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Due to a few teachers retiring, some of the teachers that stepped in for a semester are BScN teachers, I know a few not many so that was a little bit of an exaggeration.

Official email came today now to start making my decision, Mohawk or Conestoga (going to be based out of Cambridge however did my RPN at Mohawk so know most of the staff and the facility)

Not sure if this will work for everyone I found out I have a "final offer" with "eligibility met" to find this I logged into mocomotion> applicant resources> check my application status > fill in your OCAS details > select program choices > the one starting 15.... and you might see your application status. Good luck to those waiting, I know mohawk is slow compared to other college/universities.

I had class mates in the Mohawk PN program that had completed the general arts and science course and came in cocky expecting to pass with +90% grades, lets just say they didn't. Without having done the G A&S program I can only give a one sided opinion I haven't heard of people getting into the BScN from there and if you can do BScN right away its the best way to become a RN but if you want to drip your toe in the waters and see if nursing is for you then PN and bridging over is only slightly longer.

No practical exam though you have to write the jurisprudence online before you can complete your registration.

An RPN can start IV as well. Usually you a quick over view of what to look for by the nurse clinician on your unit then you are observed for a number of starts some organizations its 3 some are higher, then you are good to go do it yourself.

Congrats on getting the job! The cardiology interview didn't go well I was too nervous and got my left and right sided heart failure round the wrong way, I couldn't remember the mg of acetaminophen and codine in tyleno#3 or that percocet was acetaminophen and oxycodone. I feel I did well with scenarios such as hypovolemia and systemic infection (had a mental blank on the word sepsis). Kicking myself soo much as I don't feel I'll get the job and I put a lot of effort into preparing. I guess i'll just have to cross my fingers and hope one of the interviews results in a job.

2nd interview now arranged for Friday all the extra time has given me a chance to read up on lots more heart issues. Anyone recommend some reading on post op nursing interventions that I should read.

Thanks for all the advice, interview at internal medicine went well I hope, It was quite possibly the hardest interview I had particularly the scenario based questions I would have preferred to talk through my ideas with the managers instead of writing them down as a lot of my answers turned into if this then do this but if that then do this followed by this if and that. My interview with cardiology was cancelled for a second time! This now pushes me out of my new grad initiative the HR specialist seems to think she can arrange an extension if I am successful when I finally get interviewed. Hope your interview went well starlane.

I'm contemplating my future and thought I would throw this in here and see what others thought! I've a BSc(hons) in Genetics from the UK 2nd class degree In 2nd year I covered physiology and anatomy in depth no sociology though- WES (horrible independent company used solely by McMaster) gives me a 2.8GPA, university of Manitoba website gives me well over 3.0 . A post graduate in Information Technology - not relevant as a subject but shows I can do high level self learning. Moved to Canada 4 years ago did freelance IT work till industry got too competitive. Went to Mohawk college and graduated top of my class as an RPN - pre grad placement in an ER, a few awards and now currently working as an bedside RPN. So the question, do I attempt to get into the 2 year accelerated course or just do the 3 year bridging?

I have a post graduate in IT from the UK and originally did freelance work when I moved here 5 years ago, I can honestly say that work became more competitive to get and the amount of work I had to do for the decreasing pay forced me out of the industry. I don't know how easy it is to get into companies over here I just know from my experience I didn't succeed. Sitting in front of a computer for hours doesn't make it a good way to make it into a career, computing comes in many shapes and sizes do you use your spare time to write computer programs? do you run online blogs and social media for profit? do you tinker with hardware/ networking? Can you stare at spreadsheets and love statistics? If you answered yes to any of those questions then a computer career would be worth considering. I know many people that took their passion for computers and made a career out of it some love it others feel that it destroyed their hobby.

Congrats starlane, I too have interviews coming up, I've researched the departments asked around friends to find out information on the hospital. I would recommend revise your post - surgical nursing interventions, work out priorities for what kind of patient should be seen first if you are busy and follow joanna73's suggestion of the Q&As. I'm wondering how much depth I should go into for a RPN cardiology position I'm being interviewed for on Monday, I have taken ACLS, learnt ECG interpretation (not yet done an interpretation course to have it on a piece of paper), revised my heart physiology, common medications, S&S of heart failure and studied common health teaching by cardiology nurses. I'm now not sure what else I should cover in the time I have left any suggestions both specific and general?

Both RPN and RN are having difficulty in finding jobs in ON particularly in the GTA and golden horseshoe. If nursing is what you really want to do then look to RPN as you have already said it appeals to you. You can always bridge later to RN without increasing the length of time studying too drastically.

RPNs are having it just as bad to the west of Hamilton (London, K+W, guelph, Cambridge etc...) and st joe's and HHS seem to list a constant stream of RN jobs admittedly i'm not looking to see if they are casual or permanent RPN jobs are listed less often and I would imagine that they like RN jobs go to internal candidates first. Nursing across all areas are hard to get, New grad positions tend to only get posted if they have someone lined up so its a con in my eyes. I wish you the best, i've only managed a casual job and even then they changed the contract on me from signing to finished orientation!

Not sure if this of any use buy I recently completed an ACLS course at Mcmaster university it ran over one weekend and was pretty compressed there was a selection of physicians. RNs and myself there it ran on the assumption that you had already done studying on the subject. I personally really enjoyed the experience and found that I learned a lot not just from the teachers but from the others taking the course, I liked getting feed back on my technique something that i'm not sure you would get from an online course.