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Hi Soutthpaw, see my link above for nurses trained outside the EU. You are in the same boat as me, you will need to pass the IELTS then sit the NMC test before being granted registration. At least you don't have visas to worry about. The NMC site says at least one year's experience would probably be needed to pass the test. I think this isn't mandatory but that they think newly qualified nurses won't have enough assessment experience to pass. Else, you could possibly contact UK universities regarding topping up your current BSN to a UK degree.

And dedicated Nurse Betty waited and waited for the floor to collapse in order to take the patient's vital signs.

I'm not sure your insurance will cover that!!

Hi, if you are wanting to work in the UK, first you will need to get registration via the NMC, see Trained outside the EU/EEA. This doesn't give you an automatic visa, but once you have your registration (or even before) contact some health authorities and agencies as there is plenty out there still giving visas to foreign nurses (and speaking English will help massively). With regards to the person who said nurses were on 11-15 dollars an hour. I am looking at the same and agencies in the area I want to work are paying a minimum of 15 pounds per hour which it significantly more than you are claiming. Plus if you work in another country you need to stop converting the pay into your own currency - it isn't helpful. Look at what you can buy per hour in your own country/pay v's the new country/pay. I'm a British Citizen living in Australia, did my nurse training in Australia and will still need to jump through hoops to get UK registration, including an English language test, even though I was born in England and speak no other language!! But it is time and I prefer the progression routes in the UK to here. Anyway, good luck.