HI

My wife and I have been planning to move to canada for a while, now we think it is time to make the move. My wife is a nurse and i run a successful business. We have done our little research on canada and we think Alberta will be a good choice for us and the kids to settle in because we think my wife can get a job quickly while i try to set up my business.

My wife got a diploma in nursing and she only got one year experience as a community nurse. Is this enough to get a job in Alberta? We are worried they may not want to give her a job because she has diploma and just one year experience. Can she get a job as a diploma holder in Alberta or is there other part of canada we can apply to?

Thanks.

Your wife will have to meet provincial college of RN requirements and if trained in the last few years may have issues. Canada requires clinical and theory hours on transcripts in Paeds, Mental Health, Obstetrics and Adult. A lot of provinces now require the nurse to come to Canada for some form of assessment and then a decision is made to whether they are eligible to sit the Canadian RN exam [CRNE]

Not sure what the job situation is like for Alberta but expect issues especially community for nurses. A lot is done on seniority and full time jobs are usually well sort after and preference is given to internal candidates.

Not sure what route you are looking at but the cap for RN via FSW has been reached so unless finding employer can not apply. Also 2 years work experience is required for FSW. New list comes out about June and no telling which occupations will be on the list. English/French exam will be required regardless on English being first language.

Hi,
My wife is currently going through the nursing PR and registration process. If she had a degree in nursing she would stand a pretty good chance of getting registration without having to do all the SEC assessments, in Alberta, because she has only has a diploma, she will have to do these assessments.

It will take upto 5 months for them to do the initial assessment of her credentials and then they will offer her a date at the college in calgary where the assessments take place, the waiting list is about 10 months. It takes a further 2 months for them to pass the results back to you and they will decide what further training is required before they offer provisional registration. Then you can do the further education and then be permitted to sit the nursing exam. It is a very long drawn out process!

Start this at the same time as PR or even if necessary, before the PR process.

Without PR, alberta Health Authority are not offering jobs and they are not offering TWP/LMO. Not great news eh! Fletch.

Thanks for the reply guys. We called the CLPNA, they said the diploma is ok but i am sure that might be different when we start the process. We are thinking of starting the PR at the same time send all her document to CLPNA.

Well done, you know there is a $10 per/hr difference in pay between RN and LPN, 2000 hrs is $20k a year difference! Good luck, if you want to know any more, let me know. Could a moderator move this to the nursing site? Thanks. fletch.