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  1. The degree to entry is new here. Some people are starting-finishing their degrees....others not. Solidarity -- well solidarity has a long way to go. I think respect comes from who you are and how you...
  2. I agree that there is a problem in the nursing profession. I have watched young new nurses come and go...... feeling that staying in this profession is just not worth it. Horizontal violence and...
  3. In Ontario, Canada the RPN's (LPN's) now need to be graduates of two year diploma programs. Their title is the same. THey are still considered
  4. It is my intention to do my Masters. It is a personal goal for me, always has been. Hard to answer a "what if question". I know that I want to do a MSN, not another type, such as education. I just...
  5. I could not do my BSN when I came into nursing. I was just turning 40 and had too many responsiblities. I finished my three year diploma, while working full time and have been nursing now three years....
  6. sick nurses

    If you live in my neck of the woods, sick time is unlimited. After 2 years you get 80% full pay, after 3 years, 90% and after 4 years, 100 %. Employer cannot ask what is wrong, physically or mentally....
  7. BSN is becoming entry to practice here in Ontario Canada. Everyone who already is a RN is grandfathered in....meaning you remain a RN, with or without a BSN. The only difference is for grads.......in...
  8. I graduated from a three year diploma RN program three years ago and will finish my BSN this December. I live and work in Ontario, Canada. I do not "need" my BSN to work. I wanted it. However, since I...
  9. Does anyone here actually LIKE LTC???

    I worked as a CNA before and during my RN studies. It was a bad experience, most of the things you mention regarding LTC, where happening there. I went home in tears more than a few times, but I was...
  10. Yes, sometimes you need to get out and change your surroundings. I have done this and not regretted it. Often for those who stay in a toxic enviroment, they become part of it, only way to survive....
  11. I responded to this thread this morning, after 12 hour night shift and perhaps did not make myself that clear. I really want to make the point that this problem in nursing SO needs to be addressed! I...
  12. Please consider nursing's history. Read about the oppression in nursing and how horizontal violence occurs when nurses abuse each other. Read everything you can get your hand's on regarding the term...
  13. I am just finishing up my BSN- I am a RN with three years experience ( ICU mostly , some CVICU and dialysis and mature- over 40) and we (husband and I) are again seriously considering moving to...
  14. The bachelor degree frustration

    I guess I am one of the lucky ones, who graduated from a three year diploma program and now working on my degree- will finish by BSN in December of this year. Lucky only in regard that I can speak to...
  15. Arizona nurses- please help!

    Can I be so bold as to ask a few more questions....What did you love about living in AZ- and what did you not like as much?? Is there a specific area you would recommend living in---I have read East...
  16. Arizona nurses- please help!

    Thanks again. Can I ask you about healthcare costs? You mentioned in your first message that take home was about the same---if you took healthcare costs into consideration----are healthcare costs not...
  17. Arizona nurses- please help!

    Thank you thank you thank you for your reply! I am so happy to hear from you. I am in Ontario- Kingston to be exact. I work between ICU and the dialysis unit. I am almost finished by BSN- will be done...
  18. No Vislandnurse, you are not the only one. I am disheartned that the previous poster has left such a negative impression. If you have been learning about nursing history ( and I am sure you have) you...
  19. Janfrn is right on the money on this- autonomy is lacking in many enviroments in nursing. SHe is also right that you can't get answers if you don't ask questins.... I work in two very different areas...
  20. The bachelor degree frustration

    The drive in Ontario for BSN as entry to practice is now reality- and has been long sought after by many. The thing is that every professional in the healthcare setting- OT-pharm-nutrionists-PT-social...
  21. I was a RPN, did not practice much..... years went by.then I decided to get my RN- worked as a HCA and then RPN while I got my three year diploma RN- worked two years and now I am almost finished by...
  22. Quality practice enviroments are out there- but the same hospital can have one quality practice enviroment in one area and then have a less than great practice enviroment across the hall- literally in...
  23. The bachelor degree frustration

    I am a RN who is currently finishing my post RN degree (BSN) the courses are great- very much focused on practice issues and concerns- I have taken a theory course, family nursing, nursing research,...
  24. Dalton Days?????

    From what I can understand, the comment below is what got the whole thing started, the premier then denied he was talking about a wage freeze: To protect and improve public services, to protect...