RNabroard

Pearson Vue Trick worked for me also. Only way I think I managed to get a good nights sleep after I sat the exam!

Not sure about australian uni's that offer these subjects but several states have Welcome Back Centre that help overseas trained nurses fill in the gaps. I think there is a specific course in California, I was lucky enough to find a college happy to take me on for two subjects which is very rare but may be changing. Deaken uni in australia looked to have a single maternity unit. The thing is I lost a year trying to sort this out and the actual clinical hours for Maternity and Peads was very minimal compared to the weeks of clinicals us Aussie's do.

I have just passed my NCLEX after completing extra units in Maternity and Paediatrics over here. I too have had my nursing degree reduced to an associate degree. If the whole CGFNS process hadn't been so painful I would have disputed their findings. Especially after studying two units of an associate course I can guarantee that my course was at a degree level. Another ex pat suggested that they do this because our degree is only three years because we have all our prerequisites taken care of in high school and our school system is fairly standardised across the country. That being said I will also mention that I have my bachelors in Australia. If I need further study to bridge the gap I think I would opt to study at a masters level online at an Australian university.