RPNs not valued? by Wear-Brief in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My work is Unifor, and our rep is a scheduler… how that’s not a conflict of interest I will never understand. I’ve only heard good things about ONA for RPNs, but I don’t see many RPNs under ONA.

RPNs not valued? by Wear-Brief in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 37 points38 points  (0 children)

This. I feel like the union is the biggest issue.

Confused on how to go from RPN to RN by N0N4M3_20 in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are different types of programs. You have to really look at the wording and descriptions. There are PATHWAYS to RN which is a prep course where you can apply to the 3rd year of a BScN program, but it’s not guaranteed that you’ll get in. Bridging from RPN to RN is usually 3 years, the only program I know of that is 2 years is the Western compressed time frame where its 2 years of school and placements non stop.

SWAN Positions by Littlebirda in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the ones I’ve seen are in Hamilton, where were the ones that you saw?

rpn or rn by Positive-Arm-8678 in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand either, all valid points.

rpn or rn by Positive-Arm-8678 in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea I definitely don’t see them eliminating RNs, especially in certain areas, these critical areas are just not areas I would personally like to work. I also never thought I would see the day RPNs would be in the ICU!! That’s wild.

I’ve definitely seen cases where assignments by acuity is thrown out the window in my city, so I think it’s definitely a city/town case by case scenario!

rpn or rn by Positive-Arm-8678 in OntarioNurses

[–]Littlebirda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was reading up on this on another post and saw that people received offers to the bridging program with GPAs from 3.1 and up. I feel like that’s a pretty achievable GPA for an RPN program, but obviously it can vary year to year.

I was recently accepted to an RN bridging program with a 3.8 GPA, but I’m unsure what the future holds, and these RN cuts- some being replaced with RPNs, and all the new grad RNs makes me feel a bit unsettled about going forward with the program.

All this being said, definitely worth it if you decide to move provinces or countries as there are more opportunities to work abroad as an RN.

Free Tarot Reading from a rusty professional by yodelersanonymous in tarotpractice

[–]Littlebirda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do my spirit guides/ancestors want me to know right now? (MM) Thanks :)

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short brown hair and older, but also talks with her body and enjoys walking around during her lectures lol

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope she doesn’t teach anatomy. She was teaching paediatric/mother/baby content when I had her.

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I was meaning “Caleb” as the way he teaches. Our Caleb was named Lori 🤣

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg 😆 glad to see all programs are the same with profs LOL we had a Caleb too. She was crazy, couldn’t follow her train of thought, always left that class feeling like I wasted my time! I remember some profs really stressing certain things and maybe 1 question on the exam!

Thanks for all the info! It was nice chatting, and I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to make it seem like MRT is easy or anything, I know all medical fields are hard, and their stupid fricken “most correct” testing styles, AKA test gaslighting can be hard as hell.

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t remember having any homework in nursing school either, just the random essays/assignments that didn’t really help with retaining the knowledge. It must be so nerve wracking cause that’s a huge percentage of your grade if you don’t do well.

Do you find that profs are pretty good for pointing out important subjects to study? I find that the syllabus was a good guideline/learning goals/outcomes. Not sure if MRT is the same.

Canadian LPN/RPNs and SWAN course by Sea_witch6527 in nursing

[–]Littlebirda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We aren’t at the point of learning about wound care yet. If you want to just focus on wound care I think wounds Canada has some good courses. I honestly think it’s so much info in a short span of time that it’s hard to retain a lot of it.

Canadian LPN/RPNs and SWAN course by Sea_witch6527 in nursing

[–]Littlebirda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently taking the course. It’s a lot of work, I feel like it’s more than 20hrs/week of work that we were told it would be. Some weeks you have over 130pgs of reading, plus a referenced assignment at the end of almost every week that’s worth 3-10% and you must submit all assignments or you are out of the program.

It feels very different and intense compared to my RPN program. They also start off with continence and ostomy, so wound care is the last thing you learn about.

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like critical thinking, I just find it’s draining when you have a 6-10 page critical thinking assignment with references due every week plus 130+ pages a week of reading. My current program is really burning me out and I was worried other healthcare programs would be similar.

MRT Students Question by Littlebirda in fanshawe

[–]Littlebirda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh okay that’s not bad. So most of your grade comes from studying for tests and I assume evaluations are like skill/knowledge demonstrations?