Austrian Nurses

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Is there anyone on this site who is a nurse from Austria??:confused::confused:

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gruss dich! My husband received his education in nursing in Austria - and would like to work in California. Do you have any advice? Did you have to complete any coursework before being allowed to take the NCLEX exam? Any input you have would be greatly appreciated.

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Servus,

I'm glad to have a respond to you. Before we start, I know your husband studied nursing in Austria. Is he a green card holder in the states? If yes, then he should have no issues applying for RN license in California. To begin with, he should browse the internet to find California Board of Registered Nursing. He should be able to download all of the required application forms. look for RN license by Examination. If there's any deficiency with your husbands nursing curriculum from Austria, the California Board of Nursing will provide lists of College institution in California. That means from my own knowledge, he has to start that missing subject course again clinical and practical!

Alles gute!

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Yes- he has a greencard and we found the forms from the CA board of nursing. I was curious to hear from another Austrian trained nurse like yourself - did they recognize all of your coursework? Did you have to take any additional courses before you could take the NCLEX exam? I know he'll only know for sure once he sends in his application - was just curious to hear how it went with you.

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Hi again,

basically. the CA board of Nursing will particularly look at the clinical and practical hours your husband had obtained during his time in nursing school. Maternity, Pediatrics, Psychiatry. I basically didn't apply my RN application in California. I just knew it from my ex girlfriend who'd gone there for her RN examination. I did it in New Mexico. Luckily there wasn't any issues taking additional courses. Then I had my license endorsed in Pennsylvania. Achieving all of this requirements took a lot of time especially with the translation from German to English.

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