Can I use my ASN to enter nursing courses abroad?

[Vivy]

I'm about to start my Associate's in Nursing in the US, and once I finish I want to use it to enter a Bachelor's course, more than likely in the UK, so I can finish and work abroad for a while. When I have Googled nursing courses, a lot of them have a message that say due to the laws this course is not open to international students unless they have been resident for 3 years, which I hope isn't true! One glimmer of hope for this is that I found a course through University of Bedfordshire that's designed for nurses who are qualified overseas that involves taking Level 3 classes followed by a semester-long overseas nurses programme, and I'm wondering are there any similar courses out there? And also, as I haven't been able to find a clear answer, would my ASN qualify me for entry to courses like this? Thanks.

[suzanne4, RN]

The UK requires that you are resident there for three years before they will admit you to a nursing program. They also do not offere the BSN that you may be thinking of; their programs are three years in length and are done very differently than they are done in the US.

They complete 18 months of general nursing and then 18 months of a specialty. The other issue that you will be up against is that you will not be able to get a visa to work there once you would be done with a program, even if you graduated from a BSN program in the US. They have a hiring freeze in place so unless you have significant work experience in an area that they have a shortage of, they are not going to be able to hire you in any facility there. Same thing goes for the rest of the EU at this time. Preference goes to nurses from that country, then to those that hold passports from other EU countries, then the others to follow if they have a needed specialty.

Best of luck to you, but with what you are considering it is not going to work for you in terms of being able to remain and work there.

They also require that you have at least a three year degree to meet their requirements for licensure as well. Much has already been written on this subject here, recommend that you just do a search.