Looking at Fife; new grad

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Hello,

The allnurses member Kaylesh may be able to best answer this question, but I cannot private message her yet (still have less than 15 posts...) -- everyone else's replies are greatly appreciated.

My girlfriend (of years) just obtained a professorship at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. I will complete my BSN in August and want to join her there. According to the NHS, it looks like I need a year of experience before I am allowed to work in the UK. I am trying to figure out what other options I have...

Can I work a nursing internship in Scotland? Do they exist?

Is it a better idea to take an auxiliary post in Scotland now or is there no hope of ever becoming an RN that way?

Is it possible to go straight for a Master's in the UK (without practicing)? And then is it possible to practice in the UK if my Master's was obtained there?

Any other ideas?

Thank you so much for the help.

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

Hi there

you will need 1 years experience before the NMC will look at registering you and unless your registered there will be no way of working as a nurse in the UK so you won't be able to do your year here.

Working as a health care support worker won't help unfortunately

Masters programs in nursing will require you to be a registered nurse, they may accept your US qualification but even if you get a Masters degree the NMC will require 1 years experience as a basic registered nurse in your home country before registering you her