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  1. US nurses moving/moved to Canada

    If you want to work now, I'd say your best bet is to find work with a pharmaceutical company or a private company where you are not technically working as a registered nurse. As far as I know, the only way to work as a registered nurse in canada is t...
  2. Ghost I moved from Tennessee to Calgary because I love it here, the people are friendly and intelligent and I love the canadian rockies. :chuckle Don't mess around with the medical, it's required before you can start working, permit or not, and it co...
  3. Ghost, you are right, if you can get a work permit with a temp liscense you can work. I'm just too cheap to pay for both. The medical has been the most time consuming thing for me. The exam was different from the NCLEX, the questions were more along ...
  4. I absolutely agree Schroeder, hospital standards in the US vary from facility to facility, just like the pay. I have worked at some excellent hospitals like Vanderbilt and one particulary poor facility at a US Army post.
  5. Ghostcat, perhaps things are different in Alberta. I am a registered nurse moving to Canada and the process has gone like this for me. First I had to register with the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses. This entailed coming to canada to write ...
  6. US nurses moving/moved to Canada

    I'm from the USA, registered in Alberta and have multiple job offers, the problem is the medical required of all foreign nurses working in the Canadian health system It takes up to 3 months for processing. spots
  7. Canadian RN Exam

    PJ .. Ana gave you excellent advise. Don't sweat the exam, it's not has difficult as you might imagine. Good Luck .... and remember .. once you're done you're an RN ... :)
  8. Canadian RN Exam

    I took mine June 8 in Calgary and JUST got the pass result yesterday September 9 (OK the postal system in rural USA stinks). I liked the short answer questions ... :imbar
  9. Advice for Canadian RN Exam

    I took the CRNE in June. I have been an RN in the states for years but my experience has been neonates most of that time. I was distressed that I had to take the exam after being out of school low these many years. I signed up with the certinurse.ca ...
  10. Uniform or scrubs in Alberta?

    Thanks Mark and Kim :) appreciate your replies. It's great to hear "any" scrubs! I sure didn't want to go back to white (gasp). Kim, I will be working in the NICU at FMC if all goes well. It's not easy being an American and coming to Canada but I t...
  11. I'm moving to Alberta this fall and will be working in Calgary. I have a closet full of scrubs in various colors and prints, and my best pair of shoes are black. I am limiting what I take with me and don't want to pack them if they are inappropriate ...
  12. middle TN

    I work in the NICU @ vandy and love it. I came from a small hospital and was anxious at first about the size of the new children's hospital, but I have found many positives to working with 200+ nurses in my unit. I have also received excellent mentor...
  13. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    Last year we had a baby in the NICU with multiple congenital anomolies, heart defects and a huge omophacele. He was trached and on a vent for 6 months. The Docs encouraged the parents to turn off the life support because the baby had zero chance of s...
  14. US Nurse bound for Calgary... maybe...

    Annabelle, I am a US nurse with a BSN and tons of experience in NICU. I am moving to Calgary this fall. I started the process a year ago and it's rather tough and expensive. First you have to make application to the AARN where they review your colleg...
  15. Canadian RN Exam

    Gee I took mine on June 8 as well but we were told not to expect the results until the first to middle of september. According to the CRNE web site, the results will be mailed in 8 weeks to the provincial boards and it is up to them to deliver the re...