Arielle

I understand your point of view MedSurg32RN, and I believe that situation is not so easy for any nurse over there. But look at the other side of the coin: if an american nurse would like to go overseas, she will also have to pass a language exam and get a license in order to work in a specific country, and nobody requires her to graduate a nursing school in that country. It is the same procedure like working in the US for any foreign nurse. It doesn't matter what prestigious nursing school graduated that nurse, she will only need to fit the requirements for working over there. Maybe it is not so fair as you say, but I just want to point out that there are also good nursing schools in Europe as far as I know and good nurses too. Sounds like a cliche, but that's the fact; I have many years of experience as a nurse in my back and I can tell this. I also travelled to different countries and talked to foreign nurses and not only and I tried to make a picture of the situation in general. The economic situation is damaged everywhere in this world, but this thing doesn't make us forget who we are or blaming one another for reaching this point in our life. Complaining is not a solution also. We have built this society and now we live in this world. Moreover it is quite difficult to make laws to please eveybody in this world. And so we reach this point asking ourself if "this is fair or not?" Well there are a lot to say but I may deviate from the subject, which I already did, as it is about visa retrogression . I didn't mean to sound harsh or offend anybody , but I am angry with what is happening in my country too.

If this is true what you are saying, then it is very sad what is happening over there. Who's fault is that the situation is like that? I don't think that foreing nurses have ruined the health system in the US, or did something wrong in this direction. But I believe that many people are mislead by their prejudice and mass media, and they forget to think objective. If a nurse do something wrong ,then she will be the subject of malpractice. In my country there are a lot of foreign doctors, unfortunetly not many foreign nurses, but patients have never asked this kind of question. I want to believe that this is an isolated case.

Thank you for the fast reply; I was trained in Romania, and have 15 years experience as OR (only). I passed ILETS and NCLEX and now waiting for the immigration like so many other nurses. It's been 1,5 years since I applyed for immigration and I know it may take few years till I will be able to work there if everything goes well; I was thinking that in the meantime I may asses my nursing education in Canada...and asking to your question , no I have no immigrant visa and I am not yet petitioned by any employer. Do I need an employer first ? I thought it's the other way around- first I need to be eligible for CRNE , then find an employer... anyway, any advise is very welcome. Thanks again.

Hello, I am trying to apply for CRNBC registration and I wonder if I may be eligible since my nursing education is different from that in BC. I started my nursing education in highschool for 4 yrs , than I had to graduate another 3 year school of nursing. Do you think that I may be asked to take SEC assesment due to my highschool education? Is there anybody who encountered this situation? Of course I will send the application whatever will be the situation, but I just wanted to know how the things go for me in this situation:icon_roll. Thank you.

As far as I know , you need at least 6.0 for every section - listening, reading, writing and at least 7.0 for speaking, but the overall score could not be less than 6.5. Good luck!