helterskelter22

Just got through my first 24 hour shift.

Hey Stacey sorry for the delay, how'd it go? Good I hope? Anyways over the past month I've been getting recommendation letters I wonder if those help?

Any updates Stacey? :)

I remember awhile back a girl I went to school with posted a picture of a placenta from her clinicals on facebook. The instructor got wind of it and she was kicked out of the program - ouch 3 years gone.

strategically, I wouldn't go to either. UofT and UBC are probably one of the highest ranked universities, what does that tell you about the student population? - it's full of keeners and gunners this will hurt your chances of getting into grad school if that's what you're aiming for. right now you've probably graduated in 90th percentile of your class, as soon as you attend UofT your grades will tank as UofT is notorious for using bell curves. your 80s will now probably equate for 60s at UofT. My advice? Get your degree from a university that is lecture based and more hands on - in the world of nursing no one will bat their eyes twice when they see that you went to UofT/UBC. im not trying to scare you just food for thought :)

I have about 3 years experience in emerg and do per diem Psych once in awhile. I know you need xxx amount of hours which I'm pretty close to. I'm applying next year but the only big thing I'm worried about is having too low of a GPA. I heard you can get funding for your entire masters how true is that?

I'm in Alberta but I have a friend who is doing a masters at the UofM but it's the CNS stream which I'm not interested in. 3.5 seems a little high. I know they take your last 2 years of undergrad but what about the clinical classes that are pass/fail how is your GPA calculated there? Most of my last 2 years was clinical. I'm hoping to apply to the UofAlberta or UofCalgary coursed based masters but I'm open to moving elsewhere. I've also heard athabasca has the program online? Not sure how credible that is.. Thanks

Hi there! Has anyone graduated or in the middle of an NP program in Canada? Much of what I read is geared towards American schools unfortunately. If is anyone out there...how competitive is the program? I read you need a 3.0/4.0 but I'm sure it must be higher than that? Also, do most people get funding for their masters or do you just take out a student loan? I'm willing to move anywhere to pursue this but there isn't much information on the net. Thanks!

First of all I'm a UNE who is about to graduate pretty soon. I currently work on a busy unit and I've been noticing recently that my supervising RN has been taking on a huge patient ratio and although I can help out I'm limited in what I can do. I'm also worried that if something does happen to a patient i'll be held liable as well. I've reported the incidences many times but it's like patient safety is really not priority on the unit as crazy as it sounds. Wondering what else I can do? If nothing should I just quit before I ruin my career?

CodeteamB, to be honest I think you're in outlier in terms of success within the program. I've never heard anyone talk in such positive light about it. My biggest gripe with the program inst CBL it's just the mass scale disorganization and lack of communication. In terms of preparedness I think this program does a great disservice to those of us who have paid thousands of dollars and invested countless hours to attend. Like others have said if you're willing to endure two years of strife and grief then go for it. At the end we all come out as RN's but what the point of that if your foundational knowledge is so weak that you're constantly in worry about harming a patient?

I guess I should start off by saying that I'll echo most of the negative sentiment expressed in this thread. I'm about to graduate from the ADP (actually counting down the days till it's over on my calendar) and if you're considering going into this program I'll be blunt - DON'T! I'm sure if you've attended the U for your previous degree you're well aware of the notorious CBL teaching style that the nursing facility idolizes. Again, I'll be blunt, it's absolute ********. Most of your time is spent wondering if you're on the right track or discussing irrelevant things that have little or nothing to with the topic, LITERALLY. If you're like me you're left wondering "did we cover everything? to which you'll get a reply like "well, what else would YOU like to cover?" Oh and when you actually get the exam it'll feel like a foreign language. The faculty is beyond disorganized - they'll have you running around for days just to get a straight answer. Oh, and god help the student that actually questions an instructor if you want to succeed in this fascist program you'll learn your place and smile and nod your head. Student morale in my cohort is extremely low, most people have dropped out either because they weren't able to cope with do-it-yourself teaching style or because they simply couldn't put their lives on hold for 2 years. If you want to succeed in this program you'll have to cut all human contact outside of the Nursing faculty. Clinical time is also hugely deficient in this program as well. I'm still baffled at how learning about some abstract nursing model/theory going to help me at the bedside. It's not that I'm against abstract thought in nursing it's just given waaaaaay to much emphasis. Call me crazy but it's like the faculty slowly wants to phase patient contact out of nursing entirely. All in all this program was colossal failure in preparing me to be a competent nurse. During my time in the ADP I've thought many times about dropping out since it takes a HUGE emotional toll on you to keep up with the politics in the faculty. I'm not ashamed to admit I've cried myself to sleep on multiple occasions. If you preserve it can be done. If I had to do it all over I would have bit the bullet and attended a four year program or a program with no CBL. Goodluck ~