Australian RN with EU citizenship wanting to work in Sweden.

[heychels]

Hey friends,

I've graduated from my bachelor of Nursing in Australia, I have a dual citizenship UK and AU. I studied some of my degree (exchange program) in Malmö, Sweden and I am completely in love with the place. I have looked in to the process of gaining registration as an Australian nurse and truthfully, it seems almost impossible. Since receiving my UK citizenship, I have started to look in to the process again but there seems to be very little information available on the internet for non-EU trained nurses with EU citizenship.

I was hoping for some information regarding the process that any others followed to receive their Swedish registration - both EU and non-EU trained/citizens. Anyone who is/was in my position also would be an amazing help.

Obviously, I understand the importance of communication with my patients and therefore how important it is to learn Swedish. For non EU citizens, it seems that I would have to take a TISUS test which is extemely difficult. EU citzens - was it enough to take a Swedish For Immigrants course?

The process seems to involve some unpaid internships with different areas of the Swedish health system. During my exchange in Sweden I spent 2 months working in a general ward, 2 weeks in ICU, 2 weeks in theatre and 2 weeks with the community nurses. I was hoping that with my experience in the Swedish sytem, they may let me reduce the amount of time I need to spend doing the internships again. Does anybody else have experience of 'cirumstance consideration'?

For non-EU trained - Can you give me some idea of how hard the nursing exam was? Is there anything in particular that you reccommend that I study?

Those are the main questions for now. Any information at all would be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Even though you have a passport from a country in the EU because you trained outside the EU you will be required to meet the country's requirements for trained outside the EU