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I am doing the bridging @ centennial college. I'm in the flex program which is not full time or part time it's 75% of the course load which i would HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! it still counts as full time on OSAP and for insurance purposes. Most of the people in my class work as well as do this program. Centennial is easy to get in but they make it VERY tough. i am already noticing an extremely high standard compared to RPN. The full time is 1 year at centennial then 2 years at ryerson = 3 years. Flex is 3 semesters @ centennial 1 1/2 years and the rest at ryerson (4 years) just a year more but the chances of not flunking out are GREATER in flex trust me. this is the breakdown semester 1 : 5 courses (pathotherapeutics (hard) , acute and chronic illness theory (VERY HARD), ethics and nursing leadership and communication and an english credit. if you did a LANG or ENG credit in the rPN program you can transfer the credit and you don't have to take the course. (NO CLINICAL this semester) i have school 3 days a week and i am on call on weekends semester 2: 3 courses + clinical semester 3: 4 courses + clinical then ryerson my professors all think flex is better because you learn patho and theory before you go to clinical and you have time to study and breathe instead of in class and clinical a full week. the PN program is more memorizing things, the bridging is teaching you to think like an independent and not dependent on the next level above you. when you learn about say respiratory illnesses you have to relate the case study to the whole body and what and how it affects everything so everything you learn in that week you are just building upon the week before. they mark harder and expect more. but if you study and meet with the prof an do the work before the class you will succeed.

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Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Hospital! Hey if you recently graduated the government of ontario has a program called HFO (health force ontario) where they take new grads (up to 6months after graduation) and allow them to shadow a nurse and still get paid at the same time for i think about 8 months, try applying through their and see if you find anything best of luck!

Crazy! I posted this six months ago and I feel like my life has went in a complete 360! Shortly after this post I applied for a job on a palliative unit and got it! My first interview and it was crazy I was more excited than nervous because the facility and the hospital just seemed so incredible and I wanted to be apart of that team. I've been working there as a casual nurse for 3 months and I absolutely love it. I also have started the bridging program not full time or part time but flexible (70%) of the course load and am on call on the weekends for the hospital. I feel so much more confident in my skills and abilities and I love the bridging too. Thank you all for your words of wisdom from a new nurse to the more experienced nurses! MUCH LOVE :)

From what I can gather, you have a few options here: - Get some volunteer experience! I graduated from my nursing program last year and just got my license this year and the job prospects are looking grim. But volunteering close to the prospective field you wish to enter is always smart. Look into volunteering at nursing homes, clinics, anything in public health is also good. (That's what I'm doing!) - Call the admissions office or the school itself and set up a FACE TO FACE IN PERSON MEETING I guarantee things will speed up and you will get answers and connections that will help you figure out what your next move is. - Be persistent! Admissions also look at how badly you want something so I'd recommend constantly emailing and showing your interest in becoming a nurse so go in person for sure and set up a meeting as well as email with admissions to find out what you can do. BE PROACTIVE YOU GOT THIS!!!

Wow, that's interesting but doesn't the bridging offer two more years of clinical experiences? I keep hearing that nurses learn most of the job, well ON the job! Is that true? I'm scared of being a new nurse and being perceived as an idiot and not knowing anything.....

Thank you! I can't seem to find a nursing in Canada forum though...

Holy Crap this is like my biggest fear. I have anxiety and I'm holding back from applying from jobs because I feel like I'm going to fail on the job, I feel unprepared and like i can't remember anything. I recently got my license and I don't want to let down whoever hires me and especially put the patients at risk. I'm wondering how involved the staff is when integrating a new graduate LPN into the workforce.

So I graduated from Humber College's RPN program last year and I just got my licensed and registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario. I am very interested in pursuing the bridging program from RPN-RN however I know my average is not high enough. I currently stand at a 73.6% cumulative. I have a few options such as start applying for RPN jobs and start working however, I feel like i'm not ready. I don't know if that's a common feeling but I feel nervous as all hell and terrified from having clinical experience with 1 or 2 patients to working in a busy hospital with 6 patients or a nursing home with like 50! I feel like more education is what I need. Re-taking courses at humber is pretty expensive, around $700 per class and although I am willing to put that money in and invest it in my future there's no guarantee that my average will shoot up to the requirements of the bridging program. I mean if i get a 96% in 1 class my average will go up to a 76% which seems unrealistic. Humber's bridging average requirement is 74% but I'm positive they start from the top and go down. I also have a bit of an anxiety problem that I'm only now starting to deal with. That is mainly what is holding me back from applying for jobs right now, I'm so terrified of being on my own without the aid of a preceptor. My last clinical experience was a year ago. I feel out of practice and that's really shaking my confidence. My HFO has expired as I graduated in May and recently got my nursing license this month. I'm just looking for any bit of guidance or thoughts regarding starting the process to bridge with any advice? Thanks for listening!