Moving to Ireland to work as a nurse

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I am interested in moving to Ireland to work as a nurse. Anyone have any insight on this? Are there jobs available for nurses at all? I know the countrywide unemployment is over 14%, but not sure how the prospects are for nurses in general and how much difficulty a foreign worker would have in finding employment. Is it worth my seeking registration with the Irish nursing board?

In case it's relevant, I was educated in the US but I have dual citizenship (US and EU/Italian). I have worked for nearly a year on a mental health unit and it would be over a year by the time I would move.

I started a new thread because there weren't any recent posts on this topic. Any help would be great!

Asking the poster---what ever happened? I'm really curious. We spend a month in Ireland every other year, and it's our (my spouse and my) goal to move there. I was talking to an American who lived there and who was previously an RN. She said that she quit being an RN in Ireland because nurses are not allowed do to much: i.e. the doctor does the blood draws, IV insertions, etc. RNs are more like techs. Do you know if this is true? Anyway, I am a US citizen and am afraid since I don't have dual citizenship (I was too late to apply when they still allowed you to have a great grandparent native to there. They don't allow this anymore. :( ), that I won't be able to get hired. Anyway, just thought I'd see what happened since this post was 4 years ago. Thanks!

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011:31 am by irishurricane, BSN

I recently was contacted by a recruiter & she informed me it was common for the period of adaptation.The way I interpreted it was the Irish Nursing Board was questioning my training. So I am appealing the decision,which cost like 150 euro.

So the recruiter is looking at hospitals in Dublin who are hiring & can fulfill this adaptation period.

I am American & was trained & worked in the United States. I do have an Irish passport, as my mother was born in Ireland.

Also, is it true that nurses in Ireland do not do many of the things we do in the United States?

I am trying to get an idea,what my 6-12 week period of adaptation will be like.

I will most likely be working on a medical oncology unit.

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Howdy,

I am an ADN-RN in the U.S. and hoping to work in Ireland. It looks like getting a BSN will be necessary and so I started looking at programs. (RN-BSN) The cheaper ones don't require a clinical component and wow they are so much cheaper than the ones that do! So I tried emailing the board of nursing in Ireland and didn't get a response, so i called them and they told me that they don't have a minimum number of clinical hours required for registration. Now I only talked to one person...But I would hate to waste the dough on a bsn program and not end up able to get registered in Ireland...any suggestions anybody? Spending 20k on program when i would only make an extra 1k or 2k a year in the U.S. and take a pay cut in moving to Ireland seems daunting.

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Don't do it. It's not worth the stress, the significant decrease in pay, the withering away of your skills, or an adaptation program where you work as a NA.

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You just answered my question on a post I just did. Ty

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I visited the southwest side of Ireland 5 years ago and fell in love with the country. I was a nurse with an AD. I realized I would need a BSN to even consider moving to Ireland and be able to support myself with a nursing degree. So, I got my BSN, now what?

Is it possible for me as a single woman and a BSN in nursing to move to Ireland and find employment as a nurse.

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I visited the southwest side of Ireland 5 years ago and fell in love with the country. I was a nurse with an AD. I realized I would need a BSN to even consider moving to Ireland and be able to support myself with a nursing degree. So, I got my BSN, now what?

Is it possible for me as a single woman and a BSN in nursing to move to Ireland and find employment as a nurse.

Did you end up applying to the NMBI for your nursing license? I just sent my request form in and paid the €350 to get the application and PIN number. My question is, does anyone know if it's better to do the whole application my self or put an agency on the application. To represent you??? Thoughts?

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011:31 am by irishurricane, BSN

I recently was contacted by a recruiter & she informed me it was common for the period of adaptation.The way I interpreted it was the Irish Nursing Board was questioning my training. So I am appealing the decision,which cost like 150 euro.

So the recruiter is looking at hospitals in Dublin who are hiring & can fulfill this adaptation period.

I am American & was trained & worked in the United States. I do have an Irish passport, as my mother was born in Ireland.

Also, is it true that nurses in Ireland do not do many of the things we do in the United States?

I am trying to get an idea,what my 6-12 week period of adaptation will be like.

I will most likely be working on a medical oncology unit.

@irishhurricane how did the appeal go?

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