Canada ICUS paid internship

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Specializes in medical-surgical.

hi everyone!

as i was discussing the process of application to AU to a friend, she told me about this CANADA ICU PAID INTERNSHIP that her agency is offering. she should have 2 years of ongoing ICU or med-surg experience and was told the program will start this September. she should have 1M at least. :eek:with all these, she can go to canada by september, take crne after, then eventually become registered and migrate. :thankya:

this is new to my ears. i've been searching the net about this but nothing comes out, only that advertisement from her agency that is posted to several job-seekers' site.

does anyone know about this? attended a seminar or orientation regarding the matter? plsssss enlighten me. thanks! :D

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
hi everyone! as i was discussing the process of application to AU to a friend, she told me about this CANADA ICU PAID INTERNSHIP that her agency is offering. she should have 2 years of ongoing ICU or med-surg experience and was told the program will start this September. she should have 1M at least. :eek:with all these, she can go to canada by september, take crne after, then eventually become registered and migrate. :thankya:this is new to my ears. i've been searching the net about this but nothing comes out, only that advertisement from her agency that is posted to several job-seekers' site.does anyone know about this? attended a seminar or orientation regarding the matter? plsssss enlighten me. thanks! :D
Agency can not supply visa allowing them to live and work in Canada and I do know it will take longer than 3 months to go through the process have a medical and work. Suggest you check CIC website.Will move this to a thread on its own
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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

What exactly are you paying for? Applying for immigration/ work visa and a nursing license are all things you can do on your own. You don't need to pay someone at an agency to do it for you. A foreign agency cannot arrange an "internship" or a visa.Until you have your nursing license and a work visa you cannot work at any kind of nursing job. I suspect they would be wanting you to work as an unlicensed caregiver not as a nurse.

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Canadian hospitals have plenty of internal candidates for ICU training positions. I find it very hard to believe that they are going offshore to offer the training.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

You would not be able to get an ICU job by going through a foreign agency ( the union would have a fit). Such jobs are posted internally and seniority plays large part in getting the job.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Ok I thought of another problem with this "scheme". What happens if you pay them all this money, come to Canada and then either don't meet the requirements to write the CRNE or write it and fail? Then you have paid them a boatload of money for nothing.

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