Question about moving to Canada for Nursing

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Hello everyone,

I'm just about to start nursing school later this August (BSN), and have a few questions for after nursing school. Pretty much since freshman year of high school I've had a desire to move to another country, with Canada always at the top of my list. My current plan is to finish nursing school, probably get at least one year of work experience in the US, and then focus on trying to get a job in Canada. My question is related to the difficulty of this. Is it hard for a US trained nurse to get a nursing job in Canada? Will I need to get a few more years of job experience before I start applying in Canada? Can I do the training for Canada nursing license while still working in the US? I'm focused on Ontario and British Columbia right now for end destinations, but I'm willing to take a job anywhere in Canada to start off. Just interested to see what people say about this, and if they've gone through it themselves.

Thanks! :)

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"Do you have television in Canada? Electricity?"

Those are the kind of questions my mother used to be asked by the 'Muricans after we emigrated from a very big city in Canada 50+ years ago.

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Since it's already snowing here, we can be guaranteed 8 months of winter this year. I am not happy!

Since it's already snowing here, we can be guaranteed 8 months of winter this year. I am not happy!

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