Canadian RN exam info required

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I am a UK registered RN, living and working in Alberta. I have to take the Canadian RN exam and wondered if anyone could tell me where I can find test papers etc. I have one book - The Canadian RN prep guide but I have done all the questions and need more practice! Is the US NCLEX similar - is it worth using NCLEX study guides - there seem to be loads of them.

Thanks for your help.:)

i am a UK trained mental health nurse. i am elegible to write the registration examination. any ideas what to expect?

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Hi!

I am a UK registered RN, living and working in Alberta. I have to take the Canadian RN exam and wondered if anyone could tell me where I can find test papers etc. I have one book - The Canadian RN prep guide but I have done all the questions and need more practice! Is the US NCLEX similar - is it worth using NCLEX study guides - there seem to be loads of them.

Thanks for your help.:)

Have you done the CRNE online readiness test?

Might be useful if not. Costs around $40-50 (can't remember exactly) and I think you can access it through most of the provincial nursing colleges.

HTH

Kabel

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i am a UK trained mental health nurse. i am elegible to write the registration examination. any ideas what to expect?

I think the difference with the exam for psychiatric nurses and RN's is obviously the bias towards mental health related questions. Be prepared for general nursing questions. I don't know if this is correct but I remember someone telling me its 60% psychiatric,and 40% general. Whether the general part is more focused on A&P I don't know but this would make sense. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

What province are you headed for?My OH is an RMN and we are planning on going to BC.

HTH

Kabel

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i am thinking of BC as well. it seems difficult to get information on the psychiatric nursing examination. a certain john collins is offering tutorials for in total 900 canadian dollars. anybody heard of him? will you recommend him?

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i am thinking of BC as well. it seems difficult to get information on the psychiatric nursing examination. a certain john collins is offering tutorials for in total 900 canadian dollars. anybody heard of him? will you recommend him?

My OH has been in touch with him as he is an expat and we were given his name as someone useful to get a UK/Canada nursing comparison. He's been in Canadian nurse education until fairly recently and now I think concentrates on the tuition. My husband found it good to talk to him and it wasn't until a while after that we realised he offers this service. A friend of my OH who is working as an RPN (RMN to you and me...at the minute anyway!) on VI did use the exam tutorial. I think he found it really good as he had been in management in the UK and was going back to clinical work. Anyway...he passed so something must have been done right!

With regards to you trying to find out stuff yourself on the RPN exam. There is the union of psychiatric nurses of BC

http://www.upnbc.org/

I don't know if this will be any use but there might be some links or someone you could email to ask.

Let me know if you do find anything good. We are still waiting for our assessments of eligibility to sit exams so I haven't done that much research for my OH for his exam.

Kabel

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Hi!

I am a UK registered RN, living and working in Alberta. I have to take the Canadian RN exam and wondered if anyone could tell me where I can find test papers etc. I have one book - The Canadian RN prep guide but I have done all the questions and need more practice! Is the US NCLEX similar - is it worth using NCLEX study guides - there seem to be loads of them.

Thanks for your help.:)

hi ransome! how did u get an employer in alberta? i mean how did you apply there since u came from UK? im a phil RN but soon il be working in australia as a nurse..eventually i want to work also in canada as a nurse..anyway are you working there as an RN already or not yet? so you have to pass their board exam first just like in US that u have to pass nclex first ryt? how much does nurses earn there in alberta if i may ask?

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