RN Temporary Class Advice

What area of nursing do you work in in the UK?

We have a few people that came to work with us, and worked as

Graduate Nurses, until they got their registration.

I think you can go to the various health authority websites and connect

with them to see if there are jobs you could apply for, or at least you could

talk with their recruiters.

In British Columbia there are several health authorities here is the link.. Good Luck!

Map of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority - British Columbia Health Authorities

I worked the community, but have done 10 years in a hospital setting prior to that, renal, respiratory and general medical wards. That's a good idea, i'll give it a try.

Thanks

Hi janfrn,

I will try that, to be honest the CNO are hard work, but ill give it a go.

Thanks

Your right, i had a long hard struggle with them to get to take the crne, i had all my certicates, references from everyone i worked with, job descriptions for 16 years of nursing practice, info from universities, governing bodies their equivalency table etc and they gave me the run around for nearly 2 years! Once i've taken my exam i'm aoing to write a nice long detailed letter asking why when everything is in order does it take 6 months for them to write back asking for more information, information they already had! Amongst other issues i had with them. I am a person that feels we should be rigirous when verifying peoples qualifications as there have been many horror stories out there BUT i do also believe that they need to streamline and review their processes, and the person between you and your career. When i started thinking about coming to Canada they were crying out for nurses, if it takes this long to process and application i can see why. They are definately going to hear from me.

No one is crying out for nurses anywhere in Canada at this time. Rural areas often need nurses, but most people are attracted to the cities. We are all working short, but the Provincial Health Authorities aren't hiring the required staff, and it's been this way for 4 years. Canadian educated nurses continue to have challenges finding employment. Be prepared that much of what you've heard about nursing is far from the reality.

I am puzzled by your saying that there was a nursing shortage two years ago when you started your application to CNO, because Ontario has had a surplus of nurses since 2007, so much so that the provincial government developed the new grad initiative program. Currently, it's an employers market and employers receive multiple applications from qualified, expereinced, Canadian RNs and Canadian new grads, the market doesn't warrent offering a job to an IEN who isn't registered in Ontario.

The last time there was a significant nursing shortage, significant enough to warrent Toronto hospitals to recruit IENs from the UK and arrange for CNO to issue temporary licences was in 1989.

I think the poster is referring to the hiring blitzes that were done back around 2007. Alberta's health authorities went on a few junkets around the globe looking for staff. Some of the hiring fairs were huge.

People remember things like that. They just don't read the media from different nations enough to follow the economic downturns.