Temporary Registration for BC.

My best advice would be to call the CRNBC directly (604.736.7331) and ask them. They may even have someone available that speaks Russian, although if your english is very poor you may have trouble finding a job anyway. These people will be able to answer all your questions properly and completely.

My best advice would be to call the CRNBC directly (604.736.7331) and ask them. They may even have someone available that speaks Russian, although if your english is very poor you may have trouble finding a job anyway. These people will be able to answer all your questions properly and completely.

Hi,

Just have a silly question. I failed in the RN exam in ontario, and thought maybe I can apply for BC temp. license if I have a job offer from there. Any thoughts?

You can apply for a position anywhere, but they will expect you to rewrite the CRNE at the next possible opportunity and pass. You'd be working as a grad nurse, and have a lot of conditions applied to your practice until you have that precious "pass" in your hand. They won't issue you with a temporary license, because you aren't eligible for licensure until you pass; you'll have a certificate of graduation from an accredited nursing school and that's all.

where do you get a job as a grad nurse? and can IEN's also apply for it? I want to have a temp license, problem is I can't find an employer

In Alberta, IENs can certainly obtain grad nurse positions while awaiting their CRNE. Our unit has hired two nurses recently form the UK who did this. I don't know how you would go about finding an employer who will provide you with that option though.

ohhhh.. ok. i am in vancouver... and being an IEN it is very hard to get employed as a grad nurse here. it's very frustrating - sleeping at the day, studying at noon till evening, then working at the graveyard shift doing odd jobs.. makes me re think my decision coming here at all.

I'm sorry you're having this trouble. It might have been wiser to have secured employment before you made your big transoceanic move...

Because health care professions are now covered by legislation in most provinces, the requirements for registration have become very specific and non-negotiable. You may have seen the term "substantively equivalent" on other threads here; it refers to the educational preparation a nurse has recived in his or her home country and how it compares to the educational preparation received in the province one is trying to register in. The sad fact is that if your educational preparation isn't considered adequate, you will have many hoops to jump through, and may not ever get to the desired end. Each province does things in their own way and what Alberta does won't necessarily be what BC does, or Ontario does, or Newfoundland does. And employers are all very different as well. Regional health authorities will have their own policies and protocols about hiring, and they might be very different in health regions that border each other in the same province. It really pays to do one's homework so as to avoid the kinds of things you're experiencing.

i understand. but what confounds me the most though is this - why did they gave me permission to write the exam this october if they deem my education inadequate? they assessed my transcript, and they didnt require me to take a refresher course. all they wanted was the ielts exam, which i passed with flying colors. i already passed my exam forms and paid my bills, im scheduled to take it this coming october. i can get my interim permit provided i get an employer. but the employers here want me to get a paper proving i'm an interim nurse... isn't that weird? it's like they are pointing fingers at each other.

anyway, i will do my best to pass this CRNE exam. but... i think the government will tell me to take a course or something before i get employed even if i pass, as they will point out to me that i wasnt educated here. i really hope not, but seeing how rigid and strict the system is, i won't get surprised if it happens.

If you fail the exam the first time that you take it, you will not be able to even work as a graduate nurse in another province until you pass that exam. You are considered a Graduate Nurse only until you take the licensing exam. Once you test, you lost the GN status. If you pass, you get the RN after your name. If you do not pass, you are usually unable to go back to the Graduate Nurse role. That is meant only as a temporary bridge until you take the exam. At least this how it is done in every other country that I am aware of, and definitely how we do things in the US.

Suggest that you contact the province directly and get their take on it.

one question - is graduate nurse different from licensed graduate nurse? because these are the only categories here in bc

(from CRNBC)

Member Type:

RN = Registered Nurse

RNP = Registered Nurse Practitioner

LGN = Licensed Graduate Nurse

ST = Student

STRN = Student RN

STLGN = Student LGN

APRN = Applicant RN

ANP = Applicant RNP

ARNNP = Applicant RN & RNP

APST = Applicant Student

i am currently an APRN. do hospitals employ APRN's?

If you fail the exam the first time that you take it, you will not be able to even work as a graduate nurse in another province until you pass that exam. You are considered a Graduate Nurse only until you take the licensing exam. Once you test, you lost the GN status. If you pass, you get the RN after your name. If you do not pass, you are usually unable to go back to the Graduate Nurse role. That is meant only as a temporary bridge until you take the exam. At least this how it is done in every other country that I am aware of, and definitely how we do things in the US.

Suggest that you contact the province directly and get their take on it.

A good news for GN who failed once in the RN exam still can obtain the temporary license in order to work as a temp. RN in BC. Here is the link http://www.crnbc.ca/downloads/454.pdf. But you have to graduate from the recognized universities in Canada. In Ontario, CNO won't let you renew your temp license once you failed the exam, which is not fair for the GNs. As a new grad, I feel the experience is more important than the exam. Allowing GNs to keep practicing and preparing the exam at the same time will be the best choice. Don't you think so? By the way, I am a new grad (BScN) from the university in Ontario, and would like to work in BC.