We've been to a workin' event today and have been told that my fiance has to have her nursing qualifications accredited in order for her to work in Canada.

Having looked on the internet, we ended up at NNAS (National Nursing Assessment Service). Cost was $650.

Is this the correct place to have her qualifications checked out or are there other alternatives that would be accepted ?

Is the $650 a standard fee as to get educational qualifications checked it's a lot less ????

Can anyone help or advise ?

Thanks,

Frasser

Yes, this is now the only way that nurses can get through to the various colleges that regulate nurses for each province. It has just started (August). Hopefully it will result in an easier pathway than the one being walked by nurses who tried to register in the old system.

Good luck!

Ok so we apply to the NNAS. Then you have to apply to the local province to register as a nurse.

What if we apply for say BC but can only find work in Alberta ? We're getting confused about where to register and where to look for nursing jobs ....

Thanks

You can only look for a job in the province that the nurse has applied to...

I am not sure how it works with NNAS - it is a new procedure so you will not find anyone on here who has been through the process. From what I have understood, you apply to NNAS, they review your qualifications and you then apply to whichever province you want to go to. As far as I am aware you can apply to more than one - but of course this will cost you.

Finding a job without registration may not be very easy either. The registration process has been a long winded trek for me - no one knows what the new system will be like or whether it will be any better. It is NOT easy to become registered to nurse in Canada.

When you get the go ahead for being able to sit the RN exam here (which will now be NCLEX) - it is a national exam, but the registration is provincial.

Main task really is to let the NNAS do their work, then the nursing board of the province/s where you want to live - and hope for the best.

Just another thought - did your fiancé do adult only training? If so, she may struggle with registration as nurses here need to have trained in all aspects (paeds, maternity, psychiatry as well as general adult) - so there may be quite a few gaps in the requirements. Saying that, some people have managed to get through - but usually a lot of additional work and study.

Are you all finished now Caleo? Would be nice to know how you've got on I don't know whether she messaged you but I did direct a degree trained nurse your way on the immigration site.

Hi
I am still waiting to do the OSCE in November......but at the moment wondering whether it will be worth it!!! If it takes 3-4 months for the results, and then I will have to find courses, there is no way I will be able to sit the RN exam in time to meet the 3 year "safe practice"!!!! My job won't really change - I will just earn a bit more and maybe have a little more clout as an RN as opposed to an RPN - so I really am not sure what to do!

I haven't heard anything from anyone else - so maybe she found the info she needed.

I will PM you so we don't take over this thread