Assessment / Bridging (If Needed)

If your regulator finds gaps between your education/practice and Canadian entry-to-practice standards, you may need to complete one or more of the following:

• Competency assessment

• Bridging courses (theory + clinical components)

• Re-entry or currency-of-practice steps (if you have not practised recently)

• Additional documentation or supervised practice requirements.

• Differences in curriculum or clinical hours compared to Canadian expectations

• Limited recent nursing practice

• Scope of practice differences between countries

• Missing documentation from school/employer/regulator.

Special pathways can change. For example, NSCN states it paused intake of new applications to its expedited international pathway effective January 20, 2025.