u/nasirjonesnyc

Hi there!

I’m considering taking the LPN to rn bridge at Aurora. I’m having trouble the other bridge programs due to competitiveness and Aurora bridge in program would be easier to ensure I get into the program.

I’m just curious how it is to live in Yellowknife. I currently live in Victoria, and before that lived in Ottawa. Would owning a car be a bad decision? Are mechanics more expensive? What is the price of food/cost of living like compared to other parts of the country?

My other option would be do the 4 year program from scratch else where in Canada. I like the thought of Yellowknife but also just read there’s lots of fires in the summer. I’m just not sure how hard it would be to adjust to the lifestyle

Hi there!

I’m looking at the admission criteria for the bridging program and the wording is ‘Successful applicants are identified through a combined evaluation of GPA (based on the program pre-requisites) and a CASPer test result’

Is this referring to your practical nursing grades or the 18 credits in first year level undergraduate courses?

Thank you !

Hi! I currently work as a nurse but am considering a career change. I’m just wondering what the pathway to becoming an MRI technologist is? Is it only a 2 year program in Canada? Thank you !

Hey!

I’ve been a LPN on a heavy medical floor for 5 years now. I really want to bridge into my RN but I keep hearing/reading that the bridging programs are extremely hard to get accepted to.

My high school grades are good but for the practical nursing program I think I only had a 73/74 average, if that. I had a lot going on outside of school and it was a tough time in my life. I’m 29 now and want to make the switch. I can get a glowing letter of recommendation from my manager as I’ve been on the same floor since I started and I’m extremely confident in my ability.

Does anyone have any idea what bridging programs have the most amounts of seats available / easiest to get into? I appreciate any input! Thank you !

Nursing at the RJH is horrendous right now. We have no staff and are getting absolutely slammed everyday. Pray for us

Growing up things were rough at home sometimes. My parents had some issues and fought frequently. It was often really intense and would get physical. One day my mom ended up calling the police and they eventually came, my whole family was pretty fractured at that point. It felt like everything that had happened growing up was finally past the breaking point.

I was 15 at the time and felt completely crushed. Things really weighed on me by then. I had seen a lot growing up and I was struggling. My mom would often hurt herself and was severely depressed. She would also tell me that my dad was abusing. This had a huge effect on me as a kid.

It was the middle of summer when this happened. When the police came I just broke down and told them everything that was happening at home. They ended up taking my mom away as she instigated things on this occasion and was unstable. I knew at this point any real concept of a family I had was gone.

I remember afterwards leaving home to go walk across town. There was a field with benches I would go and sit at sometimes when things were going on.

I was crossing the bridge in the middle of town and there were 3 girls around my age walking towards me coming from the opposite way. I must have been crying pretty hard at this point despite my best efforts to hide it.

I was looking at ground obviously not wanting to make eye contact. One of the girls noticed though and stopped in front of me. I just looked up for a second and she gave me a massive hug. I must have stood there for a good 5-10 seconds and just hugged her back. After, I didn’t even say anything and kept walking. I was super embarrassed at the time on top of still obviously being very upset. But that hug has stuck with me for years now. I had no one to talk to about anything I often think that hug gave me the little bit of comfort I needed.

I’ll never forget that moment and will forever be thankful to who ever that stranger was. It was a moment that sometimes I think back on like it was a dream. But it wasn’t, and it made a massive difference that day.

After that it really reinforced just how much of a difference a small act of kindness can make in someone’s life. You never know what people might be dealing with