Canadian nursing student with US green card - licensing question

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Hi,

I'm entering my final year of a BScN at McGill Univeristy, in Montreal QC, Canada. I'd like to work in the US after graduation. I'm a Canadian citizen with a US green card. I wanted to know if it would be best:

1) to pass the Canadian nursing licensing exam (OIIQ for Quebec or CRNE for rest of Canada), then apply as a RN to be licensed in the US by writing the NCLEX and board exam for whichever state I end up taking a job offer?

or

2) directly write and pass the NCLEX USA as a new grad and apply to jobs in the US

Any other advice? Thank you so much in advance!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

CRNE is now NCLEX so you may want to consider asking state if they will honor NCLEX that you passed for Canada.

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