SNurse15

Thank you for all the replies! I know there are probably too many nurses for the amount of jobs in Canada (like NZ) but I do need to move to Canada for personal reasons. Anyway thank you for your advice! :)

So I need to go via the registration route before apply for a work permit? I'm currently just finishing my last semester of studying nursing. I plan to get 1 year work experience first (As I assume I can't apply as a new grad unfortunately?). I am British but have completed my degree in New Zealand Not sure if it makes any difference but Ontario is the province i'm looking at.

I want to move/work in Canada, but the process seems so confusing so I was hoping one of you guys might be able to shed some light? Do I apply for the work visa first or Canadian nursing registration? I'm confused because to get the work visa I need a job offer, which I can't get without registration. But from what I've read to apply for Canadian nursing registration you need a work visa? I've also been looking at the International Experience Program, I know you can't apply for health care jobs straight away, but I've been told if you get a medical before entering, once in Canada you can apply to have this changed and work in health care (but then the problem of registration will be an issue). Please help! :)

Thank you for all of your comments. I just wanted to clear a few things up. I didn't assume she was scared and alone, she did actually tell me she was both of these things several times. On the topic of who's benefit is it for, I have already had a good think about this and I definitely wouldn't be doing it for my benefit (as thats a big no). I feel guilty about not keeping my promise as she asked me to stay with her all shift, so I would only want to go and say goodbye if it was for her benefit. Yes i feel really bad about breaking my promise, and it wasn't a case of not wanting to stay late (as i would of done this if possible) and was nothing to do with time management as I was called away by the charge nurse in an emergency which I had no say over. After this I was called away by the colleague who was taking me home, and this is how it slipped my mind that I was meant to go back. I am grateful for the responses, I really am, but I kind of feel like this situation is making me out to be an awful nurse

Thank you. Yes according to the code of conduct and what I've been told at uni its a definite no. However, like you said as a human, I feel like I should. Especially when you doesn't have much support and is really scared. She is my first patient that I know is going die soon. I'm scared to admit this to my lecturers and preceptors because it may show over involvement, but I feel close to her and it is really upsetting knowing she is dying. I am really torn.

I'm a student nurse and i've been caring for a patient with a terminal diagnosis, she only has a few weeks left. I've become very fond of her and she has been so thankful for everything i have done for her and always wants to know what time I'm her nurse till. I promised I would say goodbye before I left, a lot of stuff happened on the afternoon shift with other patients, i then tried to see her but she was with someone else so i meant to go back later but with everything that was happening it slipped my mind. Now I feel really awful especially as she is being transferred to another facility tomorrow. Would it be really bad if I went to the other facility to say goodbye? I don't wan't people to think that i'm being over involved.