Honestly, I do not know if this will be implemented as THE standard for either BP or conversion. Moreover, several courses are still under review. The new ARNTP literature however, was sent to me by UniSA just recently - on the 20th of June to be exact. Also, it says at the UniSA website:
AIM:
The Australian Registered Nurse Training Program (ARNTP) prepares overseas qualified registered nurses with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable them to meet the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) Competency Standards for the registered nurse.
I really wish I could give an answer that is a bit more definitive but your guess is as good as mine. I'm just pointing this out because it's the newest "revised course" that I know of that has undergone re-accreditation. :uhoh21:
Perhaps other members in the thread could provide a better answer. :hug:
It may also help if you consider visiting the NMBA website for updates. The communiques from different nursing bodies and institutions are even posted there as well as some rulings.
Oh and nurses who have a letter of eligibility from the previous Nurse and Territory Boards (NMBWA, NBV, nmbSA, etc.,) I believe are also mentioned under the new scheme. I think this applies to us
If you currently have any conditions placed on your registration or have made undertakings to the Board relating to your registration, these will be carried forward to your registration under the new scheme.
In my view, this only means that the "condition for registration" still stands; Passing a BP first under any of the existing BP programs that still has open slots. However, all nurses will be registered under the new scheme. Unfortunately, I could not infer the same for new applicants as the previous state and territory nursing boards will be converted into a "state board" which serves as the representative of the National Board (hence, the term satellite office). Basically, new applicants will be covered exclusively by the new National Regulation Scheme.
newmac or anybody, may i ask about dtap/dtp vaccination requirement.. were you given 3 shots?? or just 1?? i know i had my dtap when i was young but for this oz requirement, what??
what i know is that hepa b for me would just be booster shots, hepa a i guez is 2-3 shots, varicella is 1 shot.. that dpt/dtap vaccination, i dont know if it's one or 2 or 3??
thanks..
hi dear,
when u r young u r supposed to take the dtp, and after u r 15 years-old u r supposed to take it again and re-take it every 10 years, one shot only.
with hep b is almost the same: u must take it asababy (3 shots).when u r 15 or older u should take 3 shots again and this lasts for a life time, in case the antibody has converted. there are people whotake the 3 shot hep b vaccinebut don´t converti easily so they should re-do the 3 doses again.
in my case, i had taken thehep b when i was 15.last year i was doing my internship here in brazil and the hospital required the antibody test to check if i had really converted it.however, before i did the blood test, they gave an extra dosis of hep b.thank god i have the antibodies!
i felt really discouraged because i did well in all my subtests but my only problem was the writing....6.5...so i requested a re-mark for the cambridge university because i took a 9 in the speaking...i was so furious!!! i didnt need a 9 but i got it! and writing is supposed to be easier than speaking...they´ll re-mark my test and now´i´m waiting for their reply which will arriving in the end of july..
You don't need experience for NMBA but you'll be needing experience in some bp providers like vchn and unisa. BP is considered a CPE so no worries for all fresh graduates. As for their bp, there are unis like deakin, hospitals like castlemaine, or agencies like etea who accept fresh gradutes. NMBA doesn't accredit. That's the job of ANMC which is an independent body for accreditation. Being so, all programs leading to registration past and present are all recognized all over Australia and New Zealand.
Ok all I'm saying is, the re-accredited of ARNTP is the course I know of that is relaunched after re-accreditation. Please be aware that the ARNTP is not the only course for for overseas nurses! There are plenty more! Please do not assume yet that all BP's or conversions are like that - yet. There are still a number of them in place which still carries an accreditation.
Perhaps there is a confusion between the "Advisory Council" and the "National Board". Both of these are arms of the AHPRAH (there are three actually, the other is the "Agency Management Committee") are of equal level. Infact, the NMBA approves the accreditation standard.
Oh dear. 2 years of experience...
needlefoxRN, do you think that the experience has to be in a tertiary hospital? thanks!
@Ianina Ok could you give me time to answer that? That is a good question indeed. I'll try to reach someone regarding that matter.
Ok all I'm saying is, the re-accredited of ARNTP is the course I know of that is relaunched after re-accreditation. Please be aware that the ARNTP is not the only course for for overseas nurses! There are plenty more! Please do not assume yet that all BP's or conversions are like that - yet. There are still a number of them in place which still carries an accreditation.
Sorry for the bad editing. I was answering some private messages and when I got back to the main thread, the thread editor program thingy notified me that there is a time limit for editing post.
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Honestly, I do not know if this will be implemented as THE standard for either BP or conversion. Moreover, several courses are still under review. The new ARNTP literature however, was sent to me by UniSA just recently - on the 20th of June to be exact. Also, it says at the UniSA website:
I really wish I could give an answer that is a bit more definitive but your guess is as good as mine. I'm just pointing this out because it's the newest "revised course" that I know of that has undergone re-accreditation. :uhoh21:
Perhaps other members in the thread could provide a better answer. :hug:
It may also help if you consider visiting the NMBA website for updates. The communiques from different nursing bodies and institutions are even posted there as well as some rulings.