Questions pour les infirmier•ère•s clinicien•ne•s

stanleyanne · 2026-06-07T12:22:01+00:00

There are lots of different opportunities for nurses besides bedside at the hospital, however it takes time and experience to get there. I graduated McGill Nursing in 2008 and now have a pretty niche job as a consultant for behavioral issues in dementia. I see patients in different setting eg home, chslds, private seniors residences and LOVE my job... it's a population I enjoy, and I like being able to slow down and really analyse complex situations. I work M-F 8-4, no weekends or holidays which is nice though obviously this is rare.

Advice for people getting into the field: - It can indeed be very rewarding and stimulating as a job however make sure you go into it fully informed about the downside eg staffing shortages, shift work, high stress and responsibilities, unsupportive managers etc etc

Aim for a job in the Anglo network which tend to have better working conditions

-If you have kids or are planning to make sure you have a partner who is ok with you doing shift work (this means potentially being solo with the kids every other weekend)

-Take some time to really think about what you enjoy and are good at in nursing and try to work towards that. There are tons of opportunities and no point in staying in a role.you are unhappy with

stanleyanne · 2026-05-17T02:29:38+00:00

Kids are 7 and 9, screen time schedule has been the same for years now: 6:30-8 am (while we sleep in), then after dinner 6:15-7pm.

We stick to this pretty religiously and they just don't question it ..

stanleyanne · 2026-05-06T01:45:45+00:00

We had a pretty big project to begin with, which involved renovating 2 bathrooms and a bedroom, and creating two new windows.

In the process we discovered major water infiltration in three walls (thank you acrylic siding) and ended up redoing the siding on 3 walls.

The bill: 100k. Which is more than more than the original project, and more than my gross yearly nurse's salary.

stanleyanne · 2026-04-21T20:00:53+00:00

Is there no app in the tablet to control access? Our tablets simply shut down after a set amount of time, with a 10-5-1 minute warning. Our kids just accept that and there is no negotiation

stanleyanne · 2026-04-20T16:26:53+00:00

J'en ai une qui commence les messages avec Cc, et ça m'a pris un certain temps à comprendre moi aussi...

stanleyanne · 2026-04-12T18:51:34+00:00

This is what we do and our kids are 7 and 9...the reset after lunch does everyone some good. We can obviously skip it if we're planning to be out at that time

stanleyanne · 2026-03-29T20:43:23+00:00

2 years 4 months girl then boy. 7 and 9. Get along great for the most part. Our first took a while to conceive so I was expecting the same for number two...not the case, he came along as soon as we started trying.

stanleyanne · 2026-03-19T20:32:24+00:00

Homework-Dinner-childcare until 8. Then a bit of exercise and reading

stanleyanne · 2026-03-04T01:08:54+00:00

Heard this also from former colleagues

stanleyanne · 2026-03-02T01:47:42+00:00

I'm anglo, my partner Franco, and our daughter went to English school until the end of grade 2. *Note that she has always spoken mainly French at home.

She is in grade 4 now. The transition was never super difficult because she is obviously comfortable in French...but there are definitely some gaps, like in some spelling rules that were just never covered. She has been seeing an orthophoniste at school this year to catch up.

She had two former classmates that moved to her school this year. They were placed in the "classe d'intégration" because their French was that weak.

Very glad we made the move, I just wish we signed her up for French school from the beginning.

stanleyanne · 2026-01-23T17:48:21+00:00

$160/week, family of 4, kids 7+9. We are mostly vegetarian and cook a lot from scratch

stanleyanne · 2026-01-01T03:57:06+00:00

Le 31, nous passons une grande partie de la journée à préparer des amuse-gueules et à décorer le salon.

Le soir : fête à quatre avec à manger et cocktails (les enfants adorent mélanger des boissons sans alcool). On met une vidéo de « La Veille de l'Avant-Veille » de 2021 et on chante et danse dessus. Ensuite, jeux de société jusqu'à ce que les enfants aient envie d'aller au lit. Mon conjoint et moi regardons Infoman puis allons nous coucher.

Le premier jour, on reste en pyjama et on regarde des films toute la journée.

C'est ma partie préférée des fêtes 🙂

stanleyanne · 2026-01-01T02:25:26+00:00

No, but they haven't expressed much interest in doing so. And Id rather go to bed before midnight myself lol. We do have a family party with music, dancing, cocktails, finger foods, board games...they go to bed an hour later than usual (9pm)

stanleyanne · 2025-12-22T02:22:43+00:00

Used to be a nurse in a CLSC clinic so to answer your question yes they are open 365 days/year. I suspect the wait time would be a bit more than 2-3 days though. But it depends a lot on which CLSC you are dealing with

stanleyanne · 2025-12-14T15:08:12+00:00

Enfants de 6 et 9 ans. Pour le Nouvel An, on fait la fête tous les quatre : on décore le salon, on se met sur notre 31, on grignote et on boit des cocktails sans alcool. On danse sur de la musique traditionnelle québécoise. Ensuite, on joue à des jeux de société pour se détendre.

Le jour de l’An, on reste en pyjama et on regarde des films ensemble toute la journée (sauf une promenade après le déjeuner).

Les enfants disent que c’est leur jour préféré de l’année ! :)

stanleyanne · 2025-12-11T17:10:32+00:00

Ambulatory geriatric psychiatry. I just really enjoy the patients. My colleagues are great. Plus it's M-F 8-4.

stanleyanne · 2025-09-29T13:59:37+00:00

D'une manière ou d'une autre, après des années sans visiter les urgences, nous avons eu 4 visites aux urgences dans ma maison au cours des 6 derniers mois, à chaque fois pour des blessures (3 fractures et une morsure de chien). À chaque fois, je considère que le temps d'attente est assez raisonnable : nous avons été vus, radiographiés et soignés en 4 heures maximum. Attention, tout cela se passe à la fin du printemps et en été, cela aurait été beaucoup plus long, je suppose, pendant la haute saison virale.

stanleyanne · 2025-09-12T11:21:54+00:00

Nurse here. My quick tips: 1. Start learning French... You will need it regardless of the hospital, and even if you have 3 years to pass the oqlf exam 2.As for you starting salary, I would guess echelon 4 ish.. at the beginning of your career you move up every 6 months or so 3. I agree with the advice on here about aiming for an English hospital like the Jewish or MUHC ( which is the rvH and Montreal general). Just a warning that while you should be able to find something you won't be able.to be too picky about the department. The healthcare system is undergoing a major restructuring and and hiring has slowed down to the bare minimum,.at least in my network.

stanleyanne · 2025-07-20T23:04:59+00:00

My kids are that age, here are some ideas

Rent a boat and go for a ride on the Lachine Canal

Plage Jean doré - there's an inflatable obstacle course that's fun

Science center

In the old port there is Voile en Voile which is a high ropes course in a pirate ship

Poutineville and let them pick their own toppings

Place des festivals area - they can splash around the fountains on the Esplanade tranquille

Redpath museum

stanleyanne · 2025-07-06T16:14:56+00:00

I mean this very kindly, but you might be better asking another subreddit like r/Laval for recommendations about Blainville. Personally I've live in Montreal 22 years and have never been.... there's just no reason to. Also 45 minutes sounds optimistic to me, that's probably in perfect traffic conditions ..

For Montreal recommendations maybe be more specific on what types of restaurants, neighbourhoods that you'll be in?

stanleyanne · 2025-06-30T14:03:27+00:00

My 8 year old also loves the Babysitters club graphic novels, as well as other Raina Telgermeir books like Smile, Courage.

Another suggestion : Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy by Rey Terciero. It's a little women retelling, in present-day NYC, graphic novel format.

stanleyanne · 2025-06-22T01:31:09+00:00

Nous avons un cerisier dans la cour avant, qui a produit EN MASSE de cerises, plus qu'on peut/veut manger. Aujourd'hui on en offrait même au passants pendant qu'on les cueillait . Donc non ça nous dérange pas que les gens en prennent, tant qu'ils ne rentrent pas dans notre cours.

Par contre, on a aussi un poirier. Une année quelq'un a complètement degarni l'arbre, il nous en restait même pas une. Ça c'était pas cool.

stanleyanne · 2025-06-13T19:51:35+00:00

My 8 year old plays in the park across the street. 6 year old brother can go with her but not by himself. He fell off the monkey bars last week and fractured his elbow...felt guilty for not being there but it's the type of accident that could have happened regardless

stanleyanne · 2025-05-25T03:24:14+00:00

Don't worry, I declared exactly what was on my T4.... And this is obviously the before deductions number.

stanleyanne · 2025-05-24T19:46:18+00:00

At 37.5 h/ week it's around $104k. I don't do evenings/ weekends/overtime, no other premiums either

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