Specialty registered nursing certificate

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Hello everyone,

I am an IEN and I already passed the CRNE, I am interested to continue my specialty in nursing (I have experience in internal medical-surgical nursing, obstetric-gynecology nursing, intensive care unit, emergency room, recovery room etc) - anything that involves critical or emergency care.

Do you know where we can get free sponsorship if we would like to undergo this rigid specialty nursing fields in any hospitals within Vancouver area. If I will pursue this specialty nursing courses which might take 1 month to 4 months, will I receive a specialty nursing certificate? Do I still have to pay for my training?

And if I would like to continue my intravenous therapy skills, can I able to avail it via an in-service training from my future employer?

Thank you!

Any feedback would be highly appreciated. :)

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

I presume you are asking if any employers will pay towards certificate not sponsorship?

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There are several ways to obtain specialty training. None of which are free.

Hospitals provide the training for their employees, courses are available at community colleges for a fee. National certification exams are also paid for by the nurse desiring them.

Iv therapy is a basic requirement for Canadian nurses.

Nothing is free be you an overseas or local nurse. Canada Does not exploit its unemployed nurses like the Phillipines via so called training courses.

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I presume you are asking if any employers will pay towards certificate not sponsorship?

yes, I mean certificate. :) I've received an email from Fraser health to submit some reqts to see if I will qualify or be eligible in a free specialty training courses for 3 to 4 months. 3 to 4 months specialty training is a long period and I am wondering if they will accommodate any expenses during those 4 months?

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There are several ways to obtain specialty training. None of which are free.

Hospitals provide the training for their employees, courses are available at community colleges for a fee. National certification exams are also paid for by the nurse desiring them.

Iv therapy is a basic requirement for Canadian nurses.

Nothing is free be you an overseas or local nurse. Canada Does not exploit its unemployed nurses like the Phillipines via so called training courses.

Hi there! Thank you for your response. Just to clarify, my future employer/hospital might grant me a scholarship if I will pursue a specialty certificate/training like critical care nurse etc., right? My former classmate was given a sponsorship/scholarship by her employer to take some courses that will upgrade her to have a specialty certificate.

In the Philippines, IV therapy is a license and they cannot fully practice as a RN without an IV license. They don't have RPN's , respi therapist or IV specialist. RN's are generalist which means they do all the work. lol. Yes, some newly graduate nurses are being exploited in some developing countries for 3 to 4 months without a pay. However, I've heard that the government has recently changed its rule and is giving them a 10k pesos per month (only less than 200$/month) for their monthly expenses (bus fare and food).

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

If... and it's a big IF... you're determined to be eligible for a specialty certification course, your potential employer will only pay for your tuition in the program. That's where the "free" comes from. You don't pay for the course, they do. I would expect that they're going to require a return-of-service agreement that stipulates you will work for them for probably a minimum of a year after you complete the course. (How else are they going to get their money's worth?) Sometimes they will consider you to be an employee while you're doing the course and will pay you the basic RN wage at the bottom of the pay scale. These are all questions you should be asking FVH and not the members of allnurses.com.

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If... and it's a big IF... you're determined to be eligible for a specialty certification course, your potential employer will only pay for your tuition in the program. That's where the "free" comes from. You don't pay for the course, they do. I would expect that they're going to require a return-of-service agreement that stipulates you will work for them for probably a minimum of a year after you complete the course. (How else are they going to get their money's worth?) Sometimes they will consider you to be an employee while you're doing the course and will pay you the basic RN wage at the bottom of the pay scale. These are all questions you should be asking FVH and not the members of allnurses.com.

Thanks for your answers! Yeah, they require a 1 year employment agreement with them. I am just thinking about it, I will be out of the country for a vacation. Thank you for the ideas, though. :)

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If... and it's a big IF... you're determined to be eligible for a specialty certification course, your potential employer will only pay for your tuition in the program. That's where the "free" comes from. You don't pay for the course, they do. I would expect that they're going to require a return-of-service agreement that stipulates you will work for them for probably a minimum of a year after you complete the course. (How else are they going to get their money's worth?) Sometimes they will consider you to be an employee while you're doing the course and will pay you the basic RN wage at the bottom of the pay scale. These are all questions you should be asking FVH and not the members of allnurses.com.

I'm sorry for asking questions. Please just delete this thread. Thank you.

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