traveler RN

[Sunshinenikki]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know if it's possible to work as a peritoneal dialysis nurse for a short contract at a hospital or clinic?

Thank you.

[Fiona59]

In a nutshell, no.

Each health authority trains their own dialysis staff. You are then provincially certified to do the work. Dialysis has a slow turnover in my province. I've worked in two provinces and the staff tend to stay because of the hours and "clean" nature of the work.

You don't know much about Canadian healthcare because of the way you phrased your question. All dialysis is done either in hospital or at a satellite unit attached to a hospital or health unit in the province I've worked in.

[NurseRies, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone I would like to know if it's possible to work as a peritoneal dialysis nurse for a short contract at a hospital or clinic? Thank you.[/quote']

I am not familiar with Canada's healthcare too much. I worked as a traveling hemodialysis RN for a while in the US. There were lots of PD travel jobs available. The most I saw were in California and Texas. They were usually 13 week assignment and it was always outpatient clinic work. Usually training or education until the get someone hired and trained up. I am wondering how Canada differs in their dialysis training and work. If you are interested in UD travel, you can look at foundation medical staffing or Quik travel staffing for PD assignments.

[Fiona59]

Do you have a valid practice permit? Looking at some of your other posts you claim to be "inactive".

You need to have a current permit before you can even apply for a job here.

[loriangel14, RN]

You would need a license and a work permit for any country you wanted to work in. You would also need to speak the language if you went to a country with a different mother tongue. Getting a license and work permit takes time and money. Hardly worth it if you are only planning on being there 3 months.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

You have posted several threads looking at different countries. Regardless you have to meet 2 criterias which are the country's nurse registration requirements and in some cases their nurses exam as well as immigration requirements. Either one or both can be expensive as well as long. Suggest you decide which country and then look at requirements.

Moved to International nursing with your other posts