Add me to the ranks of the unemployeed...

[cbrchick]

For 13 months that is...

Today was my last shift in the ER and I am off on short term illness for work until I give birth :)

Then Mat leave for a year to raise the Squirmy.

An hour into it and I started kinda panicking. I feel a need to work, but my body is failing me and it's getting a bit dangerous in the ER. I warned a patient today if he as so much as touched me, I am hitting him back. Got a baby bump to protect.

I'm sure I'll get used to this "not working" thing eventually. But it goes against my grain since I was 15. I'm sure in a year I wont want to go back.

Someone drink a beer for me please. I am having a def tea...

Kirsty

[Trip]

congrats on the baby

[SteveP]

Mat leave for a year? Is that paid?

You're gonna go insane.

[Amber Lamps]

Mat leave for a year? Is that paid?

You're gonna go insane.

I don't know if that's Canada or her job but WOW!!!

[Apoc]

I don't know if that's Canada or her job but WOW!!!


canada

You recieve EI 345/week) but a lot of companies top it up (mine does).

It can be taken by the mom or dad, or split up between the two...

[Tsunami]

canada rocks! Too bad its too cold :lol:

Congrats Kirsty! Enjoy your time off!

[cbrchick]

canada rocks! Too bad its too cold :lol:

Congrats Kirsty! Enjoy your time off!

It was 90 here yesterday :)

Mat leave is 17 weeks (pretty well 93% of my total pay - employer provided/topped up with EI) the other 34/35 weeks is EI.

We're pretty lucky and have worked hard for this over many years. Gotta thank the women and men that came before me for this. I can't imagine heading back to work 6 weeks to 3 months after having a baby. I wouldn't want to hand my infant over to someone else to raise if I didn't have to.

Not everyone has this opportunity up here. Financially we can handle it so might as well :)

And I might just go nuts.

I'll have to think of this as a sabatical. :)

[tommymac]

Damn a whole year thats nice, most of our peeps here go 6 to 12 weeks and are back working.

One of the other PA's just went out, shes about 5 months and is on bedrest now. last year she was at about 5 plus months and lost the baby so were hoping this one goes well.

Tom

[the chi]

Good luck hun, I have a feeling you'll find plenty of things to keep you ocupied, both before and after birth!

[wildchild]

congrats. you may go crazy without working until you have the little bugger, then your going to feel like your running your butt off and want to go to work for a break. :) you'll have a blast. carpet creepers are a lot of fun.

[Adeptus_Minor]

carpet creepers are a lot of fun.

Do they make a spray for that or do you just have to steam clean?
:lol:

[CrazyKell]

Congrats! Enjoy the time off and take lots of pics. You have a great attitude about it and it's always nice to see people so thankful for what they have. ;)

[unknownroad]

Holy crap... that is one sweet gig!

Man, 13 months off... I might actually get my to-do list down to the double digits.... i can't even imagine...

[wildchild]

Do they make a spray for that or do you just have to steam clean?
:lol:

pretty much cleans itself up in 18 - 20 years. :)

[Tsunami]

Mat leave is 17 weeks (pretty well 93% of my total pay - employer provided/topped up with EI) the other 34/35 weeks is EI.


Do nurses get paid well in canada? How does the salary compare to the US?

[cbrchick]

Do nurses get paid well in canada? How does the salary compare to the US?

Um... we get paid fairly well over all as a profession. Here or the US. I dunno what the salary is like in the US and how the pay scale works, but it's all relative.

You start out here making 40 grand outta school (4 year degree) and we have one of the lowest paying provinces. Pretty good money for a 22 year old out of university. You'll never be without job prospects as a nurse - world wide opportunity.

We're all unionized here... I also top out at a pay scale after so many years, but things like contract negotiating make the difference. I don't think that's the case in the US. I can't really comment on the pay there although it's prolly better than here.

What ever country, you'll be taxed to hell and back.

Kirsty

[CrazyKell]

My friend is a nurse (out of school 2 years now) and makes 70 grand a year. Not sure if that's common for Ontario or not. :idk: