Canadian nurse …can I live and work on Maui someday?
Just as the title says I’m a nurse with 29 year of experience from Canada . I have not written the NCLEX as it wasn’t a Canadian requirement back in the 90’s. My acute care experience isnt recent but I have 20 years of OBs and some PACU. I’m currently working in community health in Alberta. My family frequents Maui and my goal is to someday move my husband and myself here. The problem is I don’t know the first thing about international nursing or even if I’d be considered for a position anywhere . Do travel agencies even hire nurses with rusty hospital skills ? (Left in 2021). I mean it’s like riding a bike I’m not worried that I can’t hack it but I would require some refreshing . Or would it be better to just apply at the hospital and make the move official? Also I am acutely aware that I am an outsider and I absolutely don’t want to be see as taking a locals job or local housing so I would want to be sensitive to that as well . Have any Canadians made the move ? How did you do it?