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To be honest, your best bet is to ACE your consolidating placement. Start talking to the manager and even if they're not hiring now who's to say they won't be hiring 2 months from the time you hand out your resume.

It's still similar to a regular hiring process 1) you apply for an HFO - nggi position, 2) possibly go for an interview and, if it's successful you'll 3) possibly land a job for 6 months guaranteed. There's a lot of nursing graduates coming from diff...

I saw somewhere that they have an nursing residency program for Mental Health. http://www.beamentalhealthnurse.ca

Yea, I remember you said you're tired of working OT. Wow, good for you =). Keep up the good work.

WHOA Joanna... wow, have you been doing a lot of OTs?

What do you mean by "inconsistent hours"? Most nurses in the field are on rotation. What's inconsistent with being on rotation?

Are you just looking into hospitals? Why not try nursing homes or subacute areas or clinics? It's worth a try. I have friends that are working nursing homes while they look for a hospital job.

On the letter sent by the CNO usually tells you how you did for each main competencies for those people who did not do well. I suggest that you take a look at both of the previous letters from CNO and see which competency you did not do well on and c...

Say things out loud or talk to yourself in the mirror. Start with the least evasive procedure, etc.

I think you mean second entry BScN program. There's no such thing as entry level master's program in nursing. Which province/territory are you located?

I don't understand why they asked either, but they did ask. But I disagree about it giving you a leg up... maybe you were just good at interviewing and selling your skills to your manager? I know many people who took the ACLS and still haven't landed...

If you want a wide variety of placements to "chose" from... I would say UofT. A lot of the hospitals/health care facilities in downtown Toronto seem to have a soft spot for UofT student nurses. They get dibs on placements all the freakin' time! I'm n...

1. since ubc and bcit both need at least 2 years of post secondary(30 or 60 credit) before applying to nursing program then which program you recommend to go first? i know that bcit recommend psychology but what about ubc? for each school look at whi...

Lol Fiona, thanks for pointing out that most Canadians measure distance in hours. I just noticed that now.

I think it was joanna73 who said don't get the AB license before you get a job offer. Just say that you're eligible on your resume.

Read the question thoroughly, understand what it is exactly asking you. Read all the answers and pick one. Then look at the back for rationales and again, read them thoroughly.

You DON'T need it but what makes one stand out from the crowd? If you have amazing grades, so does 100s of other applicants. And in other cases, IF* you don't have a competitive average, why would admissions consider your application without having s...

Trust me, you probably have better luck than me because you have experience now. But if you're interested in travel nursing, go for it. Seems really exciting and challenging.

I hope so too. I'm going to a job fair sometime October, I hope I have some luck there. I went to a hospital specific job fair that advertised "new grads welcome" but when I went there I just got a lot of cold shoulders. Some of unit managers won't e...

I've applied to Carecor, Comcare, Saint Elizabeth, CCAC, We Care, SRT, Nurse Next Door, ParaMed, Spectrum etc. lol. Most rehab centres, all hospitals and now almost all nursing homes within GTA... and I'm still applying outside of GTA and re-applying...

I'm sorry Joanna, the last message was not for you, it was a reply to the OP lol. But yes, I'm sure you have learned TONS! Again, I applaud rural nurses for what they do. It is definitely a challenging area of practice. I mainly want to stay in ON ...

Well whatever works for you, then go for it. There are many factors out there that contributes to the high unemployment or underemployment of nurses. Not all "solutions" are possible for everyone. I'm just telling you MY own personal experience and t...

Hospitals participating in HFO NGGI only have less than 100 positions available split between 2-5 units. My next question to you is, how many new RN/PNs graduate in that whole year? Not all of them graduate on the same time either. I have actually g...

I think you've pretty much said it through "Is it because they have husbands/wives/children that they can't pack up and move?" and "Is it because rural life is unappealing and they just don't want to leave the big cities?"... Also, for the fact that ...

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