Rad Student

I have also been called a professional student, but it's not by choice! The jobs for life disappeared just about the time I earned my BA, so I never got one, and now no one does. Due to no safety net in the US, we are forced into that position.

For LVNs who went to school and took their NCLEX in CA: is there a way to take the NCLEX in CA, but get results sent to another state for licensing? Thanks, Rad Student

If all goes well and I even get into the LVN program I'm pursuing, I won't be done until late 2009, and I'll be 53. And I have health issues, as anyone over 50 does. But there's no national healthcare here, there's no safety net. So I need to take care of myself. Maybe, after a long fight, I could qualify for disability...at $800 a month. That wouldn't even buy food, so what's the point of trying? There's been no job security in the US since the 1980s, so I can't retire until I'm at least 65. Overall, the way I look at it, I have a right to work and support myself. The last time I checked, there is a law against discrimination about age or medical status. Right now, I'm at the top of my pre-LVN class. Clinicals are where I fall down, but I have no experience. I think I'm doing very well, and I have a right not to work for peanuts. And so do you!

Thanks, I did check the immigration site and even took their points test, which I failed due to my age. I mean, it's not like the UK, where there are limited resources. OZ has unlimited resources, and seemingly unlimited space. Oh, well, maybe I can get an exemption in working with a sponsor. That seems my only hope, unless the new PM changes the law.

I've noticed the shortage of nurses, but am dismayed that I can't emigrate to OZ due to my age. I'm just in my 50's, am at the top of my nursing class, and want to work overseas. Europe prohibits me emigrating due to my age, and apparently so does Australia. Yet every day I see more jobs posted in both countries. Is there any chance Immigration policy will be changed with regard to nurses in the next two years?

I posted about this before, but maybe not in the right place? Any sign of immigration policy changing, so that older nurses might be allowed to migrate to Australia from the US?

Well can someone let me know why RPNs are in lower demand, because there seem to be a whole lot of unfilled (and unfillable!) RN jobs posted. Also, why do I see so many casual and part time jobs posted? With the shortage, no applicants are paying serious attention to these, are they?

Any chance the new government will lift the ban on older nurses wanting to migrate?

What about Interior Health? How slow and difficult are they?

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and have 100% decided to apply to Canada first when I pass my NCLEX. I haven't seen a specific answer to this question: in which province would there be the fastest hire? And if it's Alberta or Saskatchewan, how could you (or could you?) overcome the lack of housing? Thanks,