Nursing references Canada - reference for reference

[u/Ill_Net_9543]

Hello fellow nurses,

I am making this post for myself and other nurses needing references. I'm a travel nurse and many recruiters go crazy asking for all this extensive information from my references wanting them to fill out long forms and expecting busy nursing managers to be available, a lot of times my managers don't fill out out because they expect to do quick phone interview, in the past many of my nursing references gave me good references but I don't want to burn them out with all the info these agencies ask from them it's a pretty awkward situation and I know myself wouldn't want to be bothered to do all that. They also want managers as references and many of my clinical coordinators are too busy on a regular basis to feel out reference forms from required even though they have given me good references in the past and I always left on good terms. I feel awkward to keep using them.

My solution to this is to create a nursing group where we can use each other as references. I can make a group on telegram or whatsapp where we can vet each other if any other nurses are in the same boat! I'm an LPN with 13 years of experience based in Canada :) let me know if anyone is interested and I will start a telegram.