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.

theglobeandmail.com / B.C.’s efforts to attract American nurses paying off with more than 100 registered available to work, Premier says

David Eby said the province is taking advantage of an opportunity created by the shift in U.S. politics to lure health care workers

cbc.ca / B.C. fast-tracks process for U.S. nurses to get registered in province

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.

thestar.com / 'Trump's loss is B.C.'s gain,' Eby says as more U.S. nurses can work in province

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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