Re: Calgary or small town
 

How about Bragg Creek?????
(Although not the centre of the universe for teenagers)

Or, if you don't mind a space compromise there are lots of lovely mature neighbourhoods within the City limits built around the 1960's and 1970's which have reasonable size lots and loads of mature trees and therefore a little more privacy. I only really know the NW e.g. Brentwood, Collingwood, Dalhousie, Varsity, Silver Springs, etc, but there are some lovely neighbourhoods in the SW and SE too, and your teenagers could access anything they wanted to then.

Re: Calgary or small town
 

Cochrane to the Rockyview via the 1A highway 41.3kms
Okotoks to the Rockyview via MacLeod Trail 35.2kms

Anyway you slice it if I were employed at the Rockyview I would would find it much easier to get to from Okotoks than Cochrane no matter the distance. ;)

Re: Calgary or small town
 

This bit

It is not far more likely at all. The current market for nurses (with the exception of extremely specialised areas, which newcomers would find pretty impossible to re-enter anyway) enables the nurse to decide where she wants to work in Calgary, and then find a suitable position with a suitable line. You imply that Rockyview is a small town hospital with limited opportunities - and that is simply not the case. The OP should feel positive about finding a position there - not that it is unlikey.

What he said..

Re: Calgary or small town
 

Thanks for confirming my 35 to 45 minute timing to RGH...better that it comes from someone like your other half who does the journey frequently than from my (Eamonn's) one time timing of the journey for someone else, on my way to Calgary Farmer's Market for some pies!

And good point re High River and Black Diamond also being options.

Eamonn & Janet.

Re: Calgary or small town
 

oops:o

Re: Calgary or small town
 

54+33+18=105
54/105=51.43% 33/105=31.43% 18/105=17.14%
SO of the total jobs advertised in Calgary over half at FH I'd say that was pretty good odds that there was more likelihood of finding work there.

Please dont try and tell me how and were nurses can find work, I am properly in as good a position as you to access the information re: vacancies within the CHR as you are and in some cases maybe even better.

I never implied anything about Rockyview save that it was a SMALLER hospital than Foothills.

Re: Calgary or small town
 

So why say "what I would add however is it's far more likely nursing ops will be at Foothills than Rockyview" to a person looking to move to Calgary or it's environs? That is not the way most nurses choose their work. First they choose where they want to live, then they choose approriate local work. As a newcomer , being told to move near to the Foothils simply to find work is a mistake and unneccessary.

What I am saying is that from nursing point of view (which is obviously very different from most positions) let your home dictate your work location - not the other way around.

Re: Calgary or small town
 

children, children

play nicely please

Re: Calgary or small town
 

Because statistically (using figures YOU quoted) it is more likely:rofl:.

I didnt say move near to Foothills. In fact if you view my later Posts I actually listed areas closer to Rockyview as amongst my faves. NOT only that but the areas I listed OUTSIDE Calgary are within spitting distance of Okotoks!

To conclude let me now exclude PLC from the vacancies
54+33=87
54/87=62.07% 33/87=37.93%
OH dear looks as if there are almost TWICE as many vacancies at FH than RV:rofl:

Wiggs dont let your personal views of me influence your posts. Its not in the least helpful.;)

Re: Calgary or small town
 

I should really do some work, but...

Total RN jobs currently available in all Calgary Health Region establishments within City of Calgary = 119. Number at Foothills = 54. Therefore, in actual fact you are more likely to find work outside the Foothills than within it.

Anyway, we are both really arguing seperate issues. My point is that in this case I believe home should come first, and then dictate work location - rather than the other way around. Nursing is one of the few professions in Calgary where this can be possibe.

I'll go back to the corner I came out of now. Good luck to OP either way - and to you Butch