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Thank you so much for the support! I am trying to be really friendly with all the staff. Some of the RNs have been helpful and welcoming, while some have not and that's fine with me. I'm really excited for the other RPNs to come on the unit so we can support each other.

Hi Dishes, I completely understand what you are saying and I try my very best to focus on my practice and that only.. But it can become very discouraging when the nurses are telling me I should have went to work on a less stressful unit for RPNs such as rehab or geriatrics. I am a new graduate so I understand have much to learn already. I know working on such a unit in the beginning will be a challenge for me. I feel so isolated, which is not what I expected.

Hi all! I'm a fairly new rpn in Ontario, I got my license in Feburary of this year! I was extremely happy and excited when I finally became a nurse. I was even more happy when I landed a interview at a hospital downtown Toronto and got the job. Here's the issue, during the interview I was told that a group of rpns hired will be the first rpns ever on their units. I was completely fine with that. I didn't see any type of issue at all at that point... It wasn't till after the in classroom orientation was over that the educator pulled a few of the new rpns aside and told us that the RNs on the unit are hesitant about rpns coming on the unit because of the high acuity of the patients. (It's a surgical floor) She then reassured me that the staff is a great team and she choose a mentor for me that would be good. I was worried, I thought that this is just going to stir up conflict and I was right. The staff are decent to me to my face for the most part, but when they think I'm not around or listening I can hear them talking badly about rpns and it really bothers me, currently I am the only rpn hired on that unit for now. My manager told me more will be coming next month. Everyday I feel so alone and out of place. I don't feel I fit in and being a new graduate is a challenge on its own. I feel like quitting or moving to another unit where it's more rpn "friendly". But at the same time I don't because this is a full time position that I don't want to lose. Has anyone of you been in such a position before? I really don't know what to do. I get anxious and nervous before I go into work everyday, I hate this feeling! Sometimes I don't know if it's worth all the stress. I love nursing but going through stituations like this makes it extremely difficult. Any words of encouragement is needed right now. Thanks!

Hello Pinkfit94! I will be entering the Winter 2013 Centennial College RPN too! I am so excited :) I received the book list as well but I think I will buy my books before classes start because I heard the bookstore on campus becomes extremely pack on the first day. I called the school and they told me all the books on the list is going to be needed so it makes sense to buy them earlier.

So does that mean students in the full-time program start clinical in the first semester?

Cool congratulations!! I am doing to the full time program. I was so scared I was not going to get accepted because I applied so late so I was really happy! Did you get any package in the mail yet regarding the police check and immunizations? So far I have not heard anything from them.

Hello Everyone!! I recently got accepted into the RPN program (full time) at Centennial College for January 2013! I am so excited and nervous. Is anyone in this program or has already graduated from the program? How was the program and the professors? Any tips would be really appreciated:) Thanks!!

Is it possible to take one of the semesters in the summer to get ahead?

Oh thank you!! Good luck to you next year! :) I am starting to make budget for the school year and was wondering if the books for the GAS program are expensive.

Oh wow congrats!! All that hard work paid off :) I can't wait to start the GAS program in September so I can get into the BN Program!! If you don't mind me asking, how was the last semester and what was your average they accepted you into the BN program with?

Hello BosRMT, did you get accepted into the RN program yet ?:)

Hey BosRMT, I just wanted to let you know I got accepted into the GAS program for next year! I am so excited to attend Humber next year and begin the process of becoming a RN. How is your classes going so far for second semester ? Also were the acceptance letters sent out yet to students in the GAS program?

Is the program 1 year or 3 years?

Wow, what is the hospital that pays new grads $27/hour as a RPN in Ontario?

Hello again BosRMT, I applied to the General Arts and Science Program :) How is the program going so far and did you apply to the BN program yet?