Mohammad39

Dear All, I am an experienced locum intensive care UK RN, Planning to go to Ontario for family reasons. I got my CNO reg last month. Please advice me: What are the mandatory training, courses or requirements that hospitals in Ontario generally request. I dont mind relocating to far areas. Is there any chance for me to start looking for a locum (travel nurse/ per diem job), or do I have to look for full time substansive job. One of the things I like about locum is the travel n family commitments. Thx for the advice Mohammad

Hi No I didnt need a Vulnerable Check My RCMP Police check was processed on 15 May n I got CNO registration on 30 May, that was quick

I started the application in 2012. I am currently working locum in ICU in UK. thinking to start applying for jobs while I am still here

I did the OSCE then NCLEX. I thought it would be cheaper to apply for one regulatory body for all the other provinces.

No. I was just assessed by CNO

thx for the informative reply. so if i applied to NNAS and they agreed, i might be able to practice in other provinces as well?, my brother lives in Vancouver, it would be great if i can apply for one registration body for the other provinces

Dear All, I am a UK ICU RN. I got my CNO registration last week. Regarding Vulnerable Police Check: Do we do this before applying for jobs? or after? or is it job offer specific? bec I am currently in the UK n on RCMP website it says they dont send it abroad. do we apply for jobs, get offer, do vulnerable police RCMP Check? or apply for RCMP Vulnerable police check then copy it n show it to potential employers? Thx Mohammad

So is it possible to 1. Apply for RCMP Vulnerable sector check. ask RCMP to send it to me. then look for jobs? thx

me too

ALLAH Ybarek feek GOD bless you n help u succeed i did all the uworld about 1300 questions n mastery exams n reviews. Approximately 200 questions a day. I stopped daily whenever I felt my head is not getting the new info. I reviewed the rationales of all the questions that I answered wrongly as these were info that I lacked Sometimes it's nice to see why the other options were wrong. Initially I was working so only studying like 1 HR a day n not concentrating properly. Then I took 3 weeks off from work just for studying. My ability to concentrate on studying for prolonged hours is less than before. Also what I found difficult is that some of the questions were about a small details of the diseases that's why any internationally educated nurse thinking of going to Canada n USA should do NCLEX Soon after graduation where the info is still there in their head

Hi Ned, so in the US is it possible for someone to set up an agency and to be the nurse of that agency simultaneously? Thx

These r typical agency stuff

Its normal to be stressed the 1st 1-2 yrs in intensive care. U will like it after that. U should not be expected to know everything. After 11 yrs in ITU I still learn something new every day. Better safe than sorry, if u don't know something ask someone who is likely to know. Pray you don't do mistakes. Listen to what people say but don't let it demoralise u. Change gear, do not leave until u find another job offer.

HAMDOLILLAH I passed Canadian NCLEX. It was the toughest exam in my life. i graduated in 1999. I work in intensive care n the last time I did a formal exam was 2008. The start was tough. By the time I reached about question 30 I was only sure about ten of the answers r correct. When I passed the 75 questions without the computer shutting, I had a big sigh of relief that I still have a chance. So I took a toilet break to re energise n to restart fresh. The time goes very quickly. Don't think that 5 hrs is a long time. As I was trying to do my best in every question, I didn't look at the time. Then there was only 1 HR left n I answered approximately 185 questions!. I started little panic. But then I said to my self, no point in answering all the questions wrongly. So I took deep breath n I said let me do my best in the questions. When I reached about 245 questions the computer shut down, I said no way am gonna pass this. I used the UWorld N Canadian RNMastery i use the underground trains about 2-3 hrs a day. There is internet on the platforms, but not when the train is moving. The performance of the Internet on the RN Mastery in the places where internet keeps cutting is fantastic n in that aspect it was better than ur world. My personal opinion which might be wrong is UWorld questions are a bit more difficult n the questions resemble the NCLEX Style. RN Mastery looked more like a nice comprehensive review in a questions style. Both have excellent n interesting rationalisation. I advice candidates to: understand rationales practice how to answer NCLEX questions about topics that don't have knowledge or experience about, because whatever u studied, there will be questions about things u never encountered or u only heard about when u did ur basic nursing degree. During the exam don't be intimidated if there is there is a run of about 5 questions that u answered them randomly as u didn't know the answer. Don't let it to affect ur moral. During the exam questions get tougher or easier in a strange pattern. When this happened I said to myself, as long as the computer giving me questions, I still have a chance n let me just do my best. Thank you for everyone who helped here by advice or info. Best wishes Mohammad