Canadian School Nurses?

[StudentRN56, BSN, RN]

My husband is wanting to move closer to his aging parents. They live in BC. I've applied to get my license evaluated and hopefully be able to work up there. My question is, do they have school nurses in Canada? Or BC?

It seems in the US it is all over the place what school nursing looks like... Is it like that in Canada as well?

[Trixie13, BSN, RN]

I'm not sure about the west coast, but school nursing was not a "thing" in when I was growing up in eastern Canada.  The local public health nurse made sure all of our vaccinations were up to date to start school and checked our heads once a year.  That's it.  I hadn't heard of that career choice until I moved to the US...it would have completely altered my career path!

A quick Google search does not turn up much for "school nurse" in BC...however Ontario has public health nurses (PHNs) in schools.  I would try looking for a PHN job assigned to school(s) in BC--maybe they do it that way too.  Good luck!