Problems with Registration

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Aug 12, 2010

Your post is being moved to a thread of its own because it is a bit off topic to the thread in which it was posted, Sandraann. The thread addresses jobs for practical nurses, not registration iussues. Your post is also rambling and difficult to make sense of. Perhaps part of your problem is in how you express yourself. Your post raises a number of questions. There is no "Canadian board of nursing", there are 13 Colleges of Registered Nurses/RN associations that administer the CRNE and regulate registered nurse practice in each of the provinces and territories. They define their own requirements and expectations. The Canadian Nurses Association is the national umbrella organization which acts as the glue that holds the provincial colleges together. Which nursing "board" were you referring to? You would not have been given authorization to write the CRNE if you were not eligible for registration in the province where you applied so your statements about having to do 14 courses to upgrade from ADN to BScN create some confusion. I believe you had been advised that Ontario would require a BScN for registration but that Alberta currently did not. Since you have already written and passed the CRNE I fail to understand why you would have to write it again. Being authorized to write the exam is a completely separate issue from the availablility of jobs. The Colleges are not in the job-placement business, they're in the regulation business.

As for finding work in Alberta, there has been a lot of information posted here about the employment situation in Alberta. Human resources departments are not very receptive to people walking in off the street; they prefer that the established method of application and screening be followed. Since Alberta Health Services is attempting to create a one-size-fits-all model for every aspect of the running of the health care system, the process is the process. I believe you were also informed that working outside of Alberta Health Services would not pay as well nor offer the same sorts of benefits, but I cannot imagine any position for a registered nurse anywhere in Canada paying $13 an hour.

Canadians do not have an "attitude" about people working in the US. Many, many of us have had to work in the US in the past in order to have work. Most average Canadians have never mistreated another person and would be somewhat insulted by your suggestion that they've treated you poorly without ever having met you.

sandraann · Aug 12, 2010

Well,

I feel differently because I was there . I sent out alot of applications. I didnt even get a Thank -you for stopping in or we are not hiring....There was only one prospective employer that was professional. I DIDNT JUST WALK IN!!! I followed up on my application......So

When I showed up they were surprised because they based alot on my phone number which Im not gonna change. I was passed up.....that should have nothing to do with it.

When people are two faced yes you do get an attitude. You dont say I,ll call you in few hours and just not call them back....no more then you would promise a patient something and not show up.....THATS NOT PROFESSIONAL...AND yes THERE WAS A JOB FOR 13 DOLLARS AN HOUR ON JOB SERVICES CANADA....I WAS TOLD NOT TO APPLY FOR THE TEMP LICENCE UNTIL I get a job.....if time rolls along and I dont find a job.....I will have to start the process all over again......I think that does not make any since at all. I may not find a job for TWO YEARS......THEN WHAT START OVER....? YOU DID SAY YOURSELF WHEN YOU COULDNT FIND WORK YOU WENT TO THE U.S.A. WELL I WILL BE DOIN THE SAME......THING I AM WORKIN THERE NOW......BUT ILL HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN.. with the ( college of nurses) I asked them already....IF I DONT FIND WORK.. WHAT HAPPENS ( START OVER )..HOW STUPID IS THAT REALLY ? the whole process all over again!!!