Newly grad Filipino nurse wanting to work in Australia/New Zealand

agree on taking the IELTS while waiting for your results....this will definitely keep you busy

Thanks for the advice. Yes, Sis, I am a second courser. As regards your IELTS, everything happens for a reason. Just do your best, Sis. We wish you all the best. How long have you been employed in the hospital, if you don't mind my asking, too? Actually, just yesterday, I was rethinking on whether to go on with CAS right after the board results have been released or "fix" some things here first before leaving for anywhere else. I might go your route, Sis -- NMBWA, I mean, if I finally decided to opt for the latter. Just a year's experience is all that's needed, right?

THanks, Cioman...
i emailed NBV last week and they said i should receive my assessment before july 12,...if all else is good about my papers, which means they will ask me to enroll in a bridge course, I am planning to take the january 2010 intake in Deakin University. so that's already 2010 and then I should get my license sometime in April 2010. (which is only about less than 3 months before July).

My dilemna is i might have to go through another process of registration and spend as much... especially considering that the NBV resigned from ANMC and then the ANMC will be the body for natl registgration.

I am not sure if you are aware of the National Registration on July 2010, but when this is put in place, the current state regulating authorities will no longer continue its current functions. The main regulating body will be responsible for how all nurses in Australia will be registered and not the state's nurses board anymore. I am not so sure if they will still retain the state's different BP programs as they vary from each other - they may or may not just make a standard program for the whole of Australia next year. That is why a lot of those who are aware are trying to apply now because there is no assurance that it will be the same the year to follow.

However, gaining a year's worth of experience is still a smart move if you really want to wait for the national registration. This might help put you on the safe side just in case they start requiring experience next year

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Hi Aelith,

Just a thought, i hope that, still there are no major changes in Australia's policies in granting working visas for nurses.. I've heard something like in other professions that one of the requirements in granting a working visa (i.e. 457 visa) is a 1-year work experience.. Thus imagine the scenario, that even if we would be able to get an Australian nursing license but could not get a working visa because of lack of said 1-yr. work experience..

I understand this is not the case right now as there are already nurses who were granted working visa despite having less or no experience at all (as long as they have nursing license and employer sponsor).. This is presently good for many of us..

And, i hope it will not change, yet.. Hence, beside the national registration, i think that the policies on working visa for nurses should also be one of the things we should monitor from time to time for our own good.

Just a thought.

Have a nice day!

I just hope that this change will make things easier for us rather harder. Its like the case with Canada. I think they stopped getting nurses from outside and started focusing on hiring locals to ease the unemployment. I hope this will not be the case.

I understand the feeling, however, I think what everyone should keep in mind is that those changes are for the benefit of Australia's citizens/needs and not for those hoping to migrate. I always expect the worse and hope for the best because I know that chances are, it will almost always be hard for people like me who are just trying to get into the Country.

With the current crisis in the economy, changes of current policies are inclined to protect the Country's own people. I do hope though, that things will still be alright later on. I am really worried and that is why I am always looking for back up plans just in case things won't go as smooth for me.

I am not sure if you are aware of the National Registration on July 2010, but when this is put in place, the current state regulating authorities will no longer continue its current functions. The main regulating body will be responsible for how all nurses in Australia will be registered and not the state's nurses board anymore. I am not so sure if they will still retain the state's different BP programs as they vary from each other - they may or may not just make a standard program for the whole of Australia next year. That is why a lot of those who are aware are trying to apply now because there is no assurance that it will be the same the year to follow.

However, gaining a year's worth of experience is still a smart move if you really want to wait for the national registration. This might help put you on the safe side just in case they start requiring experience next year

Hi Aelith, if you won't mind...can I know your plan and your back-up plans?
Are you pushing through your Masters in Nursing at Usyd?
I think of pushing my BN at ACU, after learning all the possible changes in Working Visa, maybe its safer to obtain a Student Visa...especially that I have only 6 months of working experience

Thanks...