US LPN looking at moving to Canada

Published

Specializes in n/a.

Loriangel14, May I ask you a question? (my apologies for jumping in; this is another topic)

I wonder if you could give your personal view of nursing (the big picture) these days for someone (me) who is a male LPN in NJ/USA, and dreams to move to Canada soon. I am just waiting to get my full 1st year experience (half way thru now). I have friends and family there, and love many things Canadian. Oh, by the way, althought I am in excellent shape -health wise- (I'm all the time told I look like mid forties) my age is 52, which besides my gender could be a hinder in some areas; please remember that.

Thank you for reading this. Please feel free to disregard replying if you are short of time, I'd understand. Best regards, Arleq, LPN

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to a thread on it's own for better response.

Where in Canada are you looking at?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

How long was your PN programme? Our programmes up here are in general 2+years and include psych and maternity.

Which province are you looking at? You would need to have your education assessed to see if it is the equivalent of an Canadians.

Which visa to you plan to use to migrate?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

LPN would not qualify you for a visa. That would be a major hurdle.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Home Care.

I'm Canadian, I had lived and worked in Florida for a very long time. I did my LPN program in Florida as well as completed an associates degree which included all the pre-reqs for the LPN-RN bridge program. Plus I completed the first semester of the LPN-RN bridge in Florida.

All of my combined education plus being licensed and working in Florida met the CLPNA's requirements for LPN licensing here in Alberta.

So basically you'd have to have an ADN RN from a US state to be considered for LPN here.

And then there's the whole issue of immigration ....very difficult. The job market is miserable here too.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
LPN would not qualify you for a visa. That would be a major hurdle.

For some reason LPN and RN was put back on the skilled list earlier this year. Sure the government knows something we dont

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.
For some reason LPN and RN was put back on the skilled list earlier this year. Sure the government knows something we dont

Oh did they? Hmm

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.
For some reason LPN and RN was put back on the skilled list earlier this year. Sure the government knows something we dont

Oh did they? Hmm. I thought it was just RNs put back on the list. PNs didn'used to qualify for TN visa.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Talking about the Federal Skilled workers list. TN still requires RN but OP hasn't really mentioned which visa they are applying for

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Didn't FSW require a BSN as well?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Home Care.

I looked at the processing time for skilled worker. It's something like 3 yrs. Maybe by that time we'll need more nurses from outside of Canada

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Didn't FSW require a BSN as well?

Nope.... Just RN or LPN as well as the other professions mentioned in the list

Specific eligibility criteria â€" Federal skilled workers

Processing times vary depending on office selected to process

Processing times for federal skilled worker applications

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion