US Nurses Wishing to Work Overseas

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I am starting this thread as a sticky at the request of one of our members, for a place for those that wish to emigrate from the US to work as an RN.

Please feel free to post your concerns and questions about working overseas here.

ceridwyn & Silverdragon102 - Thanks. I understand that I have to meet requirements no matter what.

Let me be more specific. Has anyone sucessfully been able to work overseas with an accelerated bsn? If so, what was needed to meet those requirements before being allowed to work? (information on the UK, Europe or Australia would be of particular interest to me) Thank you.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

UK at the moment will not accept accelerate program and I think a lot of countries in the EU will be the same but really until you check each country out hard to say. Australia accepts accelerated I think but you would need to check AHPRA out

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Silverdragon102 - Thank you.

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Does anyone know about nursing opportunities in India?

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I, too, have been asking around about opportunities to work as a nurse in India. I have gotten nowhere. All the agencies I have found are set up to work the other way (Indian nurses who want to come to the U.S.) and I have heard nothing. I guess it is not too common to want to go from here to there!

Let me know if you hear anything!

Mission trips, maybe. Then ask while you are there? I am not in a position to do that right now.

Good luck!

Jennifer

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I am an RN BSN with approximately 1.5 years experience in ER/ICU along with a Correctional facility and am looking for some kind of opportunity in Central/South America or in Africa. However, I've been looking for several months and have found absolutely nothing in these areas. Is there anyone that can help me?

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Looking for info on moving from US to UK or Australia. If anyone has advise please let me know. Thank you

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

does anyone have any experience with nursing in singapore? i know that a lot of nurses from developing countries like india and the philippines are frequently recruited to go there. however, i do not need the experience as a professional stepping stone per se. i am a us nurse considering a nursing leadership position there. any feedback would be greatly appreciated? thanks.

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hello everyone,

I am a landed immigrant of canada however, i have the same rights as canadian citizen but i dont own the canadian passport at the moment. Maybe in few months i would get my passport. Mean while, i visited dubai and iam very interested to work there as a Registered Nurse. Please, I need someone to guide me. Thank you in advance.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
RN omm said:
hello everyone,

I am a landed immigrant of canada however, I have the same rights as canadian citizen but I don't own the canadian passport at the moment. maybe in few months I would get my passport. mean while, I visited dubai and iam very interested to work there as a registered nurse. please, I need someone to guide me. thank you in advance.

landed immigrant does not mean you can apply for a canadian passport or that you have canadian citizenship. it just means you can live permanently here in canada. you have to meet requirements of actually living for 1095 days in 4 years in canada, apply to be a citizen and then pass a test. if you leave to work overseas it may be seen as abandoning residency

permanent resident status

to become a canadian citizen, you must have permanent resident status in canada, and that status must not be in doubt. this means you must not be the subject of an immigration investigation, an immigration inquiry or a removal order (an order from canadian officials to leave canada).

time lived in canada

to become canadian citizens, adults must have lived in canada for at least three years (1,095 days) in the past four years before applying. children under the age of 18 do not need to meet this requirement.

you may be able to count time you spent in canada before you became a permanent resident if that time falls within the four-year period.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html

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Specializes in Bring on the babies!.

Hello,

Background: My husband is a Tanzanian citizen, US green card holder & is in education. In about 3yrs we would like to go to Tanzania so that we can expose our kids to their TZ culture and family. I have been 3 times, twice with our children, so I know a little about living standards and language. My husband speaks swahili with our kids too. I am a US citizen and have a BA in english & spanish, and a BSN (accelerated). I have been employed as a RN since 2008 working in NICU. We will both need to work. Our plans are to go for 1 yr maybe 2 depending on how it goes.I'm in the information gathering stage early, so it won't sneak up on us.

Question: 1)I am curious about whether or not a masters degree is helpful to work with NGOs? I have been advised (from a friend that is currently working there as a CNS) that a masters and/or l&d experience would net me more jobs since there is such a focus on maternal health from WHO. The masters specialties I've seen locally to where i live are: international nursing, perinatal specialist, midwifery. Thoughts on whether or not a masters is helpful, and if so which one would be better general intl nursing or more maternal health, online program or No Cali reccomendations? Either way I have to do something...back to school or change specialities pronto.

2) Anybody here with experience in taking their kids abroad too? Mine will be 9, 4 and maybe 2 if we have another one ?

thanks for any and all advice/rhoughts.

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Did you ever find out any information on working in India? I am interested in the same situation!

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