Navigating to become a nurse in Canada : Internationally educated nurses = : Infirmières et infirmiers diplômés à l'étranger

Special thanks are extended to the Co-Chairs of the Committee who, together with the team from the Canadian Nurses Association, worked closely with the daily management of the project. [...] Special mention is expressed to Jill Green who played two roles on the project: that of assisting in the research work and in the project management of the study and to Christine Da Prat for overseeing the management of the project. [...] The regulatory bodies meet regularly and attempt to minimize differences, aligning the policies and practices to support the mobility of nurses — while ensuring patient safety and the public’s understanding and expectations of nursing care. [...] It is timely, therefore, to review the assessment processes in Canada in an effort to improve the process and perhaps lead to a coordinated approach to reduce duplication or inconsistencies and to facilitate the integration of IENs into the Canadian workforce. [...] The objectives were to: • increase knowledge in the area of licensure and integration of IENs; • increase understanding of the impact of nursing/health legislation on the licensure of IENs; • raise awareness of the level of consistency/divergence of approaches to licensure of IENs by the various nursing regulatory bodies; • identify opportunities for convergence toward consistent approaches to the