American going to UK

[potentialingeorgia]

hey, I am an american and i am currently engaged to a british navy officer (well... he's almost an officer... he's still in training) but our agreement was that we dont get married, and i dont move over there till i am done with college. (yes this agreement sucks) I want to get a degree in nursing, but im not sure how compatible an american nursing degree would be with european nursing. I have alot of family in the field but they dont know my plans (they will say im too young to be engaged lol) so i can't ask them. I was thinking about getting my bachelors degree as an RN. However i'm not sure how everything works. I know i dont want to wait and train over there, because i dont want to wait three years to be able to start training. Also ive heard that LPN's cant work over there... so im just wondering what i should do. Thanks :)

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

If you do do your Rn training then I would recommend BSN. Your US training needs to meet UK requirements and if you check out the NMC overseas handbook if lists clinical and theory hours expected. UK training takes on average just over 3 years so your training needs to meet something similar. LPN is not accepted anymore as the UK has not trained enrolled nurses for over a decade

NMC overseas trained section

[potentialingeorgia]

do you think they would accept a BSN i got over a shorter amount of time? you know like doubling up on classes and stuff? that way everything goes faster?

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

It all has to do with hours and if you check out the handbook it will state what hours in total are required. You could also contact them and see what they will accept

[potentialingeorgia]

ok... i will deff remember that

[AmandaUSinUK]

I am also an American in the UK. I'll be starting nursing school here next year. I've looked into RN degrees obtained in the US and the UK offer something called a 'bridging course' which lasts a few months and it's converted. Check the NHS website.