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I know for the lower mainland in BC most new grads are getting hired in their preceptorships, from their ESN placements, or taking casual shifts. You would get called pretty regularly for casual, but you have to be willing to take shifts whenever, an...

CRNBC carries the ESN malpractice insurance

ESN's do register with CRNBC and are members of BCNU, and part of the collective agreement. They are not considered workload relief, and are allowed up to 50% of the nurses case load. In many BC hospitals ESN's float around the unit helping whomever ...

It is not possible anymore, they changed it about a year ago.

some community nursing courses through Thompsons River Uni online Courses : Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning : Distance and Online Education

I would think it would help to precept there, a lot of nurses that I know got their first job via their preceptorship or ESN.

Lots of different age groups in my class...i think that nursing is a second profession for a lot of people, and there tends to be people over 30, so I wouldn't feel discouraged! I worked long shifts before I became a nurse, and shift work, so for me ...

I found it very fluffy, but i see why they have it, as I was a bit older in nursing school (30), some of the people that were quite young seem to benefit from this, as they had less experience relating to all different types of people and families.

In Vancouver this, as far as I have seen, has never even been a topic in school or as a RN, as tattoos and piercings are so common. I can't speak for other parts of the country.

it seems like less LPN's in the hospital right now here in BC, usually there are 1-2 on the floor, with 7-8 Rn's. I do not think either are going to be a "thing of the past"