Moving to montreal from tx-taking the professional exam soon

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I will be moving to Montreal from San Antonio, texas, I will be taking the professional examination for nursing on sept 18-20, by the OIIQ.

I was wondering what book is used in quebec for Skills and Techniques (procedures) is there much difference on US procedures and Canada procedures? the book that we used here is by Perry and Potter "Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques."

I also was wondering if theres is any other books that are available out there to prepare for the Professional examination by the OIIQ. I bought the book that is sold by OIIQ, to study for this exam, the title is "Professional Examination preparation guide" I have not been able to find any other study guides on-line!!!! I'm suprised because you can find tons of books to prepare you for the NCLEX but nothing for the exam given by the OIIQ.

I will be greatly appreciated if anyone can guide me on how to find more study materials for this exam.

thank you in advance

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Sorry to say you do need to pass the french exam to obtain your license as a previous poster mentioned, even if you work in an english language hospital such as the Douglas or the Jewish General. Another option for your fiancee would be to work in Burlington Vermont, just a 2 hour drive from Montreal. Then you wouldn't have to worry about work visas etc.

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She can still, however, work the full twenty months in montreal without passing the french exam because they give you 3 tries to pass the french exam, each try being one year apart. She would work the entire time under the temporary license.

However, she may decide to take up french anyway and get her normal license should we decide to stay there permantently.

Sorry to say you do need to pass the french exam to obtain your license as a previous poster mentioned, even if you work in an english language hospital such as the Douglas or the Jewish General. Another option for your fiancee would be to work in Burlington Vermont, just a 2 hour drive from Montreal. Then you wouldn't have to worry about work visas etc.
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Given that there is still a large population of francophones who do end up in predominantly english speaking hospitals, she would be a a serious disadvantage without at least some rudimentary french. So yes technically she could practice as a 'graduate' nurse but may not find it so easy.

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https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=89930

I saw this yesterday and thought of you guys. I posted it in the news forum, but wanted to mention it here.

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There are also two hospitals that are closer than Burlington-Northwestern Medical Center in Saint Albans, Vermont and CVPH in Plattsburg, Vermont. I know that CVPH actually actively recruits Canadian nurses on their website. They just opened an open heart surgery unit.

I think that CVPH would be an hour south of Montreal and Northwestern would be about an hour and a half south of Montreal.

Vermonster

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Hi! I read your note. I am from Gaspe, speaks French but got my nursing degree lin Buffalo. I am thinking sometimes to go back to Quebec City, to work in English (much easier language). Which US location is near Quebec city and in US. Where do you work? This could be the best place for me, I was just contemplating working in us and living in Qc. Do you work in the ICU too? Are you age How are the conditions? Here, I work 12 hrs shift, nites (loves it) For about 25 an hr. 2-3 pt load, very independant once knows the docs, now got VISICU... poor retirement.

Would like Qc to be near my folks. Talk to me!Any advice? :rolleyes:

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Hey! Thanks for the precious advice! I am from Quebec, living in the US for +10 years, got my RN degree here and thinking about going back to Quebec City. I wish working in a anglophone hospital, English is so nice to work with, but I realize that I would need to know the abbreviations and lab values, temps.... in French and metric.

Anyway someone could post a site :rolleyes: or these infos? That would be helpful for a lot of us.

May be I should just work my 3 shift/week by the border. The money is probably better, but is it worthful to drive that long?

Anyone working at the brder of Quebec and US has advice? :biggringi

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If you are from Gaspe and want to be closer to home consider Maine as an option. Otherwise as mentioned previously Burlington, Vt and Plattsburgh NY are closer to Montreal than Quebec City. I am not aware of a predominantly English speaking hospital in Quebec City.

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Hey! Thanks for the precious advice! I am from Quebec, living in the US for +10 years, got my RN degree here and thinking about going back to Quebec City. I wish working in a anglophone hospital, English is so nice to work with, but I realize that I would need to know the abreviations and lab values, temps.... in French and metric.

Anyway someone could post a site :rolleyes: or these infos? That would be helpful for a lot of us.

May be I should just work my 3 shift/week by the border. The money is probably better, but is it worthful to drive that long?

Anyone working at the brder of Quebec and US has advice? :biggringi

I live in Quebec, and 13 miles from my house is Newport Vermont, where I work. There is an acute care hospital with a 6 bed ICU, several nursing homes in a 20 mile radius, a large prison with a 25 member nursing staff, a large home health agency that serves a 60 to 70 mile radius. Plenty of jobs available. Much higher pay than working in Canada.
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Hello....dunno if you still get on here...I am US trained FNP from Texas moving to Vancouver BC. Have to prepare for OSCE exam. Any leads on book to prepare for this (Nurse Practitioners?) and any knowledge on if NP practice is widely accepted there? Very few jobs online like you would find all over US. Any contacts, info would really help.

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Canada has been slow to accept and embrace the NP role in health care. Responsibility for health care in Canada is a federally-legislated but provincially-administered proposition, so each province has slightly different approaches to things. The physician world has only very reluctantly ceded some of their territory to NPs and so there are at this time not that many jobs for NPs. What few there are outside of hospitals are typically in remote communities. The BC government has only permitted registration through CRNBC for NPs since August 2005. For information on BC's NPs you can look here:

http://www.crnbc.ca/downloads/424.pdf (standards)

http://www.crnbc.ca/downloads/452.pdf (registration requirements)

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-1074629491.html (certified practices)

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ndirect/np.html (government information)

Sorry I can't help you with resources for the exam.

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Thanks a lot, I well follow up with those websites. What is remote areas?

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