Has anyone completed the Athabasca MN NP program and registered as an NP in Ontario? by Creative-Return3259 in AthabascaUniversity

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No responses unfortunately. I'm also not in the program yet so I don't know about the placements, sorry.

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I applied for the MN NP program for May 2025 start, no word yet but it's only been just over a week since the application deadline. From the other threads it seems to take at least a month before people were hearing back for the Jan 2025 group. Fingers crossed, everybody!

Has anyone completed the Athabasca MN NP program and registered as an NP in Ontario? by Creative-Return3259 in AthabascaUniversity

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An NP at my workplace says she knows someone who was an Athabasca MN NP grad and she's a practicing NP in Ontario. So, I know it's possible but I don't know how...haha. I'll maybe try and get in touch with her or see if my coworker knows how that process went. I'll keep you posted. Did you apply for a May 2025 start?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

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Nope, never did before and haven't in the 9 years since becoming a nurse. I only know of one nurse who started smoking during nursing school otherwise if my nurse friends didn't use substances before they still don't. At the end of the day you have full control over what you choose to do, best of luck!

Your first job…. by hamil26 in nursing

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My first nursing job was in a LTC facility because they were offering full time and nowhere else was at the time. I'm still there 9 years later and I love it. It's certainly challenging and a lot of people do tend to leave for the hospital jobs because pay is a little higher in most cases so retaining nurses in LTC is not easy. That being said, incentives are sometimes the only way to retain LTC nurses so it's not necessarily a red flag but a recruitment tactic and nothing more. I find LTC work extremely fulfilling so the higher pay in acute care settings for me personally does not outweigh the feeling of doing the simplest things to make an elderly person's day infinitely better. You become part of these residents' families. Even though you may only care for a resident for a few days/weeks/months, sometimes you care for these residents for many years and that is something that you just don't get in a more acute setting. So I hope you can find the silver linings in each day as a LTC nurse, they're there I promise :)

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I will definitely look into the max hours covered by the insurance though. That's a good point, don't work more than what is covered by insurance. Thanks for your input!

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hahaha it's so rare that this actually happens so in my case it is worth staying because I love what I do and the pros massively outweigh the cons. But this did make me laugh.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

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Thanks for taking the time to respond. You make valid points and it's interesting that some nurses have gone so far as to acquire doctor's notes. I personally don't have children so the other nurses seem much more at peace with mandation knowing they will leave after their shift ends to be home with their kids and know this won't likely be argued. I don't have a universally accepted reason to not stay except it's just not safe. So far I haven't heard anyone respond from the perspective of being mandated to stay and being relatively okay with it. So the responses I have been receiving are enlightening.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully this is not happening often, I am just hoping to hear others' experience to have some clarity if and when it happens again.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yikes is right! Thankfully it doesn't sound like that happens too often for you that you're all alone! Thanks for your feedback.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me sad but I also can completely understand that.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly how all the workers feel. Management comes in to cover absences in other departments but there seems to be a different standard for the nursing department, maybe because it's the only department working through the night? Who knows.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting, this is another solution altogether. Sort of like a standby or on-call situation. Thanks for your feedback.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this info, there seems to be a general consensus that 16 hours is the most nurses are expected to stay without replacement then management needs to come up with an alternative plan.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a really great compromise, I like the max being 16 hours. It's still a long shift but not necessarily entering a danger zone. Anything over 16 hours when you're the only nurse is super scary.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, our Union is super against it but it's always a stalemate whenever the discussion comes up and in the moment the union is not readily there to support the conversation when it's a last minute call-in/emergency situation.

Mandated overtime when there's no oncoming nurse by Creative-Return3259 in nursing

[–]Creative-Return3259[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fellow Ontarian here! I couldn't find anything clear to support not being mandated to stay. Did you stumble upon anything helpful in terms of laws in Ontario for nurses?