Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

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Gfil

8 Posts

@Gfil,... me either, still searching! sent you an e-mail at the one you provided in your PM ;)

Hi RV,

Can I have your email ad? I cant reply to your pm here. thanks.

councilor28

25 Posts

hi gfil and ironmom,

we are for unisa arntp October 2013 intake too, paid the tuition last week, just waiting for the coe to go on w the visa processing, still have to renew my passport tho.. halfway there!

so for arntp it would be

rv_phen

gfil

ironmom24

councilor28

cheers!

vitamin_n

20 Posts

hi gfil and ironmom,

we are for unisa arntp October 2013 intake too, paid the tuition last week, just waiting for the coe to go on w the visa processing, still have to renew my passport tho.. halfway there!

so for arntp it would be

rv_phen

gfil

ironmom24

councilor28

cheers!

Hi, I'm also opting for ARNTP on Oct 2013, can I ask for your timeline since your online application? Also, did you guys take your IELTS exam within the year? Thanks. :)

khaleesi123

147 Posts

If you want to take the bridging program here in Australia, you need to have atleast 1 year of experience as an RN from the country where you come from. It is one of the things that AHPRA requires.

I have a cousin who didn't have any experience yet she took the bridging program for 1 year. She's already a nurse there. They told me that the years of your bridging program depends on your experience and if you have a license.

chelseaxyrene

444 Posts

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical.
I have a cousin who didn't have any experience yet she took the bridging program for 1 year. She's already a nurse there. They told me that the years of your bridging program depends on your experience and if you have a license.

Maybe its a conversion course

ceridwyn

1,787 Posts

I have a cousin who didn't have any experience yet she took the bridging program for 1 year. She's already a nurse there. They told me that the years of your bridging program depends on your experience and if you have a license.

Once again we refer to the past, 1 year ago it was possible to find an employee when one had no experience, though a few were given their marching orders as they were not suitable as they had no experience in their own country let alone a new environment, new culture and one that is not American orientated - spelling, drs orders, medications are all different.

Now hundreds of Australian new nurse graduates are without work, an employer is going to have to fast talk/lie immigration if they are to offer sponsorship visa's to nurses with no experience.

But I have been dubbed a bringer or bad news and more or less, a downer, though a few have come forward to this forum and have now reported that they cannot get work and have had to return home. Immigration estimate there are a a couple hundred nurses that have had to return home after the bridging program/ conversion courses the past year.

If you have no experience or you are going to need to take out loans with companies....do not count Australia as your saviour...you will regret your decision unless you have a few years in a specialisation...theatre, icu, neonates, and perhaps ed's at times, though there is growing concern why, local new graduates cannot be trained in these areas as it often takes overseas nurses just as long to orientate to Australian health environment especially those from ESL countries.

Apply for immigration the proper way and then you can work hours you want and apply for casual part-time as sponsorship costs employer money and the job needs to be full time. That is becoming the only way to find a way in.

FranzSeno

27 Posts

Has anyone here took their bp in the Australian College of Nursing in Sydney? I've been lurking in this thread for awhile now and I haven't read anyone mention ACN, it would be nice to hear someone who went there because I'm planning to take my bp ther. Thanks

jcrisostomo

2 Posts

Hi everyone!! I just have a few questions.. Hope someone can help me out. I am a registered nurse in the Philippines for 3 years already, and previously employed in an internationally recognized hospital here for almost 2 years. However, I was not employed as a nurse but rather as an ultrasound technician/sonographer. I have family friends in Australia and they tell me to apply and work there, and encouraged me to start my nursing profession already. I am very much interested with opportunities for me in Australia . However, I am not sure if the AHPRA will accept my credentials and work experience. I'm done with my IELTS and got score higher than 7, and now arranging the needed documents for application. But I am not sure of the form that I have to fill up. Is it the AGOS-40 (Application for general registration (graduated or trained overseas) as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife) or the AGNP-04 (Application for general registration as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife (for current non-practising registrants)? How is the process of assessment? Thanks!!!

JustBeachyNurse, LPN

13,952 Posts

Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Hi everyone!! I just have a few questions.. Hope someone can help me out. I am a registered nurse in the Philippines for 3 years already, and previously employed in an internationally recognized hospital here for almost 2 years. However, I was not employed as a nurse but rather as an ultrasound technician/sonographer. I have family friends in Australia and they tell me to apply and work there, and encouraged me to start my nursing profession already. I am very much interested with opportunities for me in Australia . However, I am not sure if the AHPRA will accept my credentials and work experience. I'm done with my IELTS and got score higher than 7, and now arranging the needed documents for application. But I am not sure of the form that I have to fill up. Is it the AGOS-40 (Application for general registration (graduated or trained overseas) as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife) or the AGNP-04 (Application for general registration as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife (for current non-practising registrants)? How is the process of assessment? Thanks!!!

Merged with existing thread in Nurse Registration forum

elzlzl

25 Posts

i have a similar problem. ahpra emailed me that my application for registration was refused. at the same time i am eligible for bridging program. then they said that i may submit a proposal for refusal of registration.

please help.. i dont understand the proposal. and does it mean that the letter i got is an eligibility letter since they indicated that i am eligible.

chelseaxyrene

444 Posts

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical.
i have a similar problem. ahpra emailed me that my application for registration was refused. at the same time i am eligible for bridging program. then they said that i may submit a proposal for refusal of registration.

please help.. i dont understand the proposal. and does it mean that the letter i got is an eligibility letter since they indicated that i am eligible.

I believe so. For now they are refusing you for registration because you still need to undergo and pass the bridging program.

chelseaxyrene

444 Posts

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical.
Hi everyone!! I just have a few questions.. Hope someone can help me out. I am a registered nurse in the Philippines for 3 years already, and previously employed in an internationally recognized hospital here for almost 2 years. However, I was not employed as a nurse but rather as an ultrasound technician/sonographer. I have family friends in Australia and they tell me to apply and work there, and encouraged me to start my nursing profession already. I am very much interested with opportunities for me in Australia . However, I am not sure if the AHPRA will accept my credentials and work experience. I'm done with my IELTS and got score higher than 7, and now arranging the needed documents for application. But I am not sure of the form that I have to fill up. Is it the AGOS-40 (Application for general registration (graduated or trained overseas) as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife) or the AGNP-04 (Application for general registration as a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife (for current non-practising registrants)? How is the process of assessment? Thanks!!!

To be able to apply in AHPRA, you need to have at least 3 months working experience as a nurse and most schools would require one to two years work experience for you to be given a slot in the bridging program

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