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Hi. I am a US-RN and is thinking of trying to migrate to Canada. Can somebody give me advice if its true when they say that if you pass you're an NCLEX passer, you can just apply for a reciprocity in Vancouver? Is this true? Please help me.

May I ask which state in particular? I am currently in Quebec, completed my three year rn program, just took the OIIQ exam and I was hoping to take the nclex in nh. But if I understand correctly, in 2015, there is a possibility that this will no longer be required?

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Thank you to all of the RN's in Canada and the US RN's who have given accurate information, here on this topic.

The defensive comments...wow !! It's not what we write, it's how we write it. I've been an RN for going on 15 years, Bachelors prepared working on a Masters of Science in Nursing. When will nurses learn how to attract, and maintain great RN's, who are ready and willing to work side by side? What is with the elitism? Or should I say "wanna-be" elitism. Are we threatened by each other some how? RN's in Canada as well as these United States, have no room for "cattiness". I love being an RN, always have. I open up to all nurses willing to come join a healthcare team, OR those showing interest in working to deliver safe, effective, care to people. I direct my teams to open up happily to new nurses, new to an area, or new to the profession. Many of us behave like psychotic high school girls.

As a leader in nursing, I am not an enabler of the behaviors that create and maintain revolving doors. We sit back and wonder why we can't keep staff. We all need to take a long honest look at ourselves. US as well as Canada. We have more in common as a profession than you think.

This is not a tangent. This is all fact.

Read the research, it won't hurt.

Happy Nursing :-):yes:

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Rehabilitation,.

I've been reading and I am not sure if I understood it right.

I am a NCLEX passer and a current RPN in Canada. I passed my NCLEX 2007. As stated above, if I apply for RN license in Canada NOW, I am not included in the excemption to resit NCLEX-RN because I applied after September 18, 2014 and my previous passing of NCLEX holds no significance now?

What are my options?

Thanks for any clarifications.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
I've been reading and I am not sure if I understood it right.

I am a NCLEX passer and a current RPN in Canada. I passed my NCLEX 2007. As stated above, if I apply for RN license in Canada NOW, I am not included in the excemption to resit NCLEX-RN because I applied after September 18, 2014 and my previous passing of NCLEX holds no significance now?

What are my options?

Thanks for any clarifications.

It isn't a case of just passing NCLEX but meeting college requirements and you need to check out the college's requirements and if you meet them then you will more than likely have to sit NCLEX again which will only happen if you meet requirements

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@jay_jay, Agree with Silverdragon, it is not just a matter of having done the NCLEX, your education must be deemed comparable to a Canadian BScN and you must show proof of recent (within the past three years) RN work experience. Unfortunately, many IENs have been told by either CNO or NNAS, that their education is not comparable to a Canadian BScN. Since you are working as a RPN, have you considered enrolling in a RPN to BScN program?

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I'm confused. @jay_jay, I thought you had a job offer in the US last month? Aren't you moving south?

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I passsed the NCLEX rn exam Oct 2015 under illinose bord of nursing, whether it is any possible to transfer my licence to canadian nursing registration to work in canada

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I passsed the NCLEX rn exam Oct 2015 under illinose bord of nursing, whether it is any possible to transfer my licence to canadian nursing registration to work in canada

No. It's a different country. One cannot transfer a US BoN state license to Canada any more than a Canadian nursing license issued by a college of nursing (Canada has colleges of nursing) will "transfer" to a US BoN.

You need to apply for credentials assessment by NNAS (can take up to 2 years). Then you apply to a college of nursing. Minimum for RN is a BScN. RPN/LPN is a 2 year college degree.

Under what status do you plan to enter Canada with? Do you know what province? Do you have a job offer.

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I'm an RN from the US, my husband is an MD that has the opportunity to relocated our family to BC.... I started this process at the beginning of this year(2016)...First you have to register at NNAS/ SNEI..these are the people that will verify all of your documents that need to be submitted (employment/ education/ identity..etc) then NNAS will send all verified documents to CRNBC for BC to approve. To the bitter Canadian nurse who made the rude comments about US nurses coming to work in Canada.. Sweetheart we are NOT here to take your job so please don't feel that intimidated by US nurses, we are simply here to give good help to those in need... Not to mention the nursing shortage that is here.😳

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I'm an RN from the US, my husband is an MD that has the opportunity to relocated our family to BC.... I started this process at the beginning of this year(2016)...First you have to register at NNAS/ SNEI..these are the people that will verify all of your documents that need to be submitted (employment/ education/ identity..etc) then NNAS will send all verified documents to CRNBC for BC to approve. To the bitter Canadian nurse who made the rude comments about US nurses coming to work in Canada.. Sweetheart we are NOT here to take your job so please don't feel that intimidated by US nurses, we are simply here to give good help to those in need... Not to mention the nursing shortage that is here.������

What nursing shortage? Unless you're referring to northern and remote area nursing. The major metropolitan areas have an abundance of nurses as evidenced by the struggles new & experienced nurses have in finding full time jobs. The health services are cutting jobs and not replacing not unlike the US.

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I'm an RN from the US, my husband is an MD that has the opportunity to relocated our family to BC.... I started this process at the beginning of this year(2016)...First you have to register at NNAS/ SNEI..these are the people that will verify all of your documents that need to be submitted (employment/ education/ identity..etc) then NNAS will send all verified documents to CRNBC for BC to approve. To the bitter Canadian nurse who made the rude comments about US nurses coming to work in Canada.. Sweetheart we are NOT here to take your job so please don't feel that intimidated by US nurses, we are simply here to give good help to those in need... Not to mention the nursing shortage that is here.������

Sweetie im not bitter, I'm a realist.

My health service has frozen hiring of new nurses due to the economy and is looking for ways to eliminate nursing positions, fewer RNs and LPNs with an increase in the number of nursing aides.

In 2007-09 our side of the forum was flooded by USRNs wanting info on how to get here. They were 99% From the Phillipines, who were waiting to get into the US. They did not hide the fact they wanted to wait here in Canada and depart south as soon as possible. They didn't want to follow the procedures required because they were USRNs, despite never having set foot in an American hospital.

My service hired 100s of these nurses. We probably have 50% of them less than six years later. Many failed our licensing exams due to educational deficiencies, others finally managed to pass the registration exam foe LPNs. Some failed both exams three times and were sent home. One, I knew personally, went on holiday to the US and never came back.

It sounds like your work permit will be tied to your husbands. Where are you going and how far north? There are reasons those areas are under serviced and Canadian nurses and doctors don't want to work there. I know one South African doctor who works rural, he said some of the living condition of his First Nations patients reminded him strongly of the townships back home, and he was worried about his children's education as they grew older.

No, not bitter, just a realist on a system that is lurching along. When my unit posts a vacancy, it's not unusual to get 70+ applications internally and over 100 outside applications. Then the posting is usually cancelled and we work short.

Good luck, if your family is going remote you will need it.

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@Belladonna, did your NNAS advisory report show your US education was comparable to the minimal standard of Canadian entry-to-practice education? Some US educated nurses have posted that their NNAS advisory report was somewhat comparable or not comparable.

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