25y UK RN/NP to Canada advice

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Specializes in Nurse Practitioner Psychogeriatrics.

Hi All,

I'm a 25 year UK hospital qualified RN with a diploma currently working an an NP in Australia. I've applied to NNAS and I think it is likely that my report is going to come back as "somewhat comparable" as I have no community or older adult listed as completed in my original training.

Fast forward to now and I have been working as a Psychogeriatric NP for 7 years in the community and am currently completing a PhD. I also have NCLEX completed in 2007.

Does anyone know what are the chances that I will be asked to go back to school when I apply to one of the Canadian provinces for RN registration? Seems a bit crazy that my 25years experience (Med/Surg/Oncology/ICU) , NP masters and current PhD education would count for nothing or am I just being extremely hopeful that logic will prevail? I have 4 children, so quitting my (good) job here in Aus to travel to Canada to attend a basic program on a study visa is not really a sensible plan!

Thanks so much in advance to anyone who can contribute to this thread ?

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They will want to see theory and clinical hours in adult, peds, OB/gyn and mental health nursing. 

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I was wondering what the outcome was for you? I am in a similar situation…trained in the UK….moved to the US after 10yrs…...have 37 years experience in critical care.  My school of nursing closed 20 yrs ago and I have no way to even provide a transcript or syllabus. 
Did you pursue moving to Canada?

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Specializes in Nurse Practitioner Psychogeriatrics.

Hi,  we still pursued Canada as an option for a long time but have all but given up now. I applied to CNO after this post as they stated they would not need any NNAS report or Canadian RN registration to consider me for NP registration.  After lots of time,  $$ and effort, CNO gave me the green light to do my exam with AANPCB, only for AANPCB to say you can't register for the exam without RN registration. NNAS report had returned by this stage with somewhat comparable,  and I was likely going to need several months study in Canada to get RN registration.(according to a few boards I approached). I didn't apply as CNO said they didn't need it.  Dead stop again.  I wrote to CNO to complain,  stating what's the point? and all this was nothing but a $$making exercise and they eventually answered sending me more forms,  which I returned but now I hear immigration rules have changed for skilled workers coming to Canada and taking longer to process even when I get past all this. 

So long story short,  I applied to transfer my reg to NZ instead. It came through in 1 solitary week and I'm flying out from Aus 2/2. Even 10 days in quarantine will be bliss in comparison to what these organisations have made me endure to date! 

I don't have the answer you are seeking, but I do have lots of good wishes. Xx

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