Is a bachelor's degree from the U.S. valid in Canada?

You will need to contact the college of nurses ( our licensing bodies are called colleges) in the province in which you want to work. They will tell you how to apply for a license and evaluate your education and experience. If you meet their requirements they will allow you to write the CRNE.If you pass you will get a license for that province.Coming from the US it is unlikely you will need extra schooling.

You can look into applying for a TN visa which would allow you to work. If you are looking at immigration that will take longer.

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Prince Edward Island http://www.arnpei.ca/ & Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Prince Edward Island - LPNA PEI

New Brunswick http://www.nanb.nb.ca/ & ANBLPN.com

Nova Scotia http://www.crnns.ca/ & College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Nova Scotia (CLPNNS)

Quebec http://www.oiiq.org/

Ontario http://www.cno.org/

Manitoba http://www.crnm.mb.ca/ & http://www.clpnm.ca/

Saskatchewan http://www.srna.org/ & SALPN

Alberta http://www.nurses.ab.ca/ & College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta - Home

It depends.

The USA has a crazy system of accreditation. In Canada, all "public" institutions are accredited by the Federal government. The USA has many separate systems, some not credible at all, e.g., where a company owns both a university, and the agency that gives it accreditation. Which is not worth the paper it is printed on.

There are excellent schools in the USA, and really poor ones, and it is hard for Canadians to know which is which, unlike here. So, if your school is accredited properly - yes. If not, then, no.

That depends entirely on where you got the degree from; most major educational institutions are recognized.

Healthcare is Provincially mandated in Canada, you'd have to check with whatever Province you have your eye on for ultimate confirmation.

That said doing some schooling in Canada might prove to be an easier 'in' to Canada than say applying under the Skilled Professional category. Unlike the USA we don't necessarily kick foreign students out once studies are complete - there isn't the 'they're taking our jobs; mindset... fact is getting rid of the learned is counter-productive to our economy.

IMMIGRATION - STUDY IN CANADA

"Close to 100,000 students come to study in Canada every year. Foreign students bring a rich culture to our classrooms. Your knowledge and skills are welcome in our schools.http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/index.asp

IMMIGRATION - Canada Experience Class: Students

"More than 130 thousand foreign students come to Canada every year. We want them. Canada needs to increase its pool of talented and skilled professionals"

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/mult...

Food for future thought :)

Best of luck!

Provided you got it from an accredited university and not "Bob's School of Nursing in Upper Poughkeepsie".

You will need to do additional schooling here to meet our standards, which are not necessarily higher then in the US...just different. You will also need that training to pass the provincial exams. Even Canadians moving province to province need to recert.

You would need work experience.

Should be valid.