NP in British Columbia?

This question has absolutley nothing to do with the thread (NP in BC).

5cats

last, I checked salaries for NPs fulltime in BC...seemed to top out at 85,000/yr.
Most jobs seem to be in primary care or clinics.

I work in Alberta, have worked as a NP since 2002.
There are hiring freezes in healthcare in AB right now.
I work 0.8 fte part-time and make way more than the top-paid fte NP wage for BC.
Most of my colleagues make more than 85,000/yr for fulltime

If you are already in the USA, do NP school there as the NP education is likely to be much better.
Canadian NP schools don't even have 50% NP faculty let alone 100%!!
Most US facilities fund professional education,....rarely seen in Canada.

The NP program at the University of Toronto is offered entirely online. Its an acute care NP Masters program. Also, you can take the online primary care one offered by most universities in Canada (McMaster, Ryerson, U of T, Windsor, Western, York). If you teach, even if it is 8hours a week at any university or college in ontario, the government pays your tuition. You can teach as a clinical instructor, right now thats what one of my friends is doing. She works as a clinical instructor part time while completing her Masters NP in Child Health.

Generally, most places pay NPs 40-50 dollars per hour. While RN's make 28-40dollars per hour. The NPs that work on my floor only work 9-5 monday to friday. Absolutely no weekends. They are well respected and take care of clients with diverse needs and stability. I must say, that I personally prefer to work with NP's when caring for long term clients on the floor than physicians. There is more continutity of care, they are more up to date about everything related to the client rather than just medical.

hello, I am an FNP from Texas and family moving to Vancouver BC 2011. I am trying as much as I can to prepare for my move....did you gather any feedback, any helpful hints on who is hiring NP's in Surrey, Richmond or White Rock areas? Do they have private practices over there?

See my reply to your other similar post. BC is in the midst of an economic crisis and health care, being a government responsibility here, is always where they tend to cut spending first. We're all hoping that this recession ends soon and things can get back to normal, but please be prepared for a great deal of frustration along the way. I'm not aware of any NPs in private practice in either BC or Alberta, but that' doesn't mean there aren't any. The area of BC where you plan to move is a very popular choice for people relocating to BC. Richmond is within the boundaries of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority; you can read the RHA's 4 year service plan here" http://www.vch.ca/media/health_service_plan2009_10.pdf

Surrey and White Rock are in the Fraser Health Authority. there have been some upper echelon layoffs there in recent months. As you've no doubt noticed, there are very few job postings in any category that aren't casual positions. But you may have the chance to get in on the ground floor of the planned primary care networks that many regions are introducing. http://www.fraserhealth.ca/about_us/...gic_direction/

You should be prepared for an uphill climb.

All the NPs I've met have worked within established family practice clinics and carried their own patient load BUT there are doctors on site at all times. Either that or they are in the hospital/continuing care setting.

All our family practices are funded by the government so "private practices" as you know them don't really exist here.