i NEED help!!!

hi
greetings everyone!!! I need help with a couple of these questions and if anyone can answer, that would be greatly appreciated... OK.. so i am a CANADIAN from toronto studying nursing at an AMERICAN school in california. I will be done with my associate's degree in nursing on 9th of this month. OK, so i plan on going home for christmas and studying at home in toronto for the next quarter till about march or something like that so i can take my tests. Does anyone have any idea How i can take both tests? i plan on being certified in both canada and US. They've given us packets to fill out for the california state boards which requires a livescan where we have to pay around 50 bucks to get our fingerprints done. I don't think this is really good considering i will be home for the next few months and if i register for california that may mean i may have to fly out to cali from toronto to take my test. Anyway, what i want to know is if there is an easier way to get registered for the American boards while im in canada so i don't have to do all this other stuff required for the cali boards. Also, how would i go about taking my canadian boards. Someone please help me. Thanks to anyone reading and replying to this.
God bless,
j-mE.