I want to work in canada, please help................
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Shahla
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I want to work in canada, please help................
Hi members,
Over this next year I will be registered as a newly qualified registered nurse in the UK. I am a british national and plan to stay and work for the NHS in the UK, for a year post qualification to gain experience to help me gain a job working in canada as a qualified nurse. I have read that I need to sit a exam to be able to register for the cnadian nursing board but I have a few extra quesions if any one knows the answers I would be very gratefull for their advice on...........
1. What is a the minium experience I would need as a qualified nurse to gain a job in canada?
2. Are there any reputable agencies that help couples relocate to canada, which include helping finding accomadation and nursing job?
3. In the UK we have what are called Health Care Assistants which are unskilled workers who assist in hospital care, e.g non-medical patient care etc....?
4. Roughly what is the Annual qualified nurses wage in canada and what are the holiday entitlments?
5. What does a normal working day consist of for a candian nurse, as I know some countries have very different expectations of qualified nurses?
Any help or advice would be grafefully appreciated
Over this next year I will be registered as a newly qualified registered nurse in the UK. I am a british national and plan to stay and work for the NHS in the UK, for a year post qualification to gain experience to help me gain a job working in canada as a qualified nurse. I have read that I need to sit a exam to be able to register for the cnadian nursing board but I have a few extra quesions if any one knows the answers I would be very gratefull for their advice on...........
1. What is a the minium experience I would need as a qualified nurse to gain a job in canada?
2. Are there any reputable agencies that help couples relocate to canada, which include helping finding accomadation and nursing job?
3. In the UK we have what are called Health Care Assistants which are unskilled workers who assist in hospital care, e.g non-medical patient care etc....?
4. Roughly what is the Annual qualified nurses wage in canada and what are the holiday entitlments?
5. What does a normal working day consist of for a candian nurse, as I know some countries have very different expectations of qualified nurses?
Any help or advice would be grafefully appreciated
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Re: I want to work in canada, please help................
The wiki is your friend: http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Nursing-Canada
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Re: I want to work in canada, please help................
Just to add Canadian training is general training and not specialised like the UK, you need both clinical and theory hours on your transcripts in Mental Health, Paeds, Obstetrics and general adult. A lot of International nurses are now having to do some sort of assessment before the college will give permission to sit CRNE.
Canada is a huge place so you need to decide which province you want to live and work. Each province college of RN's have their own requirements and some require BSN. The website below should give you an idea on pay
http://www.nursesunions.ca/sites/def...comparison.pdf
Canada is a huge place so you need to decide which province you want to live and work. Each province college of RN's have their own requirements and some require BSN. The website below should give you an idea on pay
http://www.nursesunions.ca/sites/def...comparison.pdf