Moving to Italy

Where do you want to work? That's the main question. It's much easier to work in any country if you've been educated there to their standards.

I now want to move to Italy to be with my family. My question is: would I be able to tranfer my bsn? would they accept it?

I assume that you speak Italian since you've lived sixteen years in Italy? I think that your best chance of finding the answer to your question is through the relevant Italian nursing organizations/nursing board or the appropriate government agency.

For Foreign Nurses - English - Federazione IPASVI

The name of the Ministry of Health is Ministero della Salute.

Ministero della Salute

Good luck!

What's the pay like in Italy for nurses? It's hard to beat the money here although the health system and the way hospitals and public abuse nurses is just outright disgusting

Yes italian is my first language. I just want to make sure that my bsn would transfer. Thank you so much for the link!

A friend of mine has told me that there is alot of work in milan and that's where I want to work at. I just want to make sure that if I continue with my bsn it will be recognized.

Your best course of action would be to contact the Board of Nursing in Italy where you want to work and research some of their job postings online.

It's not generally the degree that transfers, but the nursing license. It looks like you'd have to take the NCLEX and be licensed in the states, then apply to have that licensure recognized in Italy.

Check with them that there aren't more requirements as well; when I moved to the UK, I had to prove that I'd done a traditional (not accelerated) BSN and had at least a year of working experience for them to license me here. Again, it's always easier to just go to school in the country you want to work in.

I already took the NCLEX. I'm an LVN. The BSN that I want to take is with national university and it's recognize by the BVNPT. I just wanted to make sure that I don't do this 18 months and not be recognized in Italy.

My sister moved to Switzerland after working here as a nurse with her BSN. Over there, unless the red Cross certifies that you can work as a nurse, they will most likely hire you as a tech. That's only speaking from her experience in that specific country. She had to submit her transcripts and prove that she spoke French at a advanced level. They denied her request as they said that she did not have enough clinical hours. Now she has to pay for a lot of classes and its very expensive. You may want to check the Red Cross website instead

I already took the NCLEX. I'm an LVN. The BSN that I want to take is with national university and it's recognize by the BVNPT. I just wanted to make sure that I don't do this 18 months and not be recognized in Italy.

I just want to clarify that once you finish your BSN, you will have to sit for the NCLEX-RN to become an RN. The way you worded your post makes me unsure if you know that.

Good luck

Ok perfect. Thank you so much!!!!