Evilfeline007

I'm a nursing student in Canada and I have spent my entire life wanting to be an ER nurse. I guess I always assumed I'd have to go work at a level 1 trauma centre in a big city because I sort of assumed rural ER s would be boring. I don't know why... People hurt themselves everywhere. I met a new grad who works rurally (like 6 hours from nearest level 1 and 3 from the nearest small city hospital) and she said it's awesome because you get all sorts of crazy things coming in (accidents from hunting, snowmobiling, logging, etc). So I guess my question goes to all the ER nurses out there... Which do you prefer and why? Id much prefer to live in the country, but will I be missing something when I work at a 30 bed hospital?

My thought is that maybe if your resume says you're a senior in nursing school, take it off. Employers may assume: - you have a higher education then most LVNs which may result in a "know it all" attitude - you're graduating soon and therefore are only temporarily interested in working as n LVN I could NOT get a CNA job until I took my BSN in progress off my resume

I live in BC, Canada and RNs start at 30/hr as a new grad with no specialty. If you'd be willing to move to northern bc/Alberta or territories it would probably make it relatively easy to immigrate bc they really need nurses there. It gets cold but at least your kids will grow up in a rural setting if that's what you're into. I also hear Manitoba and alberta pay great. Lots of nurses relocate there that I know. Ontario doesn't pay as well from what I understand and its a very urban province.

Like the others said, it's a lot of dissections, testing your own urine, effects of activities on blood pressure. If anything the lab portion will probably help you to understand the theory. So much fun!

I had a 4.3 (average of 97%) for my prereqs and for my CNA. I took 18 credit semesters first year of Bsn and my gpa dropped to 3.9.We had 4 people leave our program in first year. One dropped out halfway thru semester one bc she hadn't done any of her papers and had no hope of passing. She also rarely showed up for classes. Two people left bc of personal circumstance that prevented them from being in the program and another failed my a smidge. I think the people that flunked out we're too young and immature to take the work seriously enough. There were students that came close to failing but they buckled down, asked for help and did what was necessary to scrape by with a passing grade.

While I was waiting to get into nursing school I took my nurses aid certificate and now I work as a care aid in a nursing home as a casual. It's great bc the pay is good (21.95$ per hr), bc I learn a lot that's relevant to my schooling, I don't have a permanent position so ican just not take shifts if I get stressed out during exams.