suggestions plssssss.....

suzanne4, RN · May 1, 2007

A full four year program will, at least it should if it has a history and not one of the programs that has opened in the last year or two.

Best plan would be to contact the Province in Canada with a list of a couple of schools that you would be considering and get their opinion on it. They are not going to give you a list, but they can give you answers if you supply the names to them. They are familiar with the ones that they have accepted in the past.

suzanne4, RN · May 1, 2007

Definitely not one of the second courser programs that are offered in your country. Too many issues with quite a few of them lately.

PINOY-NURSE · May 2, 2007

i suggest you try the older nursing schools.. most of the newly-established schools are just there for profit.. and some of them arent even accredited!

micdelrosario · May 3, 2007

Definitely not one of the second courser programs that are offered in your country. Too many issues with quite a few of them lately.

im actually an undergrad and planning to transfer to a bsn school. alot of the graduates from that school actually is eligible to take the nclex-rn exam. I was wondering if I would be able to take the provincial exam in vancouver since alot of the graduate students took the nclex?

mctina_20 · May 5, 2007

the above posts were right.. go for an old school with good reputation rather than the new ones.

i am a filipino nurse working as a RN here British Columbia.. any four year BSN will do - dont go for the second course program. 4 year is a must in most Canadian provinces - and in no time, all will follow suit.

mctina_20 · May 5, 2007

the above posts are correct.. go for the old nursing school.

a 4 year nursing degree is a must in most Canadian provinces, and in no time all will follow suit.

dont use US requirement as your parameter to practice nursing here in Canada. They are totally different.

Just an example - before you can take the CRNE, you first need to work as a nurse under temporary license for 3 mos, to evaluate ur skills.

My husband and i are Filipino working as a RN here in Bristish Columbia.

john83, BSN, RN · May 5, 2007

i suggest you try the older nursing schools.. most of the newly-established schools are just there for profit.. and some of them aren't even accredited!

Check the school's accreditation status with Philippines' CHED and then PRC board performance with the PRC.

Then the next step maybe would be to verify your list of school options with the Canadian embassy and/or their state board of nursing, to check if these schools measure up to their standard.

suzanne4, RN · May 6, 2007

It does not matter what the PRC states, they do not have any control over what is accepted in Canada. If you want to know if a program is accepted there, check directly with the source.

Same way that if you were wishing to work in the US, you do not go to the PRC to hear about the school, but you check with the BON in the state where you wish to work to see if it is accepted.

john83, BSN, RN · May 9, 2007

It does not matter what the PRC states, they do not have any control over what is accepted in Canada. If you want to know if a program is accepted there, check directly with the source.
Same way that if you were wishing to work in the US, you do not go to the PRC to hear about the school, but you check with the BON in the state where you wish to work to see if it is accepted.

Yes, I know it would be best to ask the source directly, however, the source might not be accessible at all times, hence, we'd rely on those(schools) that have long proven their credibility and standard as a school for nursing...

suzanne4, RN · May 9, 2007

It is extremtly easy to verify anything with the provinces in Canada.

Sorry, but even telling me that PRC has approved something, when they have been involved in everything that has gone wrong the past year, just does not make any sense.

Same way that they have approved LPN schools there, but they do not accept the LPN for working in your country. And the US government does not accept it for immigration. So just because they have approved something, just does not make any difference to working in another country. They are having problems that trying to get things done legally in your country.

micdelrosario · May 9, 2007

hi there. im cerrently living in vancouver and planning to go back to school in manila nextyear at fatima. ill be a tranferee from my former college and im done with all my minor subjects. you think fatima curriculum will be recognize by cnre? also may i have the website of CNRE? thanks........by the way, for a foreign grad do i need to take the ielts, toefl etc.....?