Trevor_Canada

How would you propose the unions go about restricting IEN employment? Central idea: The union, immigration department, or whatever the authority, should ensure the local graduates be given the first priority for employment. When there is a genuine nursing shortage, then the foreign nurses should be brought in. That's the basic idea. Off course there are many factors to consider. -Who, when, how, makes the determination of a "genuine" nursing shortage. What kind of data to use. How to ensure this data is accurate and unbiased. -How the legal process will be like. Who is there to legislate, and can the legislation passed only based on the data? etc... Yes, like your question. There are indeed many things to consider. And what do you propose should happen to those IENs who, having jumped through every hoop placed in front of them in order to become registered and employed in Canada, now have friends, community connections and roots here? If the labor market needs them, they can stay. If the market doesn't need them, they can go. I know it's not as simple as this. To summarize, my idea is Canadian citizens who grew up and went school here should be the first ones to get jobs. If you agree, ok. If you disagree, and ask me how this can work. I can't answer without doing further research. Maybe I can write a paper on this next year. Thanks for the insight about up and downs in hiring nurses. I've taken first year foundation courses but we never learned how the labor market is like.

This is kinda off-topic but pre-grad placement=where you are gonna find a job eh? in most cases?

I see in hospitals there are lots of foreign nurses working. If the job market is so terrible in Canada, I think the nurse union should be something to restrict the number of foreign nurses working in Canada. Local graduates should be given the first priority.

I hear about nursing shortage in school but it seems finding a job is really difficult. I hope the situation will be better in up coming years.

Awesome. When I click blog, it says no articles to display. How I can make a new post then?

I saw a forum where they have a specific section for study journals but it was for medicine. I was trying to find a similar place for nursing but I couldn't. I prefer the forum format rather than blogging. I don't mind deleting this thread though if it's a problem here. If you know a good place to start, please let me know. Thanks.

Feb 16, 2014 Perhaps most of my classmates are female, everyday after I get home I find tons of long hairs stuck on the bottom of my pants. It's really annoying that I have to use wet paper towels to wipe them off. Also, my guy friends think I am having a "good" time in my nursing classes because of the ladies. To be honest I really see the girls as my classmates rather than someone to start an intimate relationship.

Feb 16, 2014 I was browsing some nursing programs in the US and I found some programs require more science courses than my current university. I wonder if this is a trend in nursing in North America. My university does not require any Chemistry or Physics courses. But the nutrition course I am taking is a bit like Biochemistry where we learn about basic metabolism.

A little bit about myself, I am in my early 20's. I got A's in the first semester of university so it was a good start. I hope this semester I can continuously do well.

I'm thinking to start a nursing journal here if it's not a problem. My name is Trevor and I'm a first year nursing student in university. Courses this semester: A&P Microbio Nutrition Human G&D I will write about my experience in nursing school.