a job, and where? 2. Is that rumor mentioned above true? can someone confirm this?

can anyone recommend a course that you took for this exam? and also which prep guide did you use?

thanks boomerang. one more question. if you fail, do they send you some kind of a form with your mistakes also in the same letter? meaning, this envelope suppose to be thicker than the one for those who passed?