I'm sure you all have a story or have heard one like this:
My buddy (originally from High River), now living in Australia comes back to Calgary on a work contract, and he brings his girlfriend. She, worked in Perth at a hospital, and was a Head Nurse on her shift. She decided to go look for a nursing job in Calgary. This was the same day that the Sun had "Nurse Shortage, Nurses Badly Needed" as the cover Story. When she applied, she was turned away, due to the fact that in Canada we don't recognise Nursing education from Australia. Now come on, why wouldn't we recognise a nurse from another commonwealth country? Is the program in Australia that different from the one in Canada?? I don't understand why they wouldn't have at least given her a job that a starting nurse would recieve. ie care giving, bed pan duty, etc.
If there is a shortage, maybe health Canada should look into who might be qualified in comparison to Canadian standards when it comes to Nurses and Doctors. Maybe this has already been looked at, but to me, it seems that common sense is lacking.
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