RPNs in Ontario

loriangel14, RN · Jul 9, 2009

There a couple of Hospitals in Toronto that don't employ RPNs, Mount Sinai and Sick Kids. Pretty much all the rest do but I do not know what the job market is like specifically. Outside of the city there are jobs to be had, Guelph, Brampton and Missisauga all had job postings for RPNs last time I was looking.

2bNurse-88 · Jul 9, 2009

Yea, the above poster is right, only Sick Kids & Mount Saini don't hire RPN's. All the other hospitals in Toronto do. Humber River, North York General, etc.

There's tons of RPN jobs in the Toronto & Surrounding areas, Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan. $24-$30/hour hourly wages.

Stray dog · Jul 13, 2009

Thank you for your info. I really appreciate that. Do you know hopitals still hire RPNs for full time?? Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.

loriangel14, RN · Jul 13, 2009

The hospital that I work at has full time and part time positions and so goes the larger one in the next town.

Stray dog · Jul 18, 2009

Thank you for the reply. I heard that it's hard to get full time position. Is that true?? Most of the hospitals where hire RPNs offer full time?? Working at hospital is better than nursing home right?? I heard that once ppl get job at nursing home,they'll be stuck up...Is that true? Any info wold be appreciated. Thanks.

MobileNurseSara · Jul 18, 2009

Thank you for the reply. I heard that it's hard to get full time position. Is that true?? Most of the hospitals where hire RPNs offer full time?? Working at hospital is better than nursing home right?? I heard that once ppl get job at nursing home,they'll be stuck up...Is that true? Any info wold be appreciated. Thanks.

In my area it's pretty impossible to get FT as a RPN now. Where you like to work is very personal and can't be generalized as one is "better" than the other. Personally, I did not like working in the nursing home at all, but some people love it.

As for the stuck up thing, I'm not sure where that came from, but that's a personality thing.

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Jul 18, 2009

I think stray dog meant "stuck" and not "stuck up". From the member's use of language, I'd guess that English is a second language and the use of idiom is somewhat unfamiliar.

Stray dog, many people have found that when they start out in LTC they do have difficulty moving into acute care or critical care. So they are "stuck", so to speak. If that isn't what you want out of life then you're wise to be looking into options now.

Fiona59 · Jul 19, 2009

Funny, but several LPNs I know started out in LTC, worked there a couple of year and moved to active treatment. Their managers felt they had honed their time management skills in LTC and that's very valuable in active treatment.

2bNurse-88 · Jul 19, 2009

Most hospitals and LTC facilities function on senority. Senority is when a position comes up, full-time, part-time, however many hours, and the people who have been working there the longest can apply for the "more hours" position, and they'll get it before you, a newcomer will. This is why alot of new Nurses start out part-time, casual and build up senority. This doesn't mean you can't work full-time, most new Nursing grads I know have two or three jobs, and all-together are working 50-60 hour weeks. That's very good money at $25/hour at most hospitals in the GTA area. I'm speaking of RPN's.

I wouldn't reccomend working in a Nursing home to start off. You lose alot of your learned skills, all you do is push meds, and paperwork for the most part. If that's what you like, then by all means work in a Nursing home, but in my opinion it's pretty boring, and like I said, alot of your newly learned skills aern't used.

Angelofdeth · Jul 22, 2009

Do what I did- I graduated in K/W and moved to Fort Mcmurray AB. They pay moving costs, provide housing for 6 months, and pay very well. My first full time year and Ill be making a net income of 72 000 this year.

Fiona59 · Jul 22, 2009

Fort Mac well, well. Your big patients get sent down to us in Edmonton.

Cost of living is high in 'Mac. Wait until you foot your own housing expenses and see if it's still that good.

It's a small town, with a transient population, high drug rate, high alcoholism rate.