i NEED help!!!

[fruiteelipgloss]

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.

[JMP]

First of all do a search and look for the cno (College of Nurses of Ontario) website and see the requirements for applying for registration in Ontario.

I have no idea how they would view an unregistered student from the US- but they will tell you by phone or email.

BE AWARE that this year coming 2004 is the last year you can write a registration exam as a nurse in Ontario as a graduate of a college- after Dec 2004- in other words Jan 2005 you must a degree prepared nurse to sit the registration exam.

Good luck

JMP

[BarbPick]

In your situation, I would sit for boards at the closest US State and city nearest Toronto, and then apply for reciprocity in Cal "E" Fornia, as the new governor of the state calls it. Little travel and just a paperwork exchange, and do the finger print when you go back.