B.C. Fast-Tracks U.S. Nurse Registration for Healthcare Boost
Monday, May 12, 2025, 5:21 pm
British Columbia is expediting its registration process for U.S. nurses amid ongoing staffing shortages. Provincial officials promote the streamlined approach as a win for local healthcare, even as skeptics suggest it might be more bureaucratic fast-tracking than a sustainable solution.
David Eby said the province is taking advantage of an opportunity created by the shift in U.S. politics to lure health care workers
The province is launching a targeted U.S. marketing campaign in June in parts of the country with the highest interest in moving to B.C., including the states of Washington and Oregon and select cities in California.
VICTORIA - British Columbia says it has shortened the length of time it takes for an American nurse to register to work in the province from months to just a few days, in an effort to lure more nurses north.
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