School nurse wants advice about immigration to Canada

HappyNurse09 · Apr 22, 2011

I think you would get more advice in the Canada nursing forum. Maybe a moderator could move this post there? Good Luck!

HeidiRoots · Apr 23, 2011

thanks,I tried posting a topic there but I couldn't!can you send me the link?

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2011

I have moved this to the Canadian forum

Silverdragon102, BSN · Apr 23, 2011

I have moved this to the International forum as we request only local nursing issues are posting in the Canadian forum

There are many threads discussing Canada but starting point would be deciding which province you wish to live and work, check that jobs are available but probably not in school so may have to consider LTC or hospital, apply to provincial college of RN and be assessed. Most provinces now before they give eligibility to sit CRNE require some form of assessment like SEC. Once you have eligibility you then need to find a employer and then go through the process of getting PR or Temp Work Permit (TWP)

Suggested threads to read

https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/internationally-educated-nurses-323075.html

https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/links-provincial-colleges-303171.html

https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/faq-canadian-registered-370227.html

https://allnurses.com/international-nursing/faq-canada-substantially-387308.html

Fiona59 · Apr 24, 2011

There really is no such creature as a "school nurse" in Alberta. They are employed by the public health unit of the health authority. They are sent to specific schools as need requires. Think immunization days, health promotion topics. There are none based in the public schools every day.

I only remember nurses coming in to vaccinate my children. The student nurses usually do health promotions as part of their public health course.

I just checked with my son who is in high school. He say's maybe once this year was a nurse on site.

loriangel14, RN · Apr 24, 2011

It is the same in Ontario. Nurses are only present when there are vaccinations being done.I think the high school has a public health nurse on site 1-2 days a week.

geocachingRN · Apr 29, 2011

So I'm curious on how are young diabetic children who need help with their insulin are taken care of in Canada

Fiona59 · Apr 30, 2011

So I'm curious on how are young diabetic children who need help with their insulin are taken care of in Canada

I honestly can't remember any of my children or my friends children having diabetic classmates. Egg and peanut allergies were the most common thing.

Here are a couple of links on how my local school board manages children's medications:

http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NR/rdonlyres/exsodzlphzvpyz3fx6t7fgzuqa2luzdvm5qvjua3f5ywkdkdcl24ftano6euvn4qjwcxbwuxpcfhpxrto5nmmusfxhe/14Final+Med+Mgt+in+School+March+2009.pdf

and

http://www.epsb.ca/policy/ihcd.ar.shtml

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-diabetes-children

It appears that Canada has a smaller population of Diabetic students in urban centres than the US. You also have to factor in our population is about 1/10 of the US.

Our aim is to have the family and the child active in management of their disease.

ceridwyn · Apr 30, 2011

Australia also does not have school nurses in the primary years, only visiting to check for nits, developmental checks and some sex ed in later years.

Diabetic children after diagnosis go back to school after education of the school staff, teachers, aides, etc by a Diabetes Educator, also their paediatrician, or GP, but usually the parents have a plan of what to do individually for their child etc. let them test before play, physical activity, before lunch, if they say they need to eat, I have this in the lunch box etc.

The parents also have the responsibility of informing the teacher of what actions of hypos or hyper behaviours that their children exhibit, so the teacher knows or the first aid person knows to test or get the child to test, go and eat some jelly beans or call parent if high or call ambulance.

The onus is on the parents, the schools duty of care is to have a place and allow the children to test and eat when they want...also to be observing the diabetic child at all times, to also take account of their behaviours and do not make generic observations that they are just being naughty or tired when they have these behaviours, they could be having a hyper.....or hypo!

As for insulin, most of the primary children are on 2 insulin injections, biphasic a day and these are done at home...if a school camp then parent must go with them if under 8.

At high school same, but the school nurse is usually part-time and is not employed to look after diabetic children. The children, (adolescents) are responsible to check and give own insulin as often they are now on the regime of a daily basal and rapid acting at meals, of course if not well one would hope the other children, teachers, nurse would help them check if needed and get help. Some teenagers are on pumps and not many school nurses would not have a clue how to manage these! So the individual diabetic teenager needs to be responsible for their management.

But school nurses are not the norm in primary school at all, they usually do the checks for development and at one stage did nit checks, Not many high schools have school nurses in low population areas.