qtcie

Which hospital do you work at LPN of BC?

Hi Busog! Since you are a graduate nurse in Philippines, you need to know your scope of nursing. There's two kinds of nursing here in Canada. One is Registered Nursing and the other one is Licensed Practical Nursing. If you are wanting to write the Canadian PN Exam, you need to get an assessment first from the College of LPN. If you are from BC check out this website http://www.clpnbc.org/ If you are looking for the exam prep guide, you can buy them at local colleges/universities that offers the course. The book that I used is called The Canadian PN Exam Prep Guide for $79.95. However, it is not returnable though. Just to clarify, in BC, if you are a RN student, you can take the LPN Exam (which obviously needs to get assessed first from CLPNBC). This was suggested to us while we were still on our 2nd year because this will help us earn money while studying. As some of you know, working as a student (RN) nurse is a bit difficult as they only offer the program during summer and only certain hours are offered per student. Hope this helps :)

Hi s and t...i live in Surrey too...in the Fleetwood/Tynehead area.

Hi luilui_604. hope to see you in BC Womens/BC Childrens...I work there in the ICU as unit clerk. I'm in my 2nd year BSCN in Trinity Western University.

Hey Jules, I am currently going to Trinity Western University and I'm a first year student. What do you think about that school? I know u'll say it's expensive...hehehe

I'm from Surrey, BC. I'm currently in my first year nursing in Trinity Western University. Hi to everyone!

laptops and other peripherals are allowed in my school. some other courses like english and psychology are not....so it really depends on the instructor. btw, i'm a first year nursing student in british columbia. hi to everyone!! qtcie

i'm taking 16 credits this fall. psychology = 3 bio (a&p) w/ lab and tutorial = 3 english = 3 nursing 111 (health n lifestyles) w/ lab = 3 nursing 121 (nursing concepts) w/ lab = 3 univ 101 = 1 ayyy...it's too much to handle :uhoh21: but i'm all excited about it. i know this sem will go by fast. this is just my first year too!

me too...my first day of class starts on sep 08 @ 08:30. i have 4 classes. psychology, biology, bio lecture and nursing 111. it's so kewl to go back to school. goodluck to all the students...work hard! qtcie

yup...you are right tweetiepieRN...it's all about not giving up. u'll get there...just be patient. courage is always the best thing to count on.

hello everyone! first of all, i was very, very happy because i got in in one of the universities in lower mainland called trinity western university. i applied in march of this year...they put me on a waiting list. i wasn't expecting they're gonna call me or whatsoever. but luck came in, they called me last week, a day after my birthday with a big news. "a student pulled out last minute and decided that she doesn't wanna go into nursing, there's an available spot for you if you are interested". right there and then, i dropped everything, including my full time job in bc women's and children's hospital as a nursing unit clerk. even my wedding which is supposed to be happening sometime soon got put on hold as well. i told myself before that once a big opportunity like this comes...i need to drop everything all because of nursing. this phone call is one of the greatest gift i ever got. i couldn't sleep for 2 days trying to picture myself being in a university. this kind of luck doesn't go around the circle twice most of the time. anyhow, i got in...it is the bachelor of science in nursing. the program is 4 years long. it didn't take longer than 6 months to wait for the result. i'm guessing, they probably based it on my gpa. well, there's one big problem though, tuition is very expensive. it's about $16,000 a year. oh well...have to suck it up you know? my question is...are there any people in there who is in the same situation? this sounds really funny but it's true. i've worked really hard to do all of my prereq's while working full time at the same time. just by reading some of the posts and basing it on my experience, getting into nursing school is not easy at all. actually, it's a lot of hard work. sooo...is there really people out there who didn't have to wait for years to get in? ur inputs are greatly appreciated. qtcie, student nurse bscn 2005-2009

I made it!!! I'M IN!!! I am so so happy. Happiest person you could ever imagine. Not in University of Manitoba because they only take Manitoba Residents (I'm from British Columbia) but in Trinity Western University. Goodluck to all that is still waiting.

I made it!!! I'M IN!!! Not in University of Manitoba because they only take Manitoba Residents (I'm from British Columbia) but in Trinity Western University. Goodluck to all that is still waiting.

Oh gosh...I'm in the same boat. I applied last week in Joint Baccalaureate Nursing in Winnipeg, MB, which is, btw, the country's coldest place. it's always negative celsius there. but i'm willing to change my lifestyle just to get in. I live in Vancouver, BC. Oh well...goodluck to all of us. I still get that sick feeling in the stomach. I have to wait for 2 weeks for the letter...yikes...scary!!!

thanks...i'm so glad that there's such site for things like this. i can relate soo well. oh, btw...i've heard few members here being so scared and anxious too to find out whether they're in or they're out. goodluck to us!!!