beaty1234

those are not my opinion, those are from the people i spoke to...they are nurses too...

For my interest, I want to work into the ER department, the more busy/crazy the better coz I enjoy the rush.

i live in edmonton, i work in the retail banking, indeed, i run into a lot of nurses that worry about their futures. some have a hugh student loan to pay for. some just gave up and do something else - like retail banking, some went into real estate and even oil and gas. but i also run into nurses that encourage me to go into nursing - they are senior nurses. I also have LPN instructors encourages me into nursing too. - nursing hiring/lay-offs come in cycles, lots of baby boomers are coming to retirement soon, but they alo realizes that most may not be able to retire because of not enough personal savings. - new hires lack work ethics, not willing to learn, not willing to ask, not willing to listen, and not willing to do the dirty work - like "I did not train for that", "I don't know how", "I dont want to do it" that type of attitude - also new hires lack critic thinking skills, they practically don't think, especially the young generations - the system has lots of waste, and inefficiencies. - some department nurses over-work, some has not enough hours to work, I thought about Lab tech and Radiology, but the career growth is limited. For RN, from there, once you get your masters degree, more doors open - like NP, instructor, government, Ph.D, professor, army, etc. I am still debating. that's why i need all the input i can get from this nursing forum, especially, those alberta/canadian nurses.

WOW...not much responses from the forum, but a similar post months ago received tones of encouragements (she was a mother of 3 kids)...interesting, WHY??? everyone knows oil & gas makes lots of money, nowadays, it depends who you know inside the union (uncle, grandpa, connections), it's difficult to get into any union. especially now, oil and gas companies are trying to cut back on overtime pay, waste and inefficiencies in the system. i like nurse because i can do the work. i can speak 3 different languages, i can communicate, i can translate, i can contribute a lot. i am do the heavy lifting, i have a positive attitude. for the money part, i dont think nurse is my first choice. i know the system has a lot of problems, but what system is perfect.

i am 40 year old, male, has been in retail for a long time and want to go back to school - u alberta after degree nursing program - RN, and then get into Master of Nursing (if money is not an issue.) i read a lot in allnurse website, lots of threads posting a lot of negatives about AHS, nursing in alberta, work, managers, department, etc, etc... I am not sure what to believe and what not to believe. indeed, i heard and read that there will be massive cut backs across alberta, not just for healthcare (nurse), but also, education, provincial level, as well as muni level cuts. I was told that u alberta is running a hugh deficit. is it the case??? So, my point is that knowing the budget cut is coming, there are lot of experienced nurses are either out of work or not enough hours of work or unable to get work, in addition, there are lots of nurses moving to alberta looking for work. It seems like there are over supply of nurses everywhere in Canada. Should I continue to pursue to be a nurse, especially at my age? Please Please Please help!