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You would have to do a Dec to Bac program. So you would have to do 2 more years of school to be able to work in another province. Quebec is the only province where you could be an RN. Even there, some hospital postings (particularly teaching hospitals) are available to clinical nurses only (Bachelor degree). You will need to pursue your studies if you intend on changing provinces.

Ok. I am studying in Quebec and in their collective bargaining agreement, they do have specialty premiums. Thought it might be the same in other provinces, specifically Ontario, to which i plan on relocating. If you don't read french at page 35 http://www.fiqsante.qc.ca/publicfiles/documents/cc_fiq-cpnsss_20-mars-2011-au-31-mars-2015_fra.pdf it says that there is 12% salary bonus for working in critical care.

To preface this, I am a nursing student and not getting into the profession for $. I do look forward to this being a fulfilling career, but I'll be honest I am curious about the salary aspect. The sunshine list has recently come out and I see many RN on the list. Money isn't the only thing in life, so I'm asking about this to get a feel if making 100K is relatively standard with regular not too crazy OT, or you have to chase it really hard to the point of working yourself to the bone. Nursing Pay Scale per province is standard, so obviously to get to 100K it requires a healthy base salary, and some overtime and shift premiums, maybe specialty differential. So my question is how do these RN's make the sunshine list? (Public Sector Salary Disclosure) Is it a combination of many years experience pushing their base salary up and lots of OT? How many hours of overtime are we talking? Working exclusively nights? To hit the (arbitrary) 100K.