md5037

After months of hoping for a miracle got the email this week from Alberta Health.

No nursing jobs in forseeable future and send in your claim for expenses.

We knew it was coming and have been looking at other options.

As i have stated in other posts we were lucky really we could have been there on a TWP then sent home, and that would have hurt a lot more.

So we pick ourselves up dust off and move on. I know the economic world is hurting but is Canada feeling it more? as it seems looking at official recruitment papers, nmc etc the rest of the usual countries are still taking in ie Oz an NZ. I have no proof of this and it may just be Canadas population has reduced recently or the air makes everyone feel younger. If so the door could be closed for a huge amount of driven people.

Still a dream to move but the wait i am sure will make us stronger.

Almost Canadian

I am sure there is still a huge need for medical staff. The Provincial government is cutting back on its funding. One could argue this is the right thing to do, equally, one could argue it isn`t.

Best of luck with your future plans

Steve_P

One of the things I think Alberta Health is going to try to move more towards is much more use of LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses) rather than RNs.

I'm not so sure that this is the right thing to do and would expect to see a huge push-back from the United Nurses of Alberta.

ExKiwilass

I agree with the PP.

It's more to do with lack of $$$ than anything.


LPNs are cheaper than RNs aren't they?

Steve_P

In Alberta:

LPN average salary range $20.69 to $26.23 per hour.

RN average salary range $30.36 to $39.69 per hour.

md5037

I think with all these things it all has to do with cash.

The point i was trying to make is that the other popular countries still seem to be advertising.

This could mean that they arent that badly affected, doubtful. Or they see an oppurtunity to take skilled workers when Canada is closing the door.

For us Oz isnt appealing but it may be for the people who just want out of the UK, of which we arent one.

All over the world cuts are beinging made and maybe some countries will blink last.

Those heady days of Calgary being desperate for workers seem long gone and i just hope the health care system can take it because if not in a few years the shortages will be worse.

Steve_P

Unfortunately Calgary is still likely desperate for workers it's just that Alberta Health is trying cut costs in some interesting ways and not necessarily succeeding. Also they are still building the South Hospital here in Calgary and will have to staff it in the next two or three years.

We haven't lost any population or if we have the drop is minuscule, the population is aging and will need more medical intervention as it does so.

ExKiwilass

Well, Alberta Health may be closing the door, but that doesn't mean Canada as a whole is. Have you looked into other provinces?

md5037

Yes we are Kiwi, some are in the same situation and others seem more positive so have just started the registration process all over again.

We hopefully are a glass half full kind of people, and as we said it could have been worse.

We know we want to go to Canada so hopefully we can get across, maybe not to our first choice but if we get in then after a few years PR etc we would have other choices to make. I know to some on here that sounds crazy but each to their own and we are doing this for our kids and they have time to grow, so its get foot in then who knows.

We arent beaten yet just.

ExKiwilass

Good for you. I hope it works out. Which provinces are looking positive can I ask?

md5037

NB/NS look the best options at minute.

Ontario never replied
BC said they are duty bound to take citizens, fair enough, so internationals would be near the back of the queue.

The only complaint i would have is the bodies you register with have no overview of the job situation so they are all happy to register you although there may be no employment. At a few hundred pounds a time you cant register with every province.

But its not my rules and i want to play the game.

PMM

Hi

I think one of the reasons the cork was put in the bottle, was a story in the paper where the nursing schools were graduating 700 nurses per year, but the graduates were unable to find full time positions in Alberta and were having to move to other areas of Canada. I don't think the "politicians" can stand the heat, when constituents are saying "how come were are graduating an over supply of nurses, but the hospitals are hiring off shore?

bear-diesel

Hi, see if you can google the letters page from todays Edmonton Journal as there is a letter from the nurses union. It hits the nail on the head as to how nursing has been screwed in Alberta over the last 18 months. Its a case of penny wise pound foolish and as posted above the population is both growing and growing old. Hopefuly someone will see sense about recruiting from over seas before the world of nurses boycotts Alberta for the shoddy way they are treating the immigrants as the moment.

Steve_P

Here you go.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opini...217/story.html

bear-diesel

Thanks, I'm not that computer savvy