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  1. Help! What kind of Visa is needed for a Canadian RN to work in US?

    fergus51 replied to nursetobe668's topic in International Nursing

    You need a NAFTA TN visa. It is good for one year and easily renewable. You will need to get a visascreen done first ( http://www.cgfns.org ). You basically go to the border with your passport,...

  2. Paid more than perm staff nurses?

    fergus51 replied to redshott's topic in Travel

    It can be stressful, but I do make a lot more than I did as a staff nurse. I take home about 2K more a month than I did as staff in the same

  3. sextuplets

    fergus51 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's sad, but they knew the risks and now they have to live with their decisions. Personally, I can't stand drugs like Clomid or Follistim. You have NO control with them. I understand why people...

  4. How do you warm your bottle - feeding?

    fergus51 replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Warm water. No microwaves at

  5. The Circumcision Discussion

    fergus51 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats on the new addition

  6. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're cherry picking the data that supports your view and then saying that makes it fact and not opinion. That isn't impartial reasoning. That's Micheal Moore style editorializing. Also, (ignoring...

  7. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not getting personal. I just think if you'd worked in the system you were talking about, your opinion would not be what it is. Even if it was, it would certainly hold a lot more water with me....

  8. Woman dies in ER Lobby

    fergus51 replied to AmandaBrittainy's topic in Emergency

    This hospital has a long history of horror stories like this. I don't think the problem is the one triage

  9. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Some do on a simple dollar per dollar comparison, some don't. New grads at my hospital start at $27 an hour. New grads in BC are pretty close to the same. At the end of the day, they are going to be a...

  10. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are some serious flaws in your logic. You could not reasonably expect there to be 10 times the number of US nurses going to Canada because the population of US is bigger. There are fewer nursing...

  11. Canada vs. USA

    fergus51 replied to YoungGun's topic in Nursing Career

    If you can just get the BSN right off it would probably be easier. I don't know how hard it would be to go to school for your BSN while learning your job as a new grad nurse. It's a stressful enough...

  12. (BSN) Travel Nurses MAKE MORE than CRNAs!

    fergus51 replied to hojimma's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think the poster said working 5 12 hour shifts a week. That makes a huge difference in pay. Fastaff was offering $40 an hour for NICU assignments in one So Cal hospital. You would make over 120K for...

  13. Bottle-feeding really compromise Breastfeeding?

    fergus51 replied to crazyaaa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nipple confusion is just a theory. I personally don't buy it, but I will do what I can to avoid giving a bottle to a bf baby whose mother doesn't want him to have one, short of IVs or NGs. I will cup...

  14. (BSN) Travel Nurses MAKE MORE than CRNAs!

    fergus51 replied to hojimma's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Aaaaaa

  15. (BSN) Travel Nurses MAKE MORE than CRNAs!

    fergus51 replied to hojimma's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You could make that much as a travel nurse, but if you don't actually like being a travel ICU nurse than no amount of money in the world will make it worthwhile. $54 an hour for a 60hr a week...

  16. The Circumcision Discussion

    fergus51 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's one of my main complaints about it. Very few docs I work with give anything but a pacifier dipped in sweetease. I can't imagine you'd give a grown man a lollypop and then cut off a piece of his...

  17. The Circumcision Discussion

    fergus51 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This one always comes up doesn't it? Personally, I wouldn't circ if I had a boy and I don't participate in them as a nurse. Can't do it. I don't care if other people want to do it though. Most of my...

  18. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    fergus51 replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think it's a problem at all. Plenty of nurses started nursing in their 30s and 40s. The oldest person in our graduating class was my friend's mother:). Instructors weren't hard on her,...

  19. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You believe it will result in lower wages for nurses. OK, I understand why you'd be fearful then. I don't. I've been around long enough and in enough places to know that won't happen. Even in a...

  20. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would suggest that comparisons like "on average" are useless because the devil is always in the details. There are a ton of reasons why Canadian nurses come here. Some for the money, but note where...

  21. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hear the same thing from those in Nevada and Arizona. Unfortunately I'm not one of them. I just can't imagine spending 3 or 4K a month on a mortgage!!! My rent is now $1700 and that's more than...

  22. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You've got a good job then:) New grads at my current hospital start at $27 an hour and I'm pretty sure the cost of living is fantastically higher than in Pittsburgh:) We get paid partly in sunshine I...

  23. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I never said socialization of medicine changes the cost of living in an area. I am saying it's an important thing to consider when comparing who makes more. You can't say "Nurses in California make...

  24. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How did you prove this exactly? Nurses in Victoria probably make more money than a nurse in Arkansas. A nurse in Ontario will make more than a nurse in New Mexico. That would seem to prove that...

  25. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    fergus51 replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Canada doesn't have extra pay for more expensive cities though. Nurses in each province have a union which negotiates their pay scale and it's the same for all nurses in that province (based on years...