RPN in ontario canada havent practiced in 5 years criminal record q

I was suspended since 08 just paid renewal with the college of nurses of ontario waiting for it, also I am going to have conditions /limits on my practice LONGGGG story and long fight to get my RPN license back for that matter..first of all,,I am not

NP Pay vs RN

Hi everyone, I'm hoping I can get some answers on this topic. I want to go to graduate school and I'm looking into NP and CRNA programs. The NP program is much more favorable to me because it is much less intense than the CRNA program. I have 3 sma

References?

I have been working as an RN on a neuroscience unit for 14 months and looking for a new job now. I have tons of references from clinical instructors from nursing school but is that still appropriate to use? I haven't had any interaction with these i

Best way to go from non bedside nursing to bedside nursing

I believe hospitals have completly written me off.
I've been a nurse for 9 years,and never stepped foot on a hospital floor.
All 9 years were done doing private duty(with agencies),with some experience with ltc and sub school nursing.

I'm an Adn Rn

Help me! ( very long)

I have been at my facility and everything was fine for a year. Then we had a mass exodus , of employees because of safety issues and lack of consistency......but I didn't see anything wrong and stayed while new management came in. Since then I have

Desperate for insight NICU

Hello,
I have been scouring the boards and racking my brain for the best decision. I need help. I am a new RN in the NICU. Most of the nurses I know think its a dream job and ultimately want to be there. I am feeling differently. I am under contact f

Impossible to get into another field of nursing! Advice pls!

I've been a med/surg/tele nurse for 3 years and am tired of the hospital environment and the stress of the unpredictability. I want to move onto something like pre and post op care, Pacu, or even ambulatory nursing where its a bit more streamlined a

What should every new grauduate know but probably does not?

I am graduating in May 2013. If there is anything you can share that you didn't know when you graduated that you wish you had, what was it? I graduated in 2012, I will tell you what helped me. Know a nurse who can put in a good word for you on her un

Did I settle am I hurting my career?

I recently posted about taking a year off after nursing school to have a baby. I looked for a job for about 6 weeks and never heard ANYTHING but "no new grads" and rejections. After reading a lot of post about "old new grads" and

Torn between Nursing and Medicine

Hello! I've posted here multiple times about dilemma I pose: my love for both nursing and medicine. I am currently a pre-nursing student, but I'm a bit hazy about my potential future as a nurse. I love the nursing model; I want to care for a patien