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Thanks for your reply! I did see that two year thing somewhere. I also saw that it needs to be two years / 2500 hours. That's only just over a year if you're working fourty hours a week. Do you know if it needs to be two years specifically, or just that 2500 hours?

Hey Everyone! I'm just finishing up an accelerated nursing degree, and I REAAALLLYYY want to go to New Zealand when I graduate. I'd love to work for a year or two there but I've been reading some conflicting things about the availability of jobs, pay scale and cost of living there, and I'm looking for some advice. My plan is to work in Canada for a year before I go to save up, gain some experience, and get all of my ducks in a row paperwork wise. I guess my questions for you oh-so-wise nurses out there are: 1) exactly what licensing paper work would I need to get organized to work there? 2) what areas or places would you recommend working or moving to? 3) What is the average pay scale like? (I have a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Neuro and Psych with a minor in linguistics, my paramedic license, years and years of experience in home care and working with people with developmental disabilities, and now my RN with hopefully at least one year experience in emergency care before I go) 4) Are nurses on a union in New Zealand like Canada, or is pay/employment dependent on different areas/companies? 5) Is it worth it to live and work there or would you recommend just working in Canada and traveling New Zealand for a few months instead? Thank you for any help or recommendations!

Op, no, that wasn't it. I guess my physiology courses were ruled as good enough. I was just missing an official copy of something. See you all in January! :)

Oh perfect, thanks! I thought the last day to have your courses completed and transcripts submitted was September 30th. Do you know where or how I might find out the date that needs to be submitted? I sent them an email and will call them back on Monday but that's two days away!! haha

Hey guys! So I got a yellow check mark that says "tentative admission - outstanding items." I honestly didn't think I'd get in this year because I only had taken anatomy and upper level animal physiologies, but not the generic first year one. I just wanted to see where my grades sat for applying next year. Does the yellow mean I got an admission, or is it only if I finish a physiology course by a certain date?

Oh wow, thanks! The transcription deadline is September 30th for U of C or western?

Hi ilovenursing2013 - I'm looking at applying to the program at UofC and I'm worried I might have to do the Athabasca course if they don't except my alternate physiology courses taken throughout my degree (I completed Anatomy). Do you know if you have to have the course done by the September 1st cut off for the January entry, or does it just need to be done prior to the start of courses?

Shoot. Do you know of anywhere that I could get that done before then? I've done this material a million times so it shouldn't be difficult to do a fast paced program, I just need to get it done on paper. Any fast track or online 3 week programs that you might know of?

Oh, that's good to know. Thank you!

Hello! I'm brand new to this site and I was wondering if you might be able to help me. I recently graduated with a B.Sc and I'm looking into some accelerated nursing programs. I only just found out about the accelerated program in Calgary and I was wondering if anyone had heard about or have been in this program? I read somewhere on here that it's a very theory based program and not as much hands on experience - is this true? I prefer hands on experience and I'd love an accelerated program that enables you to be IV endorsed (I believe UBC doesn't do this right?) My second question is how do you pick between the transfer route, and the degree holder route? Is one better than the other? The only thing I've been able to find so far to differentiate them is that the transfer route gets a four month summer break. My third question is about the anatomy/physiology pre-reqs. I have taken anatomy and done quite well, but I couldn't fit physiology into my schedule last semester. I've taken upper level physiologies, cell bio, and biochemistry in my degree but I think they were too specific for what the pre-reqs were looking for - at least for UBC. I was planning on taking them this fall through one of the online options but as I'm looking into the January intake do I need to have these done before I apply, or is it just prior to entering the course? Any info or advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated! I only found out about this program last night and the deadline date is coming up pretty quickly so I thought I should see if anyone had some quick words of wisdom for me! Thanks!