SIDEBAR
November 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS, IN CALGARY
Dr Tarnia Taverner, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia's School of Nursing knows the transition from British to Canadian nursing is not seamless. She came to Canada from England 10-years-ago as a clinical nurse, when her British army officer husband was posted in Alberta. Transferring qualifications can be complicated, she warned: "In the UK, if you just train in paediatric nursing, you can only ever do paediatric nursing - whereas in Canada, [training] is more generalised, so are able to work in most ...
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