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Hello, I need some advice.
I am a Korean nurse who passed the NCLEX in Florida(2023), but I could not receive my RN license because Florida requires an SSN to issue it. I have now moved to New Zealand, and I heard NZ accepts U.S. RN licenses for registration. Since I passed NCLEX but cannot get the Florida license issued, what are my options?

Thank you.

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New Zealand Nursing Council has strict requirements including that you must currently be registered overseas as a nurse with a registration authority and have 1800 practice hours.   Since you did not receive a FL license, unable to meet this requirement unless had a Korean license.    If you have no post-registration experience at all, you are not eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing Council. In prior years,  those not meeting requirements able to work as careers =  nurses aide.

See: NZ Nursing Council Requirements

Internationally qualified nurses

 

Best wishes in finding employment.

 

 

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NRSKarenRN said:

New Zealand Nursing Council has strict requirements includi.  ng that you must currently be registered overseas as a nurse with a registration authority and have 1800 practice hours.   Since you did not receive a FL license, unable to meet this requirement unless had a Korean license.    If you have no post-registration experience at all, you are not eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing Council. In prior years,  those not meeting requirements able to work as careers =  nurses aide.

See: NZ Nursing Council Requirements

Internationally qualified nurses

 

Best wishes in finding employment.

 

 

Yes. So I hold a Korean nursing license and have over seven years of ICU nursing experience. 
 

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Unfortunately unless nursing council agrees you may find that your experience doesnt count when applying for registration. I recently had a student nurse who was internationally qualified, in her own country was an ICU nurse with cardiothoracic specialty. This lady knew much more about cardiac stuff than I did and it was crap that without redoing a masters in nursing the best job she could get would be a health care assistant (not dissing healthcare assistants, they are amazing, they don't have the experience this lady did). 

https://nursingcouncil.org.nz/IQN/

I would suggest you submit all your documents to nursing council and they will tell you if they will grant you registration or if they will require you to do the NZ nursing qualification. The positive side now is if you have a previous degree you can do a masters which will allow you to do the qualification in 18 months instead of 2 years

Source: New Zealand registered nurse, student clinical liason nurse

Sorry its not better news. I will be happy to be proven wrong, its very unlikely you will be granted registration to practice quickly

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