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Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/14/2009 8:15:12 AM

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So, as I move forward with my little life I had a thought. Sure, I could go to school here in Victoria for Licensed Practical Nursing, but why only here? I imagine that there are plenty of other colleges in Canada and I was curious, as a newbie to post-secondary education, what sort of colleges others would suggest? Is there any actual difference between them, education, teacher, and tuition wise? What about the recognition afterward? I'd certainly hate to find that the expensive education I just put myself head over heels in debt for turned out to be recognized only in a single province (or territory, as it may happen to be).

Going to be talking with various other people I know about it, but this is a resource of skilled, educated, experienced, varied people nonetheless and I like tapping my all my resources when I need to make an important decision like this. =)

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/14/2009 8:25:23 AM

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I'm in Ontario and know of a few options if you are willing to relocate?

Sudbury
North Bay
Hamilton
London

I do know that the institute in Sudbury will assist graduating students find placement after their studies and usually they will encourage the graduates to remain in the northern part due to the severe lack of doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners. It's only been in operation for 2-3 years and from what I heard, they offer a high level of education. Western University is also an excellent place to study though the tuition is extremely high, most because of their reputation as one of the top universities in Ontario.

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/14/2009 8:43:39 PM

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LPN diploma is very inexpensive in BC, licensing to practise is provincial delegation though so remember if you train in another province you have to register in whichever province you wish to work. tuition. practicum fees and books in BC should be under 14K

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/14/2009 9:05:31 PM

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Hmm... that's strange. At the college I was doing my application at the total came out to 22k.

Sprott Shaw Community College

http://sprottshaw.com/

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/16/2009 10:59:20 AM

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Depending on which province you wish to live should help to decide where you want to train. I could be wrong but I believe you need to write a RPN exam to practise in any province. There are a few states where you liscence in Ontario is accepted. I am not sure about your province.

My other question to you is why not study to be a RN rather than a RPN?

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/16/2009 2:39:21 PM

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I'm actually not altogether sure what the differences are between a Licensed Practical Nurse and a Registered Nurse. I could always go google the differences I suppose. Originally I was wanting to be a paramedic but after speaking with a friend of mine who's plenty older and plenty more experienced I decided to be an LPN instead.

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/17/2009 8:45:10 AM

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As a former paramedic, I can tell you right now that nursing is your better option, there tends to be a high burnout and turnover, not to mention unemployment rate for paramedics. Too many medics, too few crews needing them. In the Niagara region, I was told that the EMT/Paramedic unemployment rate was about 40%, though how true that is, I have no idea. It was a local volunteer crew who'd been trying to get on to a paying job for some time.

One of the big differences, at least in the States, is that a RN can do a lot more and has more responsibilities than a LPN. RN's can do IV injections, become head nurse, run the shift, in a nutshell, become management more likelier than a LPN. LPN's still do a lot of work and are a valuable resource. I would say that the LPN's I've met and worked with were friendlier and more relaxed than the RN's. Here in the Niagara Region, a lot of people go to Brock and I hear it's excellent. For colleges (Brock is a uni) most of the people I know around here go to Niagara College and it's done wonders for their education. I hear the nursing program at Niagara is excellent.

But like has been said, I would really check provincial licensing because in the case of paramedics here in Ontario, they have their own certification licensing and don't except any other province's certification. Yet other provinces would except several other provinces AND the US national certification as qualified to run on the crews. So it's all up to where do you want to live and work after schooling? Not an easy decision when you're just starting your schooling.

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/18/2009 10:24:35 PM

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email me off post if you wish to discuss further the differences between the RPN and RN

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RE: Canadians - Provinces for Schooling? - 8/19/2009 7:02:17 AM

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Sprott Shaw is a private franchise school, if you are on the island look into the community colleges. If you contact me on the cmail I will gladly give you some contact info.

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Hmm... that's strange. At the college I was doing my application at the total came out to 22k.

Sprott Shaw Community College

http://sprottshaw.com/

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