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  1. Oct 15, '07 by
    To all

    Dont get so hung upon nursing degrees and hours, firstly the college of Registered Nurses in the province you are applying to verify your transcripts and decided on case by case basis, if you need more hours they will let you know. secondly I emigrated to Canada five years ago I left a Charge position in the UK for a staff nurse in BC, I dont have a degree, I am a diploma nurse, within two years I was Director of operating rooms out in Ontario, and then moved back west to Manitoba, where I took a position in senior management in a rural facility, now I have justed started my own nurse recruitment company here in Canada.
    main thing is your school of nursing has to send out your transcripts direct to the relevant college, after that its a wait and see.
    Martin
  2. Oct 15, '07 by
    To all
    As an expat in Canada,can I first say the College of Registered Nurses in the province you are applying to will be the ones to let you know if you need more hours, each application is done on an individual basis, they first review your transcripts of training which are sent direct by your school in the UK, then they issue you with a grad license or interim permit depending on the province. as for having to have a masters... if you have the experience then it doesnt matter, I have been nursing here in Canada five years, I left a Charge Nurse position in Liverpool, to start as a staff nurse again in BC, two years later I was Operating Room Manager for two hospitals in Ontario, I then left that role for a senior management position in Manitoba, I now have left nursing to start my own Nurse Recruitment company recruiting nurses to canada.

    Not bad for a diploma old school nurse.

    As for working here, yes you start at the bottom but it doesnt take long to climb. If anyone want smore info about nursing in Canada, just email me.
    Martin
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  3. Nov 2, '07 by
    Quote from mart1958
    To all
    I now have left nursing to start my own Nurse Recruitment company recruiting nurses to canada.
    Please recruite me, I am about to graduate form ADN program in US and I don't want to move into my car.
  4. Jun 1, '08 by
    Hi all i've applied for registration (to sit exam) in Nova Scotia, they have already queried my (lack of) hours for obstetrics and child nursing which was nil as I trained here in the uk as'adult branch'.
    Can anyone tell me how long the original application to sit the exam took?
    Has anyone been sucessful/denied due to a lack of obstetric/child branch hours..im obviously not planing on practising in these fields..
    How about the exam...im still waiting for my study guide.
    Thanks Helen
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  6. Jun 1, '08 by
    Quote from tragichips
    Hi all i've applied for registration (to sit exam) in Nova Scotia, they have already queried my (lack of) hours for obstetrics and child nursing which was nil as I trained here in the uk as'adult branch'.
    Can anyone tell me how long the original application to sit the exam took?
    Has anyone been sucessful/denied due to a lack of obstetric/child branch hours..im obviously not planing on practising in these fields..
    How about the exam...im still waiting for my study guide.
    Thanks Helen
    Neither any province in Canada, nor any state in the US will even grant permission to sit for their respective licensing exams without the required hours being completed. Makes no difference to them what area that you are wishing to work in, but the fact is that they require it of all.

    You are going to need to complete the required hours in an approved school of nursing before you will be granted permission to sit for the exam.
    That is just how things are. Wish that we could tell you differently, but the fact is that they have not accepted your hours as they are.

    It only takes about 6 weeks to get each of those required areas completed, but you will be spending much longer time to get things done otherwise. Or even attempting to without any change on their part.
  7. Jun 1, '08 by
    And to clear up a few things from earlier posts on this thread:

    Ontario now requires the BSN for initial licensure and they are not accepting Diploma training or the ADN training. Things have changed and requirements have changed as well.

    And what happened in the past is not what is happening there now. If one got licensed in the past, great. But that is not going to be happening now and that is where the focus should be.

    One has to meet the requirements of the specific province, they do not have to meet yours.
  8. Sep 15, '08 by
    The previous post from English Nurse is correct. Get your transcript and then you will know if you meet the criteria.

    I went to Uni at Southern Cross University in Lismore NSW, and my hours in all areas of nursing was received by the California Board in the USA. I did not need to make up extra hours at all. Although I do know that a few friends who trained at QUT in Brisbane - had to do extra hours in maternity and peads before they left Australia.

    I hope this helps. I have nursed in the USA and contemplating on going again. I am happy to help in way I can.

    By the way "Misswoosie" I am currently doing my Masters in Public Health here in Qld - hoping to give me the edge but not sure it is going to be advantageous in the USA anyway.
  9. Feb 17, '10 by
    at the moment i'm in UK but planning to migrate in Canada but heard from some of my friends that some provinces in Canada don't accept graduates from the Philippines..is it true??thanks
  10. Admin
    Feb 17, '10 by
    I wouldn't say it is not true as a lot will depend on your transcripts and that the province requires.