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I just got accepted in to the Nipissing bridge online.. I was doing Athabasca but with the current job situation i decided to stay local and work ft instead of heading out west.. Is there anyone else who applied or is thinking of doing it??

Hi, I am a Canadian Registered Practical Nurse from Ontario. Our program is a 2 yr college program and completely different than the usa lpn program. our program is actually the old rn before bsn was made mandatory in canada. i have been taking othe...

The Health Minister made a huge announcement after the Auditor General's report on CCAC last year. All you have to do is look it up. It was all happening around election time. They found i think it was around or less than 0.60 for every dollar funded...

They announced keeping 350 of the current care coordinators when transition to LHINs. It will be interesting to see. It won't happen quickly but its going to be a change for sure. I am hoping to see a lot of the higher managers go. They are way too t...

Currently the CCAC is under major scrutiny and people are worried about losing their jobs. There may be limited jobs depending on the area. Most nurses who work at ccac are older or have work injuries. There is very little nursing involved and tons o...

No we aren't unionized. I am in Grey/Bruce Region

Yup community nursing in Ontario is severely underfunded so pay sucks. I love my job so i keep on going

Our palliative care contract is steady because there isn't as Many companies up here. Rural area. VON is dwindling its services in areas. We have an excellent palliative care outreach team we work with so i feel lucky because i enjoy palliative care ...

I work for CareParnters. I am in a rural area and our RPNs do a lot

All home care pay sucks because community nursing is critically underfunded despite people being kicked out of the hospital earlier to make room for others and of courses hospital beds being closed and people using ER as a Family dr's office. Doesnt...

I do everything in my area. PICC care, catheter, wound care, IVs, pediatrics, gtubes, nephrostomy, colostomy, palliative care, etc. it is a steep learning curve for new grads because good assessment skills are vital and it can be hard to not only lea...

I liked it all. It is fast paced and it gave me background knowledge for nursing school. I didnt need to really memorize medical terminology because i already learned it in my previous courses.

I did my unit clerk, then Practical nursing, and now doing my BScN. I needed a job that would get me off welfare and support my family. I am in On so our wage is good but that meant shift work. Same as nursing start low on totem pole and move up.

I live in ontario and became a unit clerk first and then went back to get my practical nursing and working on my BScN. I was a single mom and needed a good paying job and i didnt know if i wanted to be a nurse. I took the long road but its not always...

They have postings on their website. They prefer you to have your Numavut LPN license already. Their isnt much turnover for lpns up there and the vacancies are usually a long term care setting. Just keep applying to postings but it does take a while

As an RPN i have worked and know people in all sorts of areas: LTC, home care, dialysis, medicine, rehab, maternity, pallaitive, pediatrics, complex continuing care and remote northern nursing. I am getting my BScN but that is because it is the next ...

I am working on year 3 courses. i call them that because its then3rd yr courses in the FT program (level 3000) hopefully that makes sense. The costs can be found ar nipissing website RPN Bridging Program - Distance | Nipissing University

The costs of school can be found pm their website. RPN Bridging Program - Distance | Nipissing University

Only Athabasca requires so many hours prior to applying. No experience necessary in Ontario

I do the Nipissing Program. They give you up to 7 yrs to complete but they have a program map that splits it up over 5 yrs. i personally love The school and the support and i can take time off if needed. Counseling is Also available to the distance e...

The program isnt like a traditonal competitive nursing program because they can accept more students since its part time. You can be employed or get your employer to sign up after you have a job. While waiting or whatever you can do stats and electiv...

The only in person portion at Nipissing is the clinicals. You alsp have to be employed woth a partner agency or get your employer to sign up as a partner agency.

I think smith and nephew has a wound care academy online module. Teaches you how to assess wounds etc.

All nurses are valuable.. LTC nurses utilize different skills and the same goes for Psych, L&D, med/surg, palliative etc. i do not see things as a loss of skill but acquiring new ones. All areas utilize nurses with different skills and no one ar...

I attend Nipissing's program. If your employer is not a participating agency you can get them to sign up and be one. While awaiting on that you can do some electives etc. I love the Nipissing Program. I attended the Ryerson/Centennial RAC one and lef...