To Filipino Nurses in NEW ZEALAND? Have questions please..

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Good day!

I am considering trying my luck as a nurse in New Zealand.

Can anyone here help me and tell me what to expect in the 2-3months competency assessment? Is it really like attending formal school where you have lectures, exams, reports? Anyone ever failed that??

How long does it take to get a working visa after registering with NCNZ, provided of course one passed the assessment? How long does it take to get permanent residency?

How do I find a good consulting agency that can help me with the processing? Or dont I need one anymore?

I also would appreciate it if Filipino Nurses can share their experiences in NZ. Was the transition hard? How do you like the weather?

Any practical tips about starting my application to work as a nurse there besides looking at the NCNZ website?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Specializes in medical, surgical, icu, geriatric, pedia.

hhhmm, and to think it will be easy to process everything when going to NZ...i wanted to hope for an easier way but i guess there is no such thing...is there...:zzzzz

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
hhhmm, and to think it will be easy to process everything when going to NZ...i wanted to hope for an easier way but i guess there is no such thing...is there...:zzzzz

There is no easy way but if it is something you really want to do then you will find the time and perceiver

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are there any nursing schools in nz with 1 year or 6months conversion degree in nursing? can anyone pls help me im planning to apply for a post- graduate study. and what are the requirements? pls pm me thank you very much.

im already RN in the phils and currently a volunteer in a hospital

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Specializes in Med-Surg / ICU / Aged Care.
A lot of us (mostly second coursers) got denied by the Nursing Council to take the Competence Assessment Program. I'm telling you this so that if you're a second courser, better think 10x before applying. I'm not saying that all second coursers has 100% chance of getting denied. This is just based on the people I know who were approved and disapproved by the council. Anyway, once denied, they are going to refund NZ$65 from the NZ$465 application fee. They will also give you the chance to appeal you case, which means, there is still hope...:smokin:

2nd coursers denied?! whew! that's a bad but a realistic warning, i hope i would be lucky enough to be approved.. what usually are the reasons for the disapproval? thanks.

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Specializes in Med-Surg / ICU / Aged Care.
We were catered by a consultancy firm in Cebu City. Yes you need at least 6 mos clinical experience and still working while your application is still on the process. We paid everything, see my posting on this thread.

We also paid the agency for the processing. It took us 11 mos to get here. *NZ's policy is getting difficult yearly so better check for the changes often.

Hope that helps.

hi.. what do you mean by "6 months CLINICAL experience"? does it strictly mean "hospital" experience? or it also includes experience as: company nurse, clinical instructor, school nurse? thanks if you could help..

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Specializes in Med-Surg / ICU / Aged Care.

what do you mean by "conversion" degree? nways, what you need is 6-8 week competency assessment program(schooling/training) which you must pass and consequently obtain an RN title in New

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Specializes in ICU, Coronary ward.

hi there! I currently hold a US license as a registered nurse in the state of Vermont, can I apply for reciprocity to get a license in NZ?

I am planning to try and work in NZ.

How is the CAP like? Would my US license help me in any way? I've a usable score in the IELTS (7.5 band, no score below 7 in the 4 categories)

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There is no such thing as reciprocity between licenses in different countries. You are going to need to meet the requirements of NZ, and that includes having a local license for you as well as work experience. The NCLEX exam is valid for the US only, and the other caveat is that you have never used it. NZ wants to see the NLE passed for you.

Please do not post the same question in several forums.

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Thread moved to the International Forum since it is specific to licensing and immigration for NZ, and not related to working in the Philipines.

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ijarache: do you have their required hospital experience?gosh, i'm worried all of a sudden, i have 3 months volunteer and currently employed since 03 Sept '07.i have lodged my application and have received acknowledgment letter from The Nursing Council just lastweek..now I'm really worried since I myself am a second courser too.

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to second coursesr who wish to apply...

nz council prefers 4 year pure nursing course...

double check with NZNC before lodging your application...

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Specializes in EENT, Radiology, Neuroscience.

hi! i have the same probs as others. just passed nclex exam and planning to work in nz while waiting for retro to be lift up. hope someone can answer my question if i can use my nclex license instead of ielts?? hope i can hear any from you all guys working in nz. im desperately need jobs as of the moment for im jobless for 2 months now..

For what? IELTS is an English exam. NCLEX is a nursing exam. Two entirely different tests. :heartbeat

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hi! i have the same probs as others. just passed nclex exam and planning to work in nz while waiting for retro to be lift up. hope someone can answer my question if i can use my nclex license instead of ielts?? hope i can hear any from you all guys working in nz. im desperately need jobs as of the moment for im jobless for 2 months now..

For what? IELTS is an English exam. NCLEX is a nursing exam. Two entirely different tests. :heartbeat

From reading your posts in the Canadian forum, I thought you had a job in Alberta and that's where you wanted to be?

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