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Hey, I live in Canada and am currently in high school and hope to enter the medical field one day as a nurse. My question is, I don't know if this is a stupid question or not, but if you get your RN through an LPN to RN bridge program, are you able to apply to NP school or do you have to have the 4-year nursing degree program under your belt?

21 hours ago, Sun1 said:

Do canadian students take the same NCLEX exam that the us students take? Also, do Canadian NP students take the same exam that the US NP students take at the end?

Many thanks.

I don't think the NP exam is the same. The NCLEX is accepted in both countries. I highly suggest you study where you want to work. US and Canada have very different healthcare systems, and the job opportunities will be better if you do clinicals where you want to work.

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2 minutes ago, dayandnight said:

I don't think the NP exam is the same. The NCLEX is accepted in both countries. I highly suggest you study where you want to work. US and Canada have very different healthcare systems, and the job opportunities will be better if you do clinicals where you want to work.

which other countries are nursing students required to write the NCLEX in?

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12 minutes ago, dayandnight said:

I don't think the NP exam is the same. The NCLEX is accepted in both countries. I highly suggest you study where you want to work. US and Canada have very different healthcare systems, and the job opportunities will be better if you do clinicals where you want to work.

Thanks for the answer....from looking at the Canadian website, it seems to direct me to the American Nurse practitioner board about latest updates of being allowed to take the exam....

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4 hours ago, JP_403 said:

which other countries are nursing students required to write the NCLEX in?

just Canada and the US.....

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On 6/20/2020 at 8:26 PM, dayandnight said:

Of course. All you need is a US license which isn't all that hard to get

Thanks so if the Canadian nurse then wants to return to Canada as an NP do they have to just get licensed to practice in Canada?

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On 6/12/2020 at 3:09 PM, Fiona59 said:

Er, this is the Canadian Forum. Athabasca has had a bridge for nearly two decades and I've one coworker doing her NP currently. A couple of others are slogging away at their degrees.

The NP degree was never meant to be used the way the Americans use it. Most of the older NPs I know had extensive experience before they went for the designation. I'm talking about years in the military , years in the Arctic where as a nurse they were the only medical person for hours. They knew a lot before the specialized but also knew enough to know what they didn't know.

wdym the way that Americans use it?

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1 hour ago, Nurse1stPurse2nd said:

Thanks so if the Canadian nurse then wants to return to Canada as an NP do they have to just get licensed to practice in Canada?

Yes. Information should be on the college of RN website for province you plan on working in

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As far as I know BC, AB and Ontario will recognize ANCC/AANP certification as an NP but whether they recognize your NP education as equivalent may be ? subject to their review.  If other NPs in the same province have already had their NP programs assessed as equivalent and you had the same program: I think it is pretty straightforward.  If not, and you are the first applicant from your NP Program, there may be a lot of red tape involved.  If you are going to do your NP Program in the US, I recommend also writing your certification exams(ANCC or AANP).

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16 minutes ago, globalRN said:

As far as I know BC, AB and Ontario will recognize ANCC/AANP certification as an NP but whether they recognize your NP education as equivalent may be ? subject to their review.  If other NPs in the same province have already had their NP programs assessed as equivalent and you had the same program: I think it is pretty straightforward.  If not, and you are the first applicant from your NP Program, there may be a lot of red tape involved.  If you are going to do your NP Program in the US, I recommend also writing your certification exams(ANCC or AANP).

thanks for the info:)

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