Emmie80

You got this! If nursing is your calling follow your heart. Push through all barriers. You got this. As for your phobia, focus on working through that first. As nursing is not going to be clean sleigh ride( you probebly know that already). You got this. You will be a RN. You will overcome this phobia. You got this.

Try contacting the provincial nursing board if you are already a RN/LPN. I am originally from Vancouver but live in Alberta now. We have lots of IENs (internationally educated nurses). I attached a link for Alberta Nursing Association. Maybe this will give you some guidelines or they can put you in the right direction. https://albertanursing.ca/ien-resources/ All the IENs I've worked with none of them went to a private college to come to Canada. They're provided mentorship and additional training/education from employer etc. Also Vancouver is Very expensive. Beautiful but expensive. Do your research before you apply to these private colleges that promise you the world. It's a money grab in my opinion. Hope this info helps. https://www.nnas.ca/ https://www.bccnm.ca/RN/applications_registration/how_to_apply/InternationalEN/Pages/Default.aspx https://www.bccnm.ca/RN/applications_registration/how_to_apply/InternationalEN/Pages/IENs_educated_in_AUS_NZ_UK_US.aspx Good luck ?

I am so sorry you are going through this. I am dealing with a not so great new grad nursing situation too through NCSBN. Nursing school is so stressful and hard and we get burnt out before setting foot into our careers. have you tried contacting the national board and asking for some direction/advise? not sure how it works where you are, but here in Canada we can apply into a bridging program and your previous courses will get assessed and you will receive credit for what you've already taken. wish you best of luck. Don't give up. Keep calling every number and speak to whoever you can that will listen. Call the schools and make an appt with an academic advisor in person if possible. Explain your situation. Be persistent and resilient.

Hi there, I have completed my BScN program and I am in Canada, however I am not licensed to practice as a RN. What other options do I have for work in the healthcare but not as a nurse? Thank you ?

Thank you Majie ?

Thank you Annie.

Thank you ?. I didn't think it would take days and as I am sure this is not a priority request for them, I am just a needle in a haystack. I did rebook my exam as I thought sitting and waiting for a reply from them could take weeks/months as you also mentioned. I am in my 40s and I am resilient. I am not giving up, just frustrated and tired. Also do you mind resharing the link you attached. It doesn't see to work. Thank you ?

I have failed the NCLEX three times. Although I am devastated, lost my job, and am broker than a nursing student, I am still keeping it together, I have faith and am hopeful, however, I have lost faith in the system. I was originally sent another person's results. I called the board, and they told me to delete the email (I had already done that). Then I got a call from the board 15 minutes later requesting written confirmation that I had deleted it while on the phone, I was driving and said I would send an email when I got home, and she asked me to pull over and she would stay on the line while I send the email. I pulled over and sent the confirmation email. They said it was a computer error, etc. After getting my failed results, I started questioning if it was an error. There's no way I failed. My questions were getting significantly harder, random meds I didn't know about. I had got high chance of passing on all my Uwrold assessnets and Archer. So I called the board the following day, the person I spoke to was so much more compassionate than the earlier call, she said exams are handled through NCSBN (which I knew) but I wanted to know if a human being looks at the exams or is it all computers, she "highly "suggested for me to call and request to have a person look at it. I asked her if she had this kind of request before she said "I Highly recommend you contact them and request it", by her tone I am assuming this is a possibility. So I did call NCSBN no one answered, I submitted a request, and got an email that they would forward my request to a different department to see if additional psychometric analysis could be done.....it's been 4 days.... Has anyone ever had this kind of experience? I was a good student in school and never failed an exam. This is my 2nd degree. I am just blown away. Nursing school definitely did not prepare us for NCLEX. This exam is torture, I have bald spots from stress. I have aged and feel like poop.