VikkiPink RN

I'm actually going through this process right now. CGFNS visa screen, you submit all your documents. They evaluate you to determine if the education and requirements are the same and if you are eligible for legal practice in the USA. Once they dee...

How were you able to manage that with the border being closed since last March? To go to the states, apply and then come back and wait?

I went to per diem agency work so I could make the same amount and work less, and pick my hours. I was working a ridiculous amount, suffering from burn out, not having a good work/life balance. In the end it depends on what you want for y...

I believe you can opt to write your NCLEX at any time. You can choose to even write it here in Canada at any testing center. Those results are easily accessible afterwards, via your college of nurses which they can submit to the USA. The first ...

I moved out of province once I graduated, and I held a license there under another designation with the CNO. I kept my license for the first year as active, just in case I decided to move back. I Had it as non practicing for the next year or tw...

We're paid biweekly, so every second week. If you look in the province collective agreement you will see the wage scale: https://www.bcnu.org/Contracts-Bargaining/Documents/NBA_Wage_Grid.pdf And if you just deduct approximately...

Hey Jenny, I have questions about how you obtained your SSN while residing in Canada. I am currently sending paperwork to CGFNS and am trying to figure out how the SSN process works. For some reason, I've been told you have to go to the USA to ge...

It's how you were raised and where you come from. If you've saved all your pennies and thrift shopped your entire life due to being from a poorer background chances are you will retain these habits even in a career that can afford more. Honestly it...

I have had multiple episodes of being bullied by management. Guess who you report that to? No one. Because managers manager protects them. The situations would make your hair curl. I've never become depressed or contemplated suicide. At the end of ...

Depending on the unit. If it's general medical you would do a few training shifts then be on your own with the assumption staff would help you if you run into any questions or need assistance. More specialized areas have longer training both in cla...

Read your agency contract. In my experience with home care and agencies we have been informed that taking their clients on for private work is considered stealing business even if services aren't the same as they provide.

If this is what you needed to maintain your sanity then it was absolutely the right decision. I personally want out as well.... however I have no other avenues at the moment and my options are to get education to get into another field that pays mo...

I am in love with agency nursing. It's easy money as you're paid well per hour plus driving and milage. I love going to new facilities because Staff is usually good at making you feel lile you're wanted and needed and each facility offers its own u...

I took it right after I was done school, as soon as I got my ATT I booked... We were done school April 3rd and I wrote May 27th. Hadn't even graduated nursing school yet. I failed my first attempt as we were the pilot group in Canada to write... We ...

Please don't take this offensively or anything, but I think you need to go out and do your own thing. Your mom may just be overprotective in such a way that is actually preventing you from getting anywhere in life. I think you need to go out and do w...

I would hold off as long as possible to see if you actually utilize the book. There are great places online you can get them at discounted rates OR there are rent text book websites that are literally like 25% of the price, it gives you access for an...

I'm considering relocating to MB once I write my NCLEX and pass, get my license transferred, etc. I am just wondering if there were any currently practicing MB RNs who could provide me with some insight about nursing in MB, particularly from a more r...

So if they took my money means I failed first round ??? Orr???

Yeaaaah I wrote today and definitely tried The trick and let me tell you they take the 360$ (CDN) right out of the account ASAP. I am gonna try to fight it if I pass... In meantime have to wait and see seeing as how I can't try in another 24hr!

I think the group home might be a better fit if you had to pick between the two simply because then you would get a look at the family dynamics that you may possibly come across on the floor. You'll see what types of homes the kids can potentially co...

Personally, I would pull her aside and confront her. I bet she will be taken aback. I would just lay it all out. Use a lot of "I feel" and make it your perceptions so that she doesn't think you're accusing her.. But really thats not fair to you. Nurs...

Hello everyone, I will soon be a new grad- May 21st in a BSN program. I am a Canadian nurse (LPN currently) looking to relocate to a sunny state. I was looking at larger centres in hopes of finding good medical centres... particularly teaching hospit...

I meant applying and not havin to rewrite the same NCLEX you just wrote in Canada to get licensure in US.

They are now doing the NCLEX in Ontario no more CRNE. I am writing in May after I graduate and the NCLEX we are to write is the same as the American administers NCLEX. The values will be written in both metric and non for both. It is transferable. I ...

I think it depends on your work goal. If there's work available... In Canada we are utilized to full scope. I'm not sure what the scope is in the US but we are essentially doing the same job as the RN in a hospital or clinical setting but given stabl...