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Well finally IENBC bookings for SEC assessments have resumed. I've requested next month to get mine done before they change their minds. Good luck to everyone waiting and please share your stories on here!

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I have applied for a date as well but stupid me I forgot to add my name and number on the subject and I only added it in the email, hope they will still take me into account!

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I'm sure they'll be able to read it. Good luck!

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Hello Jodie,
I presumed you were in Canada now. I am about to take the SEC assessment in the next 3 months. I am still undecided if it is worth moving over after all the hassle and many unnecessary process. Can you please share your latest experience over there if it is worth for me to do all the hard works again.

Many thanks
Jessieg

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hello Anyone,
Can you please give an insight of Nurses life in British Columbia. Income and family life if possible.

Thank you very much in advance for your time and effort.

Jessieg

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Hi Jessie,

How's things? So I have been working in an emergency dept for nearly 6 months.
Pay is good and working conditions are ok, however I feel in my personal opinion that its behind uk nursing! There are lots of things that nurses can not do here and I feel like I'm meant to be a hand maiden to the doctors which I am not going to do so that's gone down well tee hee!

I'm frustrated here and the vacation is done weirdly so I only get 46 hours for jan 13- jan 14 which is rubbish!

Am I going to stay out here??? Prob not long term. Was it worth all the stress and hassle of the sec and all that? Yeah I think so its been an adventure and has made me appreciate the skills I ha and used in the uk and appreciate my friends and family and that the uk is NOT that hideous. Everywhere has its own problems if that makes sense?

Hope it all works out for you

Jodie x

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Hello abbijoe,
May I ask how did your appeal go? Did they waived your 250 hour clinical placement?
Thank you :)

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Hello Naomi,
How long before you received the result of your appeal? Did they grant your request to remove the clinical placement?
Thanks

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just got my SEC results yesterday. And they require me to do the 250 clinical placement before allowing me to take the CRNE.
But I am confused though, because in the CRNBC website, it says that they removed that requirement already since March 2013...
I am going to appeal...

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Hi everybody,

I am waiting to sit my SEC, here in Vancouver BC, it is very soon, on the 29th October. Am absolutely cackin my pants over it to tell the truth! Did everyone else who has taken SEC feel this way? I will be doing mine in General and Paediatrics, but my brain has been like a sieve lately and can't retain much info.

I was interested by Sparksman's post where he says that its behind UK nursing... I hope I don't have to take too many enducational classes, but will see what happens. I've only been out here in Vancouver for nearly a month, but already am homesick! lol

How has everyone else's SEC gone?

Tina :)

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I think that the difference is that in the past it used to be mandatory to everyone, and now is just a requirement if they consider that you need it, but I am guessing that they are asking everyone to do it,

I ve been asked to do the clinical plus a couple of short courses in psycomotor skills and nursing in Canada, but even though is crazy expensive, I am happy to do the clinical just to get in touch with nursing here before I start working.

Are you from the UK? Have you been asked to take just general or more?

Good luck to everyone.

And TKaur! Don't panic you will do great, :)))))

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Thanks nanuss

I am trying not to panic, but the sheer amount of info I am having to cover looks so overwhelming! Am pretty scared but I am sure every other UK nurse who has already done SEC has been in the same boat as me at some point.

I've heard the clinical courses are expensive, but I guess its a good thing you didn't have to do the one year Re-entry at Kwantlen...Ive heard it has a 1-2 year waiting list :(

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hi nanuss,
Thank you for your reply. Did you have to wait for a long time to do the clinical placement?

I'm actually from Singapore.

To Tkaur, I used the Mosby's comprehensive book for crne and funadamentals of nursing Canadian edition for review. I'm sure you will do just fine.

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I already sent my appeal Letter. I hope they gave me a favourable response. :fingerscrossed:

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I've got both those books I believe :) so I'm trying to pick out the relevant information , thankyou for the encouragement :)

Tina