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If a doctor writes an order to give a medication that you know is clearly going to harm your patient, are you going to give it? You are responsible for your own practice, regardless of what a physician orders. Contrary to popular belief, physicians c...

I think people suffer from the 'grass is greener syndrome'. They think that the US system is better, higher paid etc. Having worked in both the Canadian and US systems I know that there are pros and cons to both systems and I could not really recomme...

Unfortunately kevin, the CNO does require this. One way I've explained it to my employer is to say that you are thinking of doing some work in Ontario on your vacation time (let's say at a summer camp for a few weeks). That is of course if you have e...

Depending on what nursing experience you have I would bone up on those areas you lack. For example, if you have adult ICU experience I'd review my peds assessment and common peds conditions. If you have med/surg experience I'd look over things like A...

My supervisor is the Director of Professional Practice (a nurse). I am employed by the hospital so my physician collegues are not my direct supervisors.

There is no university in Canada that I have heard of that is considering the DNP or who even recognize it, as far as I know it is only recognized in the US, however there are several who offer a Phd in Nursing.

Yup! I don't think you'll find a program without it. It's one of the core compentencies of an NP.

How about a doc that has his own chelation clinic in an area where there is a large number of seniors? Talk about a lack of evidence! You can't even get through the door without showing your credit card.....

I am also in a hospital setting and did not sign a contract as an employee, however I did negotiate my own salary and benefits to my advantage. Since then the union here grieved my position and won. The top of the union salary scale is lower than my ...

Just a note on CNO (licensing body) and RNAO (professional association) and other provinces. In other provinces the Nurses Associations are both the licensing body and the professional association. In Ontario it is separate. There are many benefits ...

Actually, I don't know of any NP schools in Ontario that don't have an all NP faculty. Some other provinces may be having difficulty finding enough NP's to teach, due to the relatively small numbers of NP's in their provinces. There are now over 1000...

Having worked both in Canada and the US I am pretty certain that a US RN would be equivalent to a Canadian RN wether or not you have your ADN or your BSN, the difference may be wether or not you can practice in Canada as an RN with an associates degr...

I the university is fully accredited then it probably would, however before starting the program check with the college of Nurses in BC to make sure they do!

I graduated from an FNP program but have always worked in an inpatient setting. Previously with hospitalists and now in cardiology.

No regrets here. And where did you ever get the idea that docs are 'top dogs' in a hospital?? If you want that then go into hospital administration!

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

Hi there, You can find more info at the Canadian Nurses Association website. They did a great deal of research a few years ago and the result was the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Initiative. The CNPI does have a website that has lots of info. Also dep...

I have never heard that holding a license in more than one provinces was a problem. I am licensed in Ontario and NWT and have never had any problems. Registration is expensive in many provinces as the licensing body is also your professional associa...

Take a look at the RNAO website, they do have many jobs posted around the province http://www.rnao.org

You should investigate other programs as well to compare what their entrance requirements would be. Doing a full 'pre-health' year after only being out of school for two years seems excessive to me.

Hi Betaq, I have worked in several northern communities. Health Canada does offer an orientation program if you go to one of their nursing stations. Most other regions offer extensive orientations as well. Have no fear no will 'throw you to the wolve...

I chose to become an NP as I still wanted to have contact with patients and I was not interested in going into management. From here I can still go into management if I wanted to or go into education, so from my point of view my MSN/FNP gave me the b...

Actually in Ontario there have been NP's since the 70's, the program died out in the early 80's only to be revived again in the early 90's. I know that most faculty in Ontario are in fact NP's and some have been NP's for many years. Other provinces h...

Don't forget that with the phenomenal growth in the larger cities in Alberta, wait times can be just as bad or worse than in Ontario. My nephew in Edmonton had to wait 3 months for an Endoscopy, despite recent unexplained weight loss of 30 lbs! Yes t...

I would recommend that you buy a prep book now. You can find them at any boostore. I found the Princeton review helpfull. If you find the prep book a breeze then go ahead and write it now, if you find that the review book is hard then take more time ...