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I agree, it is past time for me to start driving. The only reason I have not driven a car yet is because I live in downtown and my current job is 30 minutes away from public transit. The car insurance is soooo expensive.

Thank you Horseshoe. I think i’ll try to do whats best for me. I guess the only way to do it is not tell her what I am doing.

I am 26 and yes I live with my parents. Some may say why I have not moved out yet, but I am family oriented. I rather stay with my parents and accompany them rather than living alone unless it is necessary. I do think she is overprotective of me and think that she is holding me back in life but I don’t want her to be worried.

Thanks for the response guys! I am just bummed out because I have not landed jobs other than agency one (explained in previous thread) and this one. I got my license in 2018. I guess I should start driving a bit to gain some experience in case I get similiar opportunities.

I think as long as nurses do their job it is ok for me. I remember a nurse in my clinical placement on her phone the whole time and had the "whatever" attitude but she did her job.

Here we go. So I got a job offer as community nurse full time last week. The job required me to have a valid driving license and a car. I got my driving license on November 2018 and haven't driven a car since I got my license. I was so excited when I got the offer and began to search cars to buy for my job. I told my mom about it hoping she would be excited too but guess what? She was like don't take it. She told me it is not worth taking it when I don't even have experience in driving and all of a sudden I am rushing to buy a car and drive. I understood where she was coming from and I do not want to worry her, so I rejected the offer. Now, I regret it so much! I wish I took the position and gave it a try. What should I do? Should I re-apply to the same company? Will HR just throw my application away because I did not take previous position? I feel embarrassed because what if they ask me why I did not take the position first time if I am a successful candidate again? Thank you for reading.

Thank you for your input. And... that is awful. Though I did not have bad experience with nurses/staff during my clinical placements, hearing these stories about rude, selfish nurses/staff just makes me sad. I feel like in nursing, we should all be there for each other.

I have asked HR and the manager. They said it was up to the facility whether or not I would even get a one day shadow shift because supposedly the facility has to use their staff to do the training. I don’t know if it was money issue but i assured them that I would be willing to do it unpaid.

Thanks for you input, everyone. I am going to write up the resignation letter and send it to HR tomorrow. Looking back, i think should have just declined the position but I was desperate because I am not able to get a nursing job. In addition, not only would I be risking pts but myself as well. At the moment i feel like time will run out and my license will expire (2 more years left) if I do not practise as a nurse.

You’re right. Facitilies call agency to fill up shortage staff due to sick calls etc.

I have been applying to hospitals, ltc/nursing homes and clinics. Unfortunately in Canada where I am living, most of the organizations here require online applications only, no in-person applications allowed.

Thanks for the reply guys It was supposed to be 45 minute orientation actually...until I called HR about the shadow because I really had a bad feeling about it and then I spoke with the manager in charge and she made it to 2 hours next time they call me for a shift. The only reason I went for agency is because I am unable to find jobs. I have been applying for months and next month will be 1 year since I got my license. I really do not know what to do. Edit: what is SNF?

Hello, I recently got hired by the nursing agency for long term care facility. My experience is only in the hospitals as clinical placements and I have not yet worked as a nurse. I asked them if i could have a shadow shift to see how it is like in LTC and they said that they are working on it but a shadow shift would not be guarenteed. Instead, they would provide 2 hour on spot orientation prior to starting shift. They called me today to do the night shift, i agreed but few hours later I declined because i felt uncomfortable. My question is, did I do the right thing? Should I try it once and see how its like or should i tell them that i will not be working with them...? The manager called me and said that it is very hard to find a shadow shift and all their staff do not have an official orientation. Thank you

Just wondering if large hospital still hire RPN's for OR position in Toronto? So far, I have seen positions for RN's.

Edit: This thread was transferred from Canada forum to specialties due to lack of response. Hello, I am a first year student for practical nursing program in Canada. I am really interested in OR. I was wondering what is the usual role for RPN's in OR? What do you dislike/like? Can new grads expect a hire directly from graduating or is experience required? I am really regretting taking RPN instead RN. I am searching OR positions for RPN in various hospital in my free time but I see that there are more opportunities and job opennings for RN in OR position than RPN. Thank you!

Hello, I am currently 1st year student in practical nursing student. I was wondering what it is like to work in the OR department? What did you like and dislike? Thanks!

Thank you Klone! I don't think my doctor knew I had BCG vaccine. Hell, I did not even know until I checked my health immunization few days ago... And coincidentally, i've been coughing a lot lately, which makes me more worried.

I took the medication because of my positive skin test. My doctor said it was not an active TB.

I live in Canada and I was wondering if I am allowed to ask for my results at the place where I took my CXR, instead of waiting for them to fax the results to my family doctor because my next appointment with the doctor is Friday. Sorry I am being paranoid :|

I am not sure if i have ever been in contact to tb. It was latent TB. I did however lived in pakistan, which apparently has a high risk of TB. In addition, i was vaccinated with BCG when i was born (22 years ago). I have job offer at hospital so i am sure the policies are strict.

Hi all, I am very worried. I was tested positive for TB 2 years ago through skin test. I also took the medication for 9 months. Now i got a job offer which require me to show my xray. I won't get the results back until friday. Also, i have started to cough persistently for 1-2 weeks now, though i think it's because i kept eating junk food. I was wondering if my CXR did come out as positive, will the employers simply terminate my offer or do you think they will delay my start date? I am sooo scared!

Hi, I have an interview at a hospital for Dietary aide on Thursday. In my resume I put that I will be attending BScN for Fall 2015, at the time I wanted to go for RN route. Now, I am definitely going to LPN at a community college but I didn't tell the HR on the phone. My question is, during the interview do I tell the interviewer about this? Is this a negative thing? I am really scared as this is my first interview at a hospital. Thank for you reading and sorry it's not really nursing interview but I had nowhere to ask . William-

Thank you Dom. Are there only two clincial placements for 2 years? Also, if you dont mind could you tell me the books needed for first year?

Thanks. Is it really difficult to get high marks? What about other courses? workload?

Hi, As title state, can someone who attended Centennial's RPN program share an insight on how the program is? How is their clinical placement? Are there a lot of essays to write? Workload? a lot of presentations? I am really torn between Centennial and York-Seneca BScN program. I'd pick york-seneca right away but the commute time is preventing me to do so, which is like minimum 2 hours TTC. Thank you!