[janfrn]

Hmm. Do you have any idea how far it is from the UK to Vancouver? It will cost you thousands of dollars and two full days in the air getting here and back. If yoo really want to come over and do a review course, you might want to consider going to Halifax or Montreal instead. I have no idea if or when they are available, but I know I wouldn't be flying from London to Vancouver then doing something as stressful as a review course for the CRNE. Since it's the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam and not the British Columbian Registered Nurse Exam and everybody in the country writes exactly the same exam on the same day, there is no reason not to do it closer to home. The testing centres are selected by the provincial regulatory bodies and are often ballrooms of large hotels. Information on that can be obtained from the provincial College of Nruses. See the sticky at the top of the Canadian Nurses forum home page for contact information.

[gnetsky]

You need about 1000 hrs. or so of experience within the last five years before they will allow you to take the exam aside from passing the English test. If you don't and you graduated five years ago they will require you to take refresher program first. BC is requiring 250 hrs of Canadian (supervised training) before they release your License no.. Otherwise your status will remain as interim or non practicing license after passing the CRNE. Lots of Employer now are accepting nurses under interim permit if you have the experince they are looking for. They also can provide the 250 hrs. supervise training so you can abide with CRNBC's requirement after passing the exam.

[gnetsky]

Pretty much you need to read the prep guide master the flow of questioning and answers. CRNE is different from NCLEX it is more of psychosocial rather than clinical. Lots of cultural base questions and community. I don't think you need to spend extra money to fly over for a review because the review centers are pretty much the same as elsewhere. I did not attend any review before I took CRNE because of money constraint. Read general review books and I focus on CRNE prep guide a week before the exam. It did help a lot. For a new immigrant like me a lot of cultural questions are quite tricky.