Canadian Nurses
With lower taxation in the United States, a Canadian Nurse moving to the U.S.A could see a rise in their take home pay of 20 percent or more. With tax treaties now formed, ensuring that they are not taxed in both countries, it's no small temptation for a Canadian Nurse to take their skills across the border.
Travel is an enlightening experience. Pulling up roots and creating a new life in another country is exhilarating. When you do not have to learn a new language you are left to really savour the life change. Canadians Nurses coming to the U.S.A do experience a similar lifestyle to home - similar enough that the move is usually not a stressful one, but different enough that it feels exciting and new.
It's invigorating and the experience can do wonders for your self. Not to mention your resume. Employers are increasingly realising the benefit of well traveled employees. They are more confident in new environments, more adaptable to change, and are generally skilled in communication.
The distance home to family and friends is only a plane, and sometimes even a car ride away. This sense of security helps in adapting to the new environment.
Medical technology and health care techniques are not standard world wide and travel is a great way for Medical Staff to experience new concepts. By embracing a new job, you enhance your skills. Whether or not it is the same position, just putting yourself into a new environment forces you to make new acquaintances, break old habits and learn new approaches.
The United States has hundreds of agencies constanly recruiting for new nurses, with Travel Nurses often sought out. A much higher rates of pay is a great incentive, and for a Canadian Nurse, the opportunity to be a Travel Nurse satisfies the desire for a better wage with the opportunity for a true American experience. Often expenses are covered and a high demand for temporary staff sees no shortage in work. Completing contracts from a few weeks to a few months in duration means a Travel Nurse gets to see America while working, experiencing as many different health care settings as they dare.
With great stateside encouragement, lower taxes, higher wages and the call of a not-so foreign, but oh-so tempting new land it is no wonder Canadian Nurses are making the move. The grass may or may not be greener, but it is just a little different, and sometimes that's enough.
