UK2BCnurse

Hi - I mailed you directly so check your in box!

International nurses CAN go to Canada as skilled workers, and in some provinces can be accepted as Provincial Nominees, which makes the whole process much faster. Firstly, decide where you want to settle, then check the website of the provincial government for that province, to check who qualifies for PNP. Most provinces include nurses.

My D-Day is Feb 8th in Vancouver. I have just passed the RNABC assessment so now only need the CRNE. Health Match BC are helping me with a job - they have been really helpful so far - have you contacted them? Scott :)

I trained in Leeds but work now in Manchester in Public Health. :)

Hi Jamieson I've got the CRNE prep guide also plus an NCLEX guide, but I have found the CRNE questions to be much closer to the UK style of nursing. Friends of mine have taken both the NCLEX and the CRNE, and found the CRNE to be 'easier' in the sense that it was based in our nursing sensibility, where the NCLEX was very technical and drug-based questions. Still, I'm dreading taking the CRNE as it is like finals all over again....... Scott

and you said you weren't a mathmatician on another thread! Touche! :chuckle

Mistyped it! It is TWELVE years. lol God! Guess you are good to have round for working out the drugs doses...... :)

Thanks so much. Really can't wait to get to Vancouver and get settled in! Where do you work now fergus?

Thanks for that! You Canadians are SO friendly! Every time I have to call Canada the RNABC are super-helpful and everyone we have been in contact with for our emigration to Canada has just made us want to move there even more. :)

Hi I'm a Modern Matron (yeah, even us male nurses still get called Matron.....) and qualified 12 yrs ago, but during my training I worked shifts in nursing homes and on wards as a care assistant to earn extra cash. Certainly during the first 18 months of your training it is easy enough to pull a few shifts a month to get some extra cash under your belt, working weekends etc. I did plenty of that and survived my training. Good luck! Scott :chuckle

Hi Agatha Welcome! I really hope you come to work in the UK. UK nursing needs qualified and experienced nurses like yourself here and you will be very welcomed. Be prepared for the short staffed state of most wards and units, but I think things are generally better since I qualified 15 yrs ago.

Hi nurseIrish, nurseEnglish here lol. I am also moving to Canada (to Vancouver....I read up on the weather!) and have just got my qualification approved by the RNABC - sitting the CRNE soon then I'm done. I qualified in 1993 as RN here in the UK and my course was fine for the Canadian Authorities. When did you qualify?

Hi all Hoping some Canadian Nurses can help ease this transition. I am a senior RN in the United Kingdom working in Public Health, moving to BC in the next few months (once the CRNE is out the way!). I'm wanting to get back to ICU where I worked for 7 years as an ICU nurse practitioner - what is the staffing like in Canada and how do international nurses usually fit it? Any advice GRATEFULLY received! Scott