i became an RN in the philippines after passing the board exams last june 2008.
i am confused about what one staff nurse told me. She graduated year 2004. She has a visa screen, passed CGFNS, NCLEX, IELTS, but she complains about the long wait visa for the US so she opts to go to canada instead. she told me if you passed the NCLEX, you are not required anymore to get a refresher course or have schooling in canada for 6 months. how true is this? does this depend on what state you applied in the USA? or does it depend on the province you would like to transfer in canada? please enlighten me.
if this is true, i would do the same. i also plan to to go to canada. thank you!
Hi, I really underdstand that NCLEX (USA) and CRNE (CANADA) are both different things. I guess why most of us foreign educated nurses think that there's a reciprocity between these two regulatory board is the countries (USA-CANADA) close ties. But I know though USA and CANADA are pretty much close to each other, interms of trade, land procimity, financial and busniess apects, etc. the nursing regulatory board for each country are not run by the government. These are self governing. So it's the same, that if your licensed here it doesn't mean that you can work as a nurse in US. You still have to take the NCLEX.
I have a question, In the US, they have reciprocity within their state. What I mean to say is that, if you are licensed in New York you could apply for reciprocity and could work in California, am I right?
Does canada have this too? I mean, what if you are licensed in the province of BC, can you apply for reciprocity and work in Ontario or Alberta?
Thank you. Please correct me if I am wrong, I would appreciate it.
In the US, we actually do not have reciprocity with licenses. This is incorrect information that we see mention of all of the time. Only the NCLEX exam has reciprocity and that means that the results are valid in all 50 states as well as US territories.
You would be applying for licensure in the new state and would have to meet their licensing requirements. Just because one has been given permission to sit for the NCLEX for one state does not mean that their educational program will meet the requirements for all of the other states. Even programs in the US do not meet the licensing requirements for all of the states.
And for Canada, the same holds true. You would be endorsing your license to the other province, there is no reciprocity step that you go thru.
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If an American wishes to work in Canada, then they need to apply for licensure, have their evaluation completed and then write the CRNE exam. No credit for the NCLEX exam is given. Same thing for the Canadian that wishes to work in the US, they have to meet the requirements for licensure and write the NCLEX exam.
States do not have reciprocity, so why do you think that countries would?
Thank's suzzane. I think what makes it confusing here is the word reciprocity. I understood that when you pass the NClex or the CRNE for a certain state or province, then you decided to work in another state/province, you have to undergo evaluation with the regulatory board of that state, right? It is still upto the province's nursing regulatory board to grant you right to practice.
There will be no more nurses from anywhere outside of Canada being permitted to work as LPNs in this way. Please see my other posts on the subject. As well, as of April 1, all of Alberta will be contained in a single health region under a superboard. Calgary Health Region has already ceased recruiting IENs and the rest of the province will follow along.
I am so glad that they have put a stop to this and are no longer going to accept anyone attempting to circumvent what needed to be done correctly in the first place.
They thought that they could cut corners, but it only caused more problems for everyone involved.
That is not true. In fact, as of 2011, you have to take a written test - a Competency Assessment- before you can apply for registration as a graduate nurse. If you are lucky enough to get their 4 weeks bridging program, good for you, but some nurses should take maximum 2 years of bridging program in order for them to be registered as a Graduate Nurse (GN) and to apply and write their Canadian Registered Nurses Examination (CRNE). It is different for Internationally Educated nurses to become RN here. For more informtaion, you can go to their web site www.cna.ca under Internationally Educated Nurses. And, if you passed your RN, you can definitely be a Canadian RN wherever in Canadian Provinces. just pay their damn bill and you'll be one of them.. I hope this helped you.
I hope this helped you.
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In the US, we actually do not have reciprocity with licenses. This is incorrect information that we see mention of all of the time. Only the NCLEX exam has reciprocity and that means that the results are valid in all 50 states as well as US territories.
You would be applying for licensure in the new state and would have to meet their licensing requirements. Just because one has been given permission to sit for the NCLEX for one state does not mean that their educational program will meet the requirements for all of the other states. Even programs in the US do not meet the licensing requirements for all of the states.
And for Canada, the same holds true. You would be endorsing your license to the other province, there is no reciprocity step that you go thru.
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If an American wishes to work in Canada, then they need to apply for licensure, have their evaluation completed and then write the CRNE exam. No credit for the NCLEX exam is given. Same thing for the Canadian that wishes to work in the US, they have to meet the requirements for licensure and write the NCLEX exam.
States do not have reciprocity, so why do you think that countries would?