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Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2016, 9:19 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,517
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Simple TV question

I'm in downtown Vancouver and I get about 7 channels, which includes one French speaking channel and one "foreign content" channel. I do get Coronation street and grand designs on one of the channels...
Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2016, 7:24 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,517
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Simple TV question

Don't bother with a TV package, they are all very expensive with poor content. I was paying (3yrs ago) $170 per month with Shaw for TV, Internet and home phone. This was with none of the added extras...
Forum: Canada
Jun 20th 2015, 6:19 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 8,843
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Vancouver Bisto gravy granules?

Not sure where you live but The Black Pudding in Langley stocks them. You can buy the Bisto powder in a lot of places, I get mine from the independent store on Davie Street.
I would avoid The...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 7th 2015, 3:52 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,286
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: ESTA for Land Borders?

I travelled over the U.S. border last week, and no you don't need an ESTA you just pay the $6 for the I-94 visa waver. However it does save time if you have an ESTA as you don't need to fill in an...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2015, 12:35 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 3,377
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: GPS recomendations please

You can download an app called navmii, it's free and they have UK,Canadian and USA versions. It's free and I've used it lots of times on my iPhone and haven't got lost yet!!! It uses GPS on your...
Forum: USA
Apr 19th 2015, 9:06 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,771
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Relocating back to the USA

Yes I'm with them too, nice to "meet" someone who's in the same boat as me!!
The U.S. as a whole seems to have nursing vacancies, I'm just going to wait and see where they offer me.
Forum: USA
Apr 18th 2015, 7:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,771
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Relocating back to the USA

Reading your post I think we've registered with the same agency!!! Whilst they do try to honour your preferences, I think to a certain degree you have to go where they have placements at the time of...
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2015, 7:00 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 9,574
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: How did you get a job in Canada..?

I phoned the HR department, as they weren't advertising for my role (I'm and ICU RN) had a phone interview and was offered the job !!!!!
Now time to move on, hopefully down to the U.S. in the next...
Forum: USA
Apr 2nd 2015, 5:24 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 16,172
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US

Oh if you want a quicker state to register with try Minnesota, that's who everyone around here seems to register with.
Forum: USA
Apr 2nd 2015, 5:21 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 16,172
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US

Here's how I'm doing it.....
I initially applied to the Californian board of nurses for my nursing licence back in 2009, it was an easy process. I sat my NCLEX exam in London in 2010(I...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2015, 10:18 am
Replies: 6
Views: 969
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: BC nurses

When I applied for my RN from the UK, I contacted the recruitment department direct to see if they had any vacancies as they weren't advertising. They snapped my hand off and after a 4 question...
Forum: Canada
Dec 22nd 2014, 2:04 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,761
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Tax year 2014

I declared my UK tax income, but it seemed to have no bearing on the outcome. Try any of the free income tax calculators, you don't have to submit at the end. I found studio tax so easy to use. If...
Forum: Canada
Dec 21st 2014, 4:33 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,761
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Tax year 2014

Many people on here recommended a software program called studio tax, which I used last year. I had to print out the report and send it in as it was my first year in canada. The software is free and...
Forum: Canada
Oct 19th 2014, 7:19 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 961
Posted By S_elliott52

Money transfers CAD to £

Hi, Can anyone recommend the best way of transferring money from my Canadian account over to my UK account. I live and work in Canada, but I've still got a house in the UK. I need to transfer money...
Forum: Canada
Aug 10th 2014, 7:13 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,603
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Registered Nurses - CRNBC Registration

You're getting yourself in a complete mess before you've even sat the SEC. There's not really any prep you can do for it, I found the more I was reading forums the more confused I got.
Go with the...
Forum: Canada
Aug 10th 2014, 6:47 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,198
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: CRNBC-SEC assessment- HELP

No you don't need uniform/scrubs, you just go in normal clothes. I wore jeans and a sweatshirt.
Forum: Canada
Aug 10th 2014, 12:23 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,603
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Registered Nurses - CRNBC Registration

Clothes!!!!!
Seriously I just turned up in jeans and a sweatshirt, which was the same as the other 2 candidates.
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2014, 3:43 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 6,962
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: BBC iPlayer

I've got 4OD app (so yes it is available) installed on my iPad, I can watch it fine on my iPad but when I plug my iPad into the TV, I get a message on screen from channel 4 saying 4OD is not designed...
Forum: Canada
Jul 31st 2014, 6:51 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 6,962
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: BBC iPlayer

No ITV player and the channel 5 catch service are fine, it's just seems to be 4OD
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2014, 6:04 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 6,962
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: BBC iPlayer

Oh and you can get a connector from apple so that you can watch the catch up service on your TV, but 4OD won't let you do that for some reason.
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2014, 6:03 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 6,962
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: BBC iPlayer

I use www.privateinternetaccess.com, it was $40 for the year. I use it for all the UK catch services. I also switch my location through my VPN on my iPad to get US netflix - much better than Canadian...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2014, 4:59 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,436
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Vancouver short term Accommodation

Vancouver Furnished Apartments, Townhouses and House Rentals in Downtown Vancouver, Yaletown, Coal Harbour, Tinseltown, Beach Avenue, False Creek and Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2014, 9:49 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 4,934
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Any positive experiences from nurses moving from UK to Canada - all doom & gloom?

All of the provinces are changing the way they assess international nurses, currently the assessment is free. I was asked to be part of a focus group with CRNBC looking at our experiences of the...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2014, 7:04 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 4,934
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Any positive experiences from nurses moving from UK to Canada - all doom & gloom?

Hi, I'm a UK nurse I moved here last July. It took me a year from the time CRNBC accepted my paperwork to actually moving here so it's not all doom and gloom. Don't get me wrong the Canadian nursing...
Forum: Canada
Jun 9th 2014, 7:49 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,276
Posted By S_elliott52

Re: Nursing in Canada

Feel free to ask me any questions I'm an ICU RN and I've been here for almost 12 months on a temporary working permit and am just waiting for my permanent residency to come through under the...
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