Every year when I renew, or apply for license in a new province, I am astounded at the amount of money I must put out. A yearly subscription to the federal magazine can't cost that much to create surely. And does having someone look up your previous information in the computer, fill in a form and place a stamp on the envelop really equal the cost of verifications or reinstatements? I have had to nearly turn down job offers because I could not find these funds (my husband came through with a credit card, but should that be so necessary?).
More recently I faced a different cost put out by a provincial licensing body. I am supposed to trust and pit faith in my professional nursing bodies, I follow their guidelines and rules for being licensed so I do not practice nursing without a license. And I have done so in the past. Recently however, after having sent in all appropriate documents and fees I made a simple phone call to my registering body to find out why I had not yet (after 3 weeks) received my certificate in the mail. The person at the registers office looked up my information on their computer and merely said..."oh". I'm too scared to ask what that meant exactly. She then put me on hold and later came back with "we'll mail that out right away". Three days later I still can't log in the their member page on the web site...it does not recognize my registration number.....Now what?
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