JaneSmithRevisited

I was wondering, typically how many hours of work does one need in order to move up a payscale as a new hire. I've worked in other health care facilities before as a nurse. This new job is not considering my past experience as a nurse. My past experi...

With budget cuts, unless you have experience in acte care or you consolidated on a critical care floor or have the critical care certificate... it'll be kinda difficult to get hired on critical care areas. MOST of the nurses hired on our ICU came fro...

Make a request to have OR as your final placement for your undergrad. If not, do a periop course and when you start picking placements do a quick job search on who's hiring and pick those who are.

What is more important to you right now (gaining new experience vs. continuing excellence at a field you're familiar with)? And what can you afford to do in terms of money and time? How much is each hospital going to pay you (this depends on what eac...

My dream is to buy a (starter) home of my own. I'm not thinking about a few months from now but maybe 5-6 years later. Does anyone know of someone who's single, a nurse and bought their own house/condo/townhome after 5-6 years since starting nursing?...

Talk to your manager about it. Don't loose your lisence over "pretending" you know what you're doing. Thankfully, I had more than enough orientation for my first job because my manager understood as new grads we do need support to get us going. Don't...

All RNs in Ontario scrub AND circulate. Some facilities only have RNs and no OR techs/RPNs; therefore, they have to do both. So if there is two RNs in a case, both parties have to decide who's going to circulate and scrub. If you're partnered up with...

Even when you're all under ONA it does not mean you have the EXACT same contract hospital to hospital. Each union contract is bargained with the hospital. Even in hospital networks where there's 2-4 hospitals in one network hold slightly different un...

Include somewhere in your essay that you enjoy the team environment of the Operating Room. That you enjoy learning hands on. Tell them some exposure you have with the Operating room.

I'm not too sure what kind of nursing you're interested in doing. If you're not interested in a specialty, what would you like to do?

A lot of the positions that are opened in TO are critical care areas or specialized areas (such as OR/endoscopy or dialysis). I know a bunch my classmates from nursing school worked as a nursing resource or float nurse in their hospitals and after &g...

Have you looked for on-campus jobs? How about fast food joints? Movie theatres? Call centres (I heard they're really flexible)? Have you looked into scholarships/bursaries at your school?

Thinking about the amount of responsibility I have as a nurse makes me rethink about nursing as a career. I have 1 year experience under my belt and I'm still drowning. No matter what your workplace tells you... it's an environment of blame. I'm tryi...

It seems that nurses in Alberta and B.C. have better union contracts than in Ontario =(. I've never heard double-time-and-a-half before.

Unfortunately, I'm not part of a union. It's happening in a private outpatient clinic, believe it or not.

I can speak from personal experience. I am wanting to leave my job so badly right now because the nurse who bullies me, is not only verbally agressive, but has been borderline physically aggressive as well. I've spoken to my manager but she has not b...

There's RN-Bridging and RPN-Bridging to earn a degree (BSCN). Remember, since the early 2000s, Registered Nurses are now required to obtain degrees. Becoming a registered nurse in the past only required you to take a 2-3 year diploma program and RNs ...

Meet at least the minimum entrance requirements of the program but it is no way a guarantee. I'm not sure what kind of courses you took for your second year psychology major but there are specific courses each school asks you to have + a certain GPA ...

Just to be clear... what kind of community/public health nursing are you interested? Do you want to work in a clinic, government or do you want to be a visiting nurse etc.? Toronto Public Health and other GTA public health are difficult to get into u...

Just apply. It's a hit or miss. It all depends on whether you meet their needs. There are some who require a certain amount of experience but there are also some positions that don't care.

Personally, if *I* was faced with this decision... I would take the part time temp, especially if I'm staying with the 'rents. *I* hate paying rent (lol, who does anyway?) because *my* main concern is paying off OSAP. Every bit of money counts and if...

You can't write the CRNE unless the college of nurses (the province of your choice) says you're good to go (i.e., your credentials have been approved). The CRNE can be written february, june and october. I'm not sure how it works for IENs, but Canadi...

I understand your desperation because I've been there. As to your question about your last consolidation placement... I would have to say YES and NO. Yes, there's SOME units that are specialized and are picky with consolidation (e.g., ongcology, card...

To answer your question plainly, I applied everywhere. I sent out TONS of resume each day. I was picky at first but when it came down to it, landing the first job was key. I didn't want to look like I wasn't doing anything. Yes my first job was HFO a...

Okay, here is my dilemma: I want to leave my NEW job for a better opportunity at a Hospital that I previous "rejected" an interview with. I rejected an interview with this hospital because during the time they contacted me (~2-3 months ago), I just a...