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Thank you so much for the time you took to answer my questions companisbiki. Much appreciated.

Hi I'm an Australian trained critical care nurse looking at moving to Canada next year (I have Canadian citizenship from birth) and would love any advise and info from any RNs over there. I'm sure it all works very differently so to start the ball rolling here are a few questions: 1. Do nurses work under a labour agreement or on individual contracts? 2. I understand there are penalty rates? Eg extra $ for certain shifts. ... holidays, weekends etc.... what are the %s extra etc? 3. Do public health jobs do panel interviews? What does the process of getting a job there entail? 4. How does critical care/icu work? I've heard there are separate jobs/people for ventilation, inotropes, sedation...is this right? Here we do it all. ... how many patients per nurse? 5. Is the job doing full cares or are there nursing assistants? 6. Is it team nursing or individual? Thank you in advance for your help! Fi