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Hi,

I just read in another post that the crne will no longer be all multiple choice after Feb 2010. Does that mean they are also going to have long answer and short answer questions or even an essay? I hope its not too hard! I will be graduating in may 2010 in New York state and plan on taking the crne in Oct 2010 after my program is evaluated.

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The CRNE after Feb 2010 is still multiple choice, but it's a shorter exam. It's 4 hours long instead of 7 or 8.. There are about 180-200 questions altogether.

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Jenn8500

Many IENs have described waits of 6-12 months before receiving approval to write the CRNE and once they passed the exam they experienced difficulty finding work. I think it is a good idea to hope your applicaton will be processed quickly and that you will find work easily, but I also think you need to prepare for delays.

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Dishes,

I am aware that there may be delays, however I have contacted the college of registered nurses in Manitoba and New Brunswick many times and they have told me it can take 4 months to a year to evaluate the program. The time it takes for them to evaluate the program depends on me getting all the proper documents in. They told me they have had IEN's who were evaluated in less than 4 months because they got all the paperwork in right away. That said, I have printed out the application package and have started going through everything so that by the time I graduate I can get everything in. As far as jobs, I know they are tight right now in Canada especially Alberta, but there are some areas that are in need of nurses. I am hoping that I can make the deadline for the Oct 2010 exam, but there is a chance that I may not.

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Well hopefully it will all go as planned for you. I was surprised to see you are thinking of applying to New Brunswick, I thought entry to practice is a BScN.

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Thanks. I also thought New Brunswick required a Bsn, but I guess they don't. They said they're still hiring diploma/associates degree nurses. It sounds like there are a lot of job opportunities in NB right now, but I'm sure that can change anytime.

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NBNA's willingness to accept diploma nurses is good news. Will they waive the 6-week of clincal placement as well?

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Only if you have 250hr experience, if not then you have to do the 6 week clinical. 3 weeks on a medical floor and 3 weeks on a surgical floor.

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Hi Bek1975,

Are you in a two year RN program in Texas? If you are, I would continue on with that. Most Canadian nursing programs wont transfer your nursing classes from the U.S and many of them wont even transfer classes from other Canadian universities. I have contacted many schools in Canada about transfering in to do the bachelors degree or an RN-BSN and many of them say that I would have to start from the beginning eventhough I have a 2 year RN degree. If you are considereing working in Toronto you will need a bachelors degree as that is the minimum requirement for an entry level nurse in Ontario. Having said this, you can work in the province of Manitoba and New Brunswick with 2 year nursing degree. Hope this helps

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

I would be remiss in my duties as moderator of this forum if I did not correct some statements in the above post. Manitoba will be moving to the Baccalaureate entry to practice model in use in all other provinces as of the June CRNE (June 2, 2010). The last intake into their accelerated diploma program (which incidentally was only open to LPNs who were educated since 1997 by Assiniboine Community College and already emplyed as LPNs in Manitoba) was in September 2009. The program has been redeveloped and is now a 32 month prorgam which is still only open to that same group of LPNs. I'm thinking that if I had not been educated in Manitoba myself, graduating 16 years ago, that I wouldn't be able to register there now.

New Brunswick has already moved to Baccalaureate degree entry to practice. ALL newly-graduated nurses wishing to be registered there must have a BScN degree. The only way a nurse without a BN/BScN may be registered is to be a registered, active practice nurse elsewhere, and even then the nurse's education is subject to assessment for equivalency. Using myself as an example again, I would have to submit proof that I graduated from a recognized and approved school of nursing in Canada by having the CRNM submit a certified document stating I wrote and passed the CRNE way back in 1994 when it was still called the CNATS... PLUS certified proof of registration in all provinces where I have held registration AND a declaration of employment and professional references AND confirmation of nursing practice (minimum 1125 hours in the preceding 5 years).

Essentially, Canada is no longer interested in diploma or ADN nurses.

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Thank you so much for your reply. Yes, I am in two year RN program (ADN) in TX. Ok, another question is can I work at least as a RPN in Canada with my ADN? Then, when I'll be working in Canada I may get my American BSN online. Or it's not gonna work out? Also, I would work in New Brunswick if they accept my American ADN.

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Hi Bek1975,

Are you in a two year RN program in Texas? If you are, I would continue on with that. Most Canadian nursing programs wont transfer your nursing classes from the U.S and many of them wont even transfer classes from other Canadian universities. I have contacted many schools in Canada about transfering in to do the bachelors degree or an RN-BSN and many of them say that I would have to start from the beginning eventhough I have a 2 year RN degree. If you are considereing working in Toronto you will need a bachelors degree as that is the minimum requirement for an entry level nurse in Ontario. Having said this, you can work in the province of Manitoba and New Brunswick with 2 year nursing degree. Hope this helps

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Thank you so much for your reply. Yes, I am in two year RN program (ADN) in TX. Ok, another question is can I work at least as a RPN in Canada with my ADN? Then, when I'll be working in Canada I may get my American BSN online. Or it's not gonna work out? Also, I would work in New Brunswick if they accept my American ADN.

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Why do you think you'd be qualified to work as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse?

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