Philippine Nurse to Canadian Nurse

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Good day!

I have a question regarding the application process for internationally educated nurses wanting to get licensed as Registered Nurses in Canada.

I am an RN in the Philippines. I graduated in 2012 and passed the Board exam for Nurses that same year. I worked as a volunteer Nurse until from November 2012 until December 2013. My aunt hired me under the Live-In Caregiver pathway (Caring for children) and I landed in Alberta, Canada in October 2014. I got my Permanent Resident status just now (March 2018) and I am currently working as a relief worker (under HCA) here (I will take the HCA PLAR challenge to get my certificate as an official HCA).

My questions are:

How will I go about my application for RNs (NNAs)?

How good are my chances of being accepted as an RN or LPN?

Will my hours worked as a volunteer nurse and/or my relief worker (HCA) count?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

NNAS is a requirement for both RN and LPN. Check provincial requirements on hours but usually hours required are as a registered nurse not a relief worker

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Thank you for the fast reply!

So does this mean that I won't be able to apply for my RN license here? Or Would I get the not comparable result from NNAs and have to rely on CARNA for my RN license?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

You may have to do a return to nursing course after you meet requirements as your hours as a RN may have expired. Most if not all provinces require x amount of nursing hours within a certain timeframe and if you don't meet requirements you will have issues. Hours must be as a RN to meet CARNA requirements

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