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I really appreciate all your replies. thank u very much. :) @spongebob6286, i am happy to hear that you were able to find a nursing job abroad even without working experience. Are you working in USA or Canada? Did they also require you to pass referral letters from the school you attended/ from hospitals you had trainings with? After my IELTS exam, I'm planning to pass my application to the BON in british columbia for their assessment. Will it be better for me to pass my application here in the Philippines or i'll just pass it when we get there? TIA.

@ official02, good luck on your upcoming exam. I don't know if it is true, but i've read from another forum that the minimum requirement for IELTS has changed. I'm really not sure though. Or it is still IELTS minimum of 6.5 score and minimum grade of 7 in speaking test? PLs. enlighten me with this one. Which province or territorial body in Canada are you going to apply? I've read from previous posts that experience is not necessary when applying for eligibility to write the CRNE since we're new graduates. But still i am having second thoughts because no one might employ me abroad because of my lack of experience.

thank you very much for the reply ma'am. I guess i was not able to read those previous posts.

My mom and other relatives are in Surrey, B.C so i guess i'll be settling on that place also. If my nursing education here in the Philippines is not sufficient to meet their requirements, i am willing to continue my education in Canada. Though i hope it won't take me another year or two. I read from the website of British Columbia that they require internationally educated nurses to complete some requirements to be eligible to write their CRNE. one of the requirements is 1000+ working hours. Does it mean i will not be given the chance to take their exam since i have zero experience?

Good day to everyone. :) I am a Filipino nurse and I hope you could help me with my dilemma with regards to which provincial regulatory bodies should i apply to. My parents are in Surrey, and hopefully my application for permanent residency will be approved this year. But the problem is, since i got my license here in the Philippines last year, I haven't found any work. So i really do not have any working experience. Can someone enlighten me which provincial and territorial regulatory bodies in Canada that does not require the applicants to complete the 1,000+ hours of working experience? Is it still possible for me to be registered in BC even without working experience? Thank you very much in advance.

@spongebob6286, i hope you do not mind if i'll ask if you are now working abroad as a registered nurse? Was it hard for you to look for a job even without any working experience here? if the board will ask me, can i just say that i've been taking up my masters degree in nursing and attended some trainings like bls, ivt and hospital trainings? i know that trainings can't be considered as experience but i think it will be better that at least I've been doing something to hone my nursing skills instead of just doing nothing. thank you very much for the replies..

thank you for the reply official02 ^_^. I am now reviewing for the IELTS exam. BUt do i still need to study sort like a bridging program when I get there???

Good day fellow registered nurses. I am 20 years old. I graduated last march 2009 and passed the local board exam last june 2009. Up to now, I still do not have any working experience because of two main reason. First of course is the obvious answer that it is really hard to look for a job here because of the surplus of nurses in our country. Second, although I really wanted to work, my mother is not allowing me to work because we have a pending application in the Canadian embassy for permanent residency abroad. She was saying that I shouldn't work because I was being petitioned as a dependent child so as being "dependent", i should be studying instead. So to cut the story short, I am now studying MAN.. I already read lots of things regarding the procedure to be a nurse in Canada. But will they still consider my application and be accepted even though I do not have any working experience here in the Philippines after graduation?:confused:P thanks in advance:)

sorry for the late reply guys.. for those who were asking if I was referred by anyone, the answer is no. I do not know anyone from Medical City. Same as you, I just wrote my name, age, board rating on their logsheet. My board rating is 80+..

I went to the HR department of Medical City last month. They just asked me to sign up on the log sheet with my name, age, contact number and board rating. I also thought it was just a bluff and that they are not really interested in hiring new nurses.. but then, after a month they texted me and said that I'm scheduled to have my pre-employment exam (that's exactly what the txt said) on thursday. Does anyone of you who have undergone this exam? Can u please give me some ideas on the coverage of the exam? Is it merely a clinical exam or sort of like an IQ test???.. Thanks in advance:):):)

For Quirino Memorial Medical Center, the training is 2 or 3 months. ( i'm not sure) But you need to pay 1,000 per month for the said training. I called them yesterday, and they said that we can pass the requirements on Tuesdays / Fridays. For the requirements, we also need to pass an application letter addressed to the chief.:):):)