Job prospects for LPNs in Canada.

[gagrad]

I am currently doing a HCA program in the USA, and soon after I will apply for an LPN program. But I am curious what is the job outlook of LPNs in the provinces of Canada for the next few years. I scanned through a few forums already and it was mentioned that there are mostly part-time positions available. Anyway, I check Canada's immigration site frequently, it shows that the title License Practical Nurse is under the skilled workers list, and the cap has not been reached. Does that mean LPNs will have good job prospects in Canada well into the future. I would love to live and work in Canada.

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Just because the cap hasn't been reached doesn't automatically mean there are good job prospects. It just means that there are still visas left for this year in that category. The only sure way to know about availability of positions is to choose a province and then start looking on their health region website career pages. Most of them have some sort of search option where you put in the designation you're looking for. Alberta Health Services for example, allows a multi-keyword search such as "LPN, posted in the last 5 days, permanent full time, Edmonton Zone, Redwater, surgery" and an array of other combinations.

Because this thread pertains to immigration matters and is not pertinent to the majority of working nurses in Canada, it will forthwith be moved to the International forum.