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Aug 23, 2009 01:15 PM

Bringing nurses into Canada


Our company is looking at bringing nurses into Canada. I am wondering if there are any nurses who have done and what their experience was. What were some of the positive things and what were some of the negative things?

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from dishes
Old Aug 23, 2009, 01:43 PM

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How about recruitng from the Canadian universities first? The Canadian nursing profession does not benefit from agencies that bypass Canadian grads to recruit outside of Canada.
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from linzz
Old Aug 23, 2009, 03:11 PM

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I read an article in June of 2009 in The Star that many new grad nurses are having a tough time finding employment in the hospitals in Toronto. How is bringing in more nurses going to help this?

I am not against immigration but why not hire those from Canadian Universities first as stated by the poster above.
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from techraider77
Old Aug 23, 2009, 03:31 PM

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I am currently in nursing school in Texas, will get my associates degree. Very interested in Vancouver, what is required to nurse there? Thank you
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from MedSurgeMess
Old Aug 23, 2009, 03:33 PM

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Or make the situation attractive to have those nurses (new and experienced) that are having troubles finding a job to move to those areas of Canada that are lacking in available nurses. THEN, if a shortage still exists, worry about recruiting from outside.
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from miss81
Old Aug 23, 2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by linzz View Post
I read an article in June of 2009 in The Star that many new grad nurses are having a tough time finding employment in the hospitals in Toronto. How is bringing in more nurses going to help this?

I am not against immigration but why not hire those from Canadian Universities first as stated by the poster above.
May be the case in Toronto but my province is 1000 RN's short. They have recruited some from the Philippines. My provincial regulating body now accepts BN or BSN as the minimum education for RN's now. We are very much in need for nurses!
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from nursingbc
Old Aug 23, 2009, 09:25 PM

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May be the case in Toronto but my province is 1000 RN's short. They have recruited some from the Philippines. My provincial regulating body now accepts BN or BSN as the minimum education for RN's now. We are very much in need for nurses!
Exactly and it's only going to get worse. I will recruit from universities and nursing programs, but from what I have heard they all have jobs before they even leave the programs because the shortage is so drastic. I just read an article that in the states there will be a 200,000 nurse shortage per year and this will only increase as the baby boomers grow older.

To work in Canada, you will have to get a job and then you will have to get a TN visa (Trade Nafta). Right now, the province has put on a hiring freeze so it will be hard to get on with a hospital at this time. It will probably take a year or two before it opens up again.
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from JoPACURN
Old Aug 23, 2009, 09:30 PM

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Perhaps they need experienced people more than they need grads. That is the way of the nursing world, unfortunately.
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from JoblessRN
Old Aug 23, 2009, 10:35 PM

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This post sounds a lot like the one I posted recently.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Canada (it sounds weird, but from a very young age I have always dreamed of being Canadian - SUCH a beautiful country)!! I could only DREAM of working there (I love Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal)

Having said that, country residents/citizens should be hired FIRST then if needed look outside. From personal experience, I know how frustrating it is to go through school only to apply to dozens of jobs (my count is now up to, I think, 78) with nearly every door getting slammed in your face or when the words "New Grad" comes out of your mouth they roll their eyes and brush you off. How discouraging is that?

Anyway, back to the point.....I am a strong believer of hiring RESIDENTS first, then go elsewhere, if needed. Citizens are trained in that country - why (if not necessary) would you hire a person trained elsewhere? That doesn't make sense to me....
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from Silverdragon102
Old Aug 24, 2009, 06:57 AM

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Moved to the Canadian forum
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