dayandnight replied to guest464345's topic in Canada
Standard BC hospital schedule is 2D 2N and 4-5 days off ( depends on health authority but some health authorities give more 4 days off, some more 5 days off). It can take time getting used to. My husband likes working in Canada (we're both from US bu...
dayandnight replied to Lexlovegood's topic in Canada
It took my husband 2 yrs mostly because his school and work (3rd party HR) didn’t provide the right “lengthy” documents NNAS wanted in the beginning... he applied a few months after graduation and has been working in the US and living in Canada all t...
dayandnight replied to Lexlovegood's topic in Canada
You can still get assessed for RN if you just did your ADN-RN. My husband from Washington state did the same and is being assessed for RN at the moment (He did LPN to ADN). I have seen many foreign nurses come to Canada without a BSN and got their RN...
dayandnight replied to caramel79's topic in Canada
If you have a bachelor’s degree you might be able to take the NCLEX right away but without a bachelor’s your education might not be comparable here. BC has the beaches, lakes, mountains and pristine nature but it’s quite unaffordable with expensive h...
dayandnight replied to omar1983's topic in Registration
You need to probably take a provincial foreign nurse exam (sec, iencap, ncas etc there are many names) and take a refresher course based on the results. Just a tip most provinces don’t let you take those courses unless you have a working visa or perm...
Without a Canadian RN license not really. I know a friend who did a Master's and then later went through NNAS. It didn't really widen any career options for her because of the gap in time with immigration, NNAS etc (she had to take a refresher course...
dayandnight replied to Bobacia12's topic in Canada
The units for labs such as White blood Cell, hemoglobin, and RBC are a bit different here. That's also something to keep in mind and I suggest you look this up yourself. The generic names for medications are a bit different (gravol for dramamine) and...
dayandnight replied to hellothankyou's topic in International
First of all there is a specific Canadian forum.
I'm going to be a bit honest with you. You haven't practiced as a nurse at all and that's going to have a bit of an impact on your assessment with BC even if you have NCLEX and did a BSN in the US...
dayandnight replied to gardengrower92's topic in Immigration
By the time you even transfer your license to Canada about a year will pass. If you don't work during that time you won't be very competitive for jobs here since they highly value students who graduated in Canada over even US new grad nurses (unless ...
dayandnight replied to Purple_Clover's topic in Canada
There are tons of questions on American Nurses going to Canada. Canada does accept foreign nurses without a Bachelor's degree. You have to take NCAS and take a refresher course depending on the result. You can do RN to BSN but it depends on the simil...
dayandnight replied to Fatma Ali's topic in Registration
NNAS, sponsorship immigration through your husband is the most important thing you need to do ASAP. Gather school and nursing licensure documents in Kenya before you go to Canada because it will be near impossible to do it when you are in Canada.
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dayandnight replied to gardengrower92's topic in Immigration
Only Ontario provides an exemption for English requirement for those who worked in an English speaking workplace (healthcare, food service or management) for a few years or attended college/university in Canada. At other provinces, if your first lang...
dayandnight replied to StudentRN56's topic in Canada
I am a BSN from Seattle and moved to BC Canada almost 10 years ago. My husband is a US citizen trying to transfer his license with a ADN right now (through NNAS). BC has never required bachelor’s for their foreign nurses (even though all Canadian RN ...
dayandnight replied to ghillbert's topic in Canada
I've seen one at my old hospitals so yes they do utilize NPs in critical care, CCU, etc. The one I saw was at our unit because one of our patients was referred to critical care (from medical). We have NP at our emergency department but they are only ...