PN -> US-"bad", Canada, Australia & NZ-"good"???

lenjoy03, RN · Dec 25, 2007

Let's see.... Here's what I think the answers to your questions. PLease correct me if I'm wrong.... Thank you...

Question:

Upon graduation, can I work as

1) LPN/RPN in Canada? Maybe if your a citizen of the said country. PN is not really recognized in our country. After graduation, what do you think PN jobs will be like? There are lots of nurses who are unemployed, now what more the PN! I might be discriminating and I apologize, but I think hospitals will prefer RN rather than PN. If that is so, how are you going to get PN experience? Then if you dont have work experience, how will the employers abroad employ you? Because I believe that most of them prefer those who have work experience in the field 2 years at least.

2) EN in Australia?

3) EN in New Zealand?

Same answers for number 2 and 3.

Will I encounter barriers in

1) immigration?

2) taking their prerequisite exams?

3) being a member in their organizations?

------- Please read other threads. It might help you understand. If you cant find it, here's a hint. PN is consider as unskilled worker. Then if your an unskilled worker, you will have a hard time with the visa screening, worse, denied immediately!

Look, I'm not letting you down or something, you should have researched first before enrolling in Practical nursing course.

suzanne4, RN · Dec 26, 2007

The US does not have visas for the LPN, it is not an area where we have a shortage. There is no way to get a legal visa to work in the US as an LPN.

Your country does not even recognise it for licensure, so other countries are not going to either. Most require at least the RN after your name and at least the minimum requirement for licensure in your country is the BSN.

Canada is the same as the US, you cannot get a visa that will permit you to work with that training alone.

Schools in PI are making all sorts of promises that they cannot keep legally. They promise that you can write the NCLEX-PN exam, that is not the issue but the fact that there are no visas available.

And if you see anyone offering you the H2-B visa, run as fast as you can as they will bring you in illegally and that makes you subject to deportation, and they are doing that right now.

There is a sticky about the LPN programs in your country, suggest that you have a good read there before doing a thing.

veyron · Jan 1, 2008

Thank you very much for your advice regarding the LPN issue... DEfinitely, il be shifting to BSN. Im so grateful I encountered this website early on. One more question though, hoping for enlightenment..

Before you gave me the advice, I emailed several potential PN employers (those who are hiring PN) in Canada. Two of these employers actually replied to me and said that they do hire internationally educated PN's and even told me to contact me again once I have graduated...

Why is this so? Does these mean they are just kidding around?

micdelrosario · Jan 1, 2008

Thank you very much for your advice regarding the LPN issue... DEfinitely, il be shifting to BSN. Im so grateful I encountered this website early on. One more question though, hoping for enlightenment..
Before you gave me the advice, I emailed several potential PN employers (those who are hiring PN) in Canada. Two of these employers actually replied to me and said that they do hire internationally educated PN's and even told me to contact me again once I have graduated...
Why is this so? Does these mean they are just kidding around?

hi there, im from canada. can you email me the name of the employer and company?

Fiona59 · Jan 2, 2008

Internationally educated PNs must apply to the Provincial College of LPNs in the province they wish to live in. The College will then look at your education and determine IF you meet the provincial requirements and if not what areas your education is lacking.

Mainly it is for experienced PNs who have worked in their homeland and emigrate here often as part of a family. Usually a six month stint at a local college is required to bring the overseas education up to speed. There is a limit to class size as well.

Fiona59 · Jan 2, 2008

In Canada, the Provincial College of LPNs assess overseas educated PNs. They look at your education ad determine IF it meets Canadian requirements. If it is lacking then you are required to upgrade at a local college (and learn about the Cdn. healthcare system and the populations expectations) and then you are eligible to write CPNRE.

These PNs have worked as nurses in their homelands and then moved to Canada as part of the family. Mainly nurses from China and eastern Europe. Often they worked as RNs at home but their education is found lacking by the RN colleges/associations.

marwan · Jan 2, 2008

Hi,

Be careful. That employer might be eyeing you to work as a caregiver. I'm from Canada and I haven't heard such.

veyron · Jan 3, 2008

Thank you to everyone!

Fiona59 · Jan 13, 2008

Hi,
Be careful. That employer might be eyeing you to work as a caregiver. I'm from Canada and I haven't heard such.

I guess you haven't been keeping up with Canadian news then.

Alberta and a couple of other provinces have actively been recruiting in Australasia in the last six months. They are looking at ways to bring over nurses prior to assessment of credentials and letting them work as unlicensed staff in the hospitals while awaiting the go ahead to write the national exams. Better to learn how the system works and what people expect than to sit at home, perhaps not working.

Djuna · Jan 15, 2008

Enrolled Nurses are not in demand in New Zealand. ENs are being encouraged to do their RN training now so I highly doubt you could ever work as an EN in New Zealand.

cacharel · Jan 22, 2008

I guess you haven't been keeping up with Canadian news then.
Alberta and a couple of other provinces have actively been recruiting in Australasia in the last six months. They are looking at ways to bring over nurses prior to assessment of credentials and letting them work as unlicensed staff in the hospitals while awaiting the go ahead to write the national exams. Better to learn how the system works and what people expect than to sit at home, perhaps not working.

hi! I just passed the nursing board exams in the Philippines. My aunt in Toronto will file for sponsorship to get me. Do you happen to know if Canada hires fresh grads like me?