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Mount Royal still has a bridging program. As an IEN who did have all her "ducks in a row" when I came to Canada, the attitude from some long time posters here towards any immigrant asking how to fulfill nursing gaps has always come off as a little harsh, not to mention any questioning job opportunities. It doesn't seem that far fetched to me that if a nursing regulatory body tells you that such and such is the requirement for registration, there should be SOME option somewhere in the province to fulfill such requirements. Not that the province should pay for it, but that it should be available. Otherwise there would never ever be an option for immigrants to enter the profession. But given the responses from some people, it seems that would make Canadian nurses happy. I came from the states where we also had to compete for jobs with immigrants. I get it. But every poster on this board asking any such question gets jumped on with the "there are no jobs, we don't owe you anything, you will have a tough time here," even when that is not necessarily what the OP asks.

Responding to aywl, since I haven't posted enough to send you a private message back... I have a BSN from the states and I came to Canada on a marriage visa. I applied to CARNA right after I got permanent residency and it took them about 4 months to review and approve my application for a temporary practice permit. I waited a couple more months after that to take the CRNE and then it took 6 weeks for results, after that I was able to register for my license... all together nearly 8 months from start to finish. A pain, but not as bad as immigration was.

I am an IEN from the US and I was hired on as a casual employee with AHS a few months after I moved to Canada in early 2012. What a mess it was then, and seems to have only gotten worse. Now I am working in a private clinic downtown and have been since June of last year. Not sure if I was just lucky and applied to the right place at the right time, but private seems to be the way to go right now if you can find any openings.

Hello all, I searched this forum and the CARNA website for approximate processing times for an IEN applying to be an RN in Canada, the best I could come up with was about 10 weeks but that was from posts in 2008. Has anyone applied recently, and how long did it take to hear back from them about needing an SEC assessment, etc? I am just trying to do a bit of pre planning, and I realize it would likely be different for everyone. I will be graduating with a BSN in May in the US. My husband lives in Calgary so I would like to be with him after graduation. I am weighing my options in regards to getting a new grad job here for awhile while I wait for CARNA, or just going up to be with him and doing something else for work while I wait. Time will tell what job prospects will be like in either place come May, but immigration decisions must be made early... we have done the long distance thing for 3 years while I've been in school and we should probably just be patient but want to start a family and our life together. His immigration application to the states is going nowhere anytime soon. I greatly respect the knowledge and opinions of long-time posters on here. Thank you in advance for reading and replying!

Our instructor in an older adult class read the original poem to us just last week and it made me get teary. I didn't know about the nurse's reply, which is also beautiful. Thank you for posting it.

I took fundamentals last semester and I remember getting the wedding band question as well. The textbook we used (Kozier & Erb 8th ed.) mentioned it in the paragraph about preparing the patient's body for the family to view. They said that "all jewelry is removed, except a wedding band in some instances, which is taped to the finger," and then went on to talk about providing soft lighting and placing chairs for the family, etc. What those authors seemed to be implying is that if you are preparing a married patient's body for the spouse to view, they may be upset by the absence of something so personal and meaningful as their wedding band. However, it didn't say anything about removing the band later when the patient is sent to the morgue or whatnot so it seemed a bit nonsensical to me, too.

This video has been circulating around facebook as well. If you watch the video they say it was the seasonal flu shot that caused her dystonia, not the H1N1 vaccine.