uk childrens nurse in canada?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Dec 30, 2008

Hi Becci

The only way really to find out if you can work is get the province nursing college to assess your transcripts as you will need to sit CRNE at some stage. You do need hours in all specialities when training. There are a few threads in the international forum regarding how to go through the process and work in Canada and on this forum we can chat about local Canadian issues and maybe help you decide on where to live but you will still need to have a look at the different provinces. I have been in NS since April and although not nursing yet as still waiting for province to sort paperwork out we love it here

bexs · Dec 30, 2008

Thanks very much for a quick reply and informative:bow:

What is a CRN and how do i go about finding out how many hours or what they need me to complete?

We are very uneducated when it comes to areas where to live,but like what we see and hear around alberta area?

So who would be contact? Alberta college?

Why contact the colleges?

Infact we dont know,we want a nice house,we will bring over £90k for deposit and have a few quid in bank

Husaband will find work in construction hopefully or even start a new joth path!!(he is self employed plasterer)

Infact just beautiful views/great social life/nice restaurants/good things for kids to do etc etc........Just living a sweet life basically :)

And not sounding naughty,we would like to be in a nice quiet area and not next to mr and mrs yob:down:

Thanks again

5cats · Dec 30, 2008

If you look at the sticky posts on top of this page, there's a link to the Colleges/Associations. And also a link to compare wages.

If you google Canada, you can find out about the different provinces, what they offer, like climate, living conditions, cities and so on:)

CNA is the Canadian Nurses Association

Once you've decided which province you fancy you can contact the appropriate College of Nursing, or Nurses Association.

As was stated above you need to be a general nurse, so you might be short in one or several areas but if you want to go for it, there will be a way to make that up:) like distance courses and clinicals.

5cats

bexs · Dec 30, 2008

If you look at the sticky posts on top of this page, there's a link to the Colleges/Associations. And also a link to compare wages.
If you google Canada, you can find out about the different provinces, what they offer, like climate, living conditions, cities and so on:)
CNA is the Canadian Nurses Association
Once you've decided which province you fancy you can contact the appropriate College of Nursing, or Nurses Association.
As was stated above you need to be a general nurse, so you might be short in one or several areas but if you want to go for it, there will be a way to make that up:) like distance courses and clinicals.
5cats

Thanks cats:up:

I tried filling form out on the alberta website for it then to say that its only for people who have qualified within 6 months? :nono:

So i just sent them a email stating what info they need off me etc etc

Where else would you recommend where they have a childrens hospital in a lovely area?

cheers bexs

Silverdragon102, BSN · Dec 30, 2008

CRNE that I mentioned is the Canadian RN exam and you have to meet criteria to be able to sit it. Courses can be made up but see what the province says

bexs · Dec 30, 2008

Cheers again SD :)

Like i have said,we have emailed calgary college and will await the outcome?

Any more provinces worth going for with a nice hospital for children?

5cats · Dec 30, 2008

As far as I know pure childrens hospitals only exist as center hospitals in the major cities, like Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal

Do you want to stick to PICU or NICU?

Many major hospitals have pediatric units included. In smaller hospitals obviously if children are very sick you need to transfer them out.

It really depends on what you want, do you want to live and work in a city or do you prefer more rural areas? And what about your husband and his work?

I think all provinces have sth. I like Quebec for instance very much, but my french is not fluent enough to work there.

I know a bit of Ontario and I really like Ottawa:)

There's so much beauty in Canada, it's really up to you what you want:) Mountains or Coast or both or Prairie, can you stand very cold winters or do you prefer it a bit milder?

so lots to think about

5cats

loriangel14, RN · Dec 30, 2008

Chedoke-McMaster Childrens Hospital in Hamilton Ontario is a very nice place and Hamilton is a nice city.

Fiona59 · Dec 30, 2008

Where is Jan when you need her?

OK, in Alberta, there is the Stollery in Edmonton, and a dedicated children's hospital in Calgary. The major "adult" hospitals also have NICUs.

Construction work is very slow right now in Alberta. House prices are in fact dropping. Tied to all the oil and the global recession is the excuses I've been hearing.

Jan is our resident guru on PICU.

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Dec 31, 2008

Where is Jan when you need her?

Jan's busy trying to keep two dozen balls in the air all at once...

OK, in Alberta, there is the Stollery in Edmonton, and a dedicated children's hospital in Calgary. The major "adult" hospitals also have NICUs.
Construction work is very slow right now in Alberta. House prices are in fact dropping. Tied to all the oil and the global recession is the excuses I've been hearing.
Jan is our resident guru on PICU.

The PICU at Alberta Children's is a beautiful brand new unit with moderate to low acuity. They have a peds bone marrow unit there and they do the usual trauma, burns, sepsis, respiratory and such for kids from Red Deer south. Their unit is sometimes closed to admissions because of staffing issues.

The PICU at the Stollery is usually at capacity. (16 real beds and three virtual beds... we double kids up when we need to). We are not permitted to close to admissions, no matter how tight we run. We provide cardiovascular care for all kids west of the lakehead of Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains and we also do the more complex cases from BC and some from other provinces as well. We have the busiest heart transplant program in Canada (we have four post-op heart transplants in the unit right now). We also do other solid organ transplants and just recently did a double lung. We have a very busy pediatric ECLS program, we're the North American referral centre for the Berlin Heart, we have a dedicated peds transport team and we care for all other ICU patients from north of Red Deer to the Arctic Circle. Our workload is often quite heavy and we're undergoing a change in manangement that may make life much nicer. (And we have several nurses from the UK!)

Stollery also has a surgical NICU that is usually full to overflowing. The Royal Alexandra has a 50+ bed level three NICU that cares for all other sick neonates in northern Alberta, at least initially. The stepdown nurseries at the Grey Nuns and the Misericordia take the intermediate patients.

You can't see the mountains from here though. And it's bloody cold out!!

bexs · Dec 31, 2008

Thanks again for all your help!!

Neo's is what i love doing(birth till 28 days).

Work on a intensive care unit for just over a year and loved it but now im loving babies :heartbeat:yeah:

Husband is a plasterer but will try anything really:D

We dont mind the snow(which is obviously a good thing) but maybe a tad milder would be better.

Is it further up north(again obviously) the more snow and colder it gets ? or is it also east to west also?

Toronto would be cool if it was a bit rural and mountain vies but im sure its like a london town but spread out more?

We have downloaded the forms from CARNA website,and are going to send them off to birmingham university in uk to fill out and send over to them

But still awaiting a email from carna,but have been told they are not the best at replying

thanks

bexs