This question has probably been asked here a million times. I am a 26 year old UK nurse I currently work in A&E in Northern Ireland where I aldo treat paeds. Recently I have been considering starting the immigration process to Canada.
I understand I need to register with regulatory body of where I want to practice. I really fancied Quebec but I cannot speak French. So now I would like to go to Ontario or BC.
Once I have paid to have my qualifications assessed where do I go from there?
Is the next step NCLEX? Or do the board put you forward for that?
I understand it's a long hard slog to get into Canada but the state of nursing in UK now is awful.
Thanks in advance I know this is probably like a broken record.
Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
Another obstacle I see in your way is your choice of Ontario/BC. Those are the two most popular destinations for the vast majority of IENs and there are very few job opportunities for even locally-educated nurses. Of course, all of the assessments that are required to happen first will bog things down, but you might have more options if you looked at any of the other provinces.
loriangel14, RN
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Are you generalist trained? Canadian nurses have to have theory and clinical hours in adult, paeds, OB/GYN and mental health nursing.