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Please help!!:)

I am 17 and have known my whole life I wanted to be in medicine. A very important man has come into my life and I would like to study nursing in the UK (I'm a US student). I've already been told I need to either be a citizen or be in the UK for three years before I can study nursing programs funded by the NHS. I don't want to spend the next six years away from my boyfriend, so I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this issue. Is there any known private nurse/midwife schools not funded by the NHS in the UK? Would I be eligible for those if there are? Also, if I were to stay in America and continue our long distance relationship, what kind of show of certification would I need to provide upon moving to the UK after I graduate. I am open to any solutions, even if they aren't what I listed above..I am getting my CNA license this summer as well.

Thanks

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Short answer no. there is no private nursing schools in the UK or Ireland.

Also if you were to practice in the US your UK degree would not be adequate. Nursing in the UK is specialist - adult, child, midwifery, psychiatric, learing disability. Nursing in the US is generalist.

Would be better to get your BSN in the US, gain 12 months full time work experience and then apply to the NMC and then sort out a visa allowing you to live and work in the UK

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I did manage to contact King's College in London and their agent told me if I wasnt interested in pursuing a degree in medicine with them in the UK (doctoral) then he suggested I get my license as a midwife over here and then transfer and ive already found several midwife programs in the US

for my postgraduate so that wouldn't be an issue either. I just need to know what sort of testing I would then go through.

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Thank you Silverdragon102, that sounds like a pretty good idea..I could then work as a nurse until my three years were up in the UK and I was able to finish with a midwife program there:)

I did manage to contact King's College in London and their agent told me if I wasnt interested in pursuing a degree in medicine with them in the UK (doctoral) then he suggested I get my license as a midwife over here and then transfer and ive already found several midwife programs in the US

for my postgraduate so that wouldn't be an issue either. I just need to know what sort of testing I would then go through.

I would suggest checking with NMC that a midwifery qualification from the US is accepted by them. Midwifery in the UK is very much independent area with little doctor involvement as the midwife does everything from assessment to delivery plus 6 week follow up (that's what I remember from my student training a few years ago) with generally doctors only getting involved when issues arises

Honestly at 17, who is to say a man/boy will be around for 3 years. A lot can change with time . My suggestion is for you to focus on your dreams and if he is a keeper he will still be around. Don't compromise dreams for boys

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Ok, I will definitely do that just to be sure because yes their jobs description is independent of the doctor although they dont do c-sections and if something is wrong with the baby a doctor is usually called (I have spoken to a midwife over there)

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Usually I would say the same thing, and people including him have told me I need to follow whats going to make me happiest whether thats going into something else over there or spending all my years studying apart from him. Im trying to do just that bc honestly hes the second best man to come into my life and he was put there by the first, God.

Ok, I will definitely do that just to be sure because yes their jobs description is independent of the doctor although they dont do c-sections and if something is wrong with the baby a doctor is usually called (I have spoken to a midwife over there)

Emergencies do happen and that is when the doctor takes over. Routine C-sections are trying to be a thing of the past unless the mother has required them previously due to small pelvises. If there are any concerns over the mother during pregnancy then the midwife will refer to a obstetrician

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