HELP: Want to get RN in canada...you must know how.

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Hi All:

I have got few question about getting into a RN in canadian colleges and was wondering if someone could help me to get answers to these questions.

1. How can I get into a RN program in canada ? Can you give few colleges

near Windsor, ON in canada ?

2. Will they accept my pre-requisites that I had completed in USA ?

3. How is the situation about the admission process in Canadian colleges

as far as the waiting list is concerned ? Can I jump start my Nusring

program or will have to go through a painful waiting period ?

4. If I pass the RN program in canada, can I practice in USA or vise-versa?

Thansk a lot for your kind help.

Usha

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hello, usha and welcome to allnurses.com

i moved your thread to the canadian forum for a better response.

enjoy the forums.:balloons:

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Unfortunately getting into a nursing program in Canada won't be any faster or easier than in California. We have waiting lists everywhere too, with at least a dozen qualified candidates per seat in some places. It's unlikely that your credits will automatically transfer, so that is something you'd need to take up with the faculty. There is only one school of nursing that I could find in the Windsor area, at the University of Windsor. I would recommend that you contact the faculty, giving them the most detailed information you can about what you've already done and see what they say about your chances for admission. Be prepared for a very expensive tuition bill. Should you be successful in graduating from their program, you'd be employable pretty much anywhere in North America, provided you pass the necessary registration exams.

http://www.uwindsor.ca/nursing

Good luck...

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Thanks for the info. I will contact Univ of Windsor and see if they will accept me as their student. Was discouraged to see the waiting list, though !!

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HI Usha,

I am a pre-nursing student... and at the Community College the nursing programs are available only to Manitoba Students. (This is a joint baccalaureate program...and any other nursing programs they have) Since RRCC works with UofM I am sure the university doesn't have openings for out of province students. This is due to high demand in the nursing programs. This is what I would look into first, to see if the program will accept international students!

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Windsor is part of Ontario, so their programs are four years now for the RN, their two year programs are for the equivalent of the LPN.

Not sure if you are aware of that.

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Hi:

I did not know that RN program in Canada is 4 year program. That might be the reason why I did not see any Associate degrees towards RN program just like here in USA. Is this true throughout the Canada or just in Ontario ?

I am a permanent resident of Canada and I should not be considered international student. We landed in Canada on Feb 2005 but could not move

sooner. Does this mean I will have to pay international student fee or state

fee ?

One more twist into this...I had finished 4-year degree in Computer Engineering and currently working towards my masters in CS. I just want to

switch career to Nursing and was wondering if my current 4-year degree will

be of any help towards getting qualified to appear for RN license exam.

I really appreciate all the help I am getting here.

Thanks,

Usha

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You should look in to the University of Calgary they offer a 2 year BN program to those who have already completed a 4 year degree. Hope this is helpful

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The two year degree is available at many universities. But there is a waitlist for the course in most provinces.

Edit because I can't spell today...

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The option of getting into 2 year BN program is really good. I contacted University of Calgary and I hopefully they will accept my admission for Fall 2006.

Anybody knows if there is a waiting list for BN-AT (BN in accelerated

Track...that is what they call it !!), in this University ? My GPA in undergraduate is not that great...it is just 3.10 (after all, I disliked CS and

wanted to switch to Nursing...:-). Do I have a chance ?

Thanks for all these great posts from friends who I had never met.

Usha

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Actually there are only two provinces that still offer a two-year diploma program... Manitoba and Alberta, and Alberta will be dropping theirs soon now that the Health Professionals Act has been extended to nursing... Most universities offer a two year-post diploma baccalaureate degree for RNs already working. They also have a two year program for people who have degree in another area. So Usha's computer science degree would probably count for that. I have no idea how high they set the bar for admissions in terms of GPA, but I think it's pretty high. At the University of Calgary for the BNAT program the cutoff point for fall 2004 admission was 3.4 and for fall 2005 and it was 3.5 (obtained from their website... my daughter has a Master's degree in molecular biology from U of C).

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The option of getting into 2 year BN program is really good. I contacted University of Calgary and I hopefully they will accept my admission for Fall 2006.

Anybody knows if there is a waiting list for BN-AT (BN in accelerated

Track...that is what they call it !!), in this University ? My GPA in undergraduate is not that great...it is just 3.10 (after all, I disliked CS and

wanted to switch to Nursing...:-). Do I have a chance ?

Thanks for all these great posts from friends who I had never met.

Usha

janfrn is right, the gpa cut-off is very high. With a 3.1, while good, I can say with confidence that you will not be accepted at the UofC. Add to that the fact that the application is due by Wednesday! :eek:

I met with the advisors at UofC last summer and they told me that once they get all the applications, they calculate the gpa's and go down the list, once they reach their quota, they stop. I assume they'd place a certain number on a wait list as not everyone offered a spot will take it. But the only criteria they look at after prerequisite courses is gpa.

You should try University of Toronto, who also have a 2 year bachelor's program. Their cutoff is a 3.0, but they also take into account an essay and two letters of reference. Their application is also due on Wednesday.

Other schools that have the 2 year bachelor's programs for people with degrees are U British Columbia, U of Alberta, U of Saskatoon (I think), U New Brunswick and Dalhousie. There may be more, but those are the schools I looked into more closely while making applications. McGill has a 3 year degree.

But in all of those programs, the gpa requirements are extremely high (averaging in the 3.5 range) For a country looking at an extreme nursing shortage in the next 8 years, they're making it ridiculously difficult to get new nurses. :scrying:

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