Canadian RN in Massachusetts

[ZoFe]

Hi,

I am looking for advice . I am Canadian RN looking for career opportunities in Mass. I have my license, passed NCLEX, VisaScreen certificate etc. I have more than 7 years of experience in different hospitals. When I started to apply directly to HR, they refuse my application due to sponsorship requirement. However, Canadian RNs can work under TN status, no sponsors needed just an employment letter from HR . Please help me to find ways to work in Mass.

Thank you

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Where in MA are you looking to work? We have a huge surplus of homegrown nurses in MA, with half a dozen BSN programs in Boston proper alone (Boston College, Northeastern, UMass Boston, Simmons, Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, MGH Institute of Health Professions) and more still just outside of the city. In general, connections are needed to obtain employment in Boston.

[ZoFe]

Thank you for your response! Now I understand why I was not called for interviews even though I have years of experience in critical care. I am looking anywhere in MA. Any advice on how I should proceed?

[CiaMia, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

Hi ZoFe! If you know someone already in the area, then definitely network with them, see if they can help you get an "in" somewhere. Look further outside the city -- I commute up to NH for school and clinical, and really it's less than an hour -- there are great places on both the north and south shore that you could look into.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Thank you for your response! Now I understand why I was not called for interviews even though I have years of experience in critical care. I am looking anywhere in MA. Any advice on how I should proceed?

Where are you living? Perhaps try less desirable employers... like the Steward Hospitals... just to get experience around here. Then make connections. You could also try PDN or LTACs.

[ZoFe]

Hi! Thank you, I will consider to apply for NH license as well.

[ZoFe]

Hi! Thank you for this information. At first I had no idea what PDN and LTAC mean, then after my research I realized that it could be a great option.

[nursemaple2]

I am a Canadian working in Michigan. I don't know how open you are to working for a short time in a border city, like Buffalo, where hospitals are very used to processing Canadians, before applying to your ideal locale. You would have worked in the states for awhile and have a license from a state. Your next hospital would still have to help you get a TN but they might be willing. If they know you have already worked stateside

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Hi! Thank you for this information. At first I had no idea what PDN and LTAC mean, then after my research I realized that it could be a great option.

PDN = private dity nursing. LTAC = Long Term Acute Care hospitals. If you have an active MA nursing license, I would bet good money that you could get hired at a PDN agency. You won't make good money but it's a start and you can make connections.