jordanecc311

Hi, I last worked as an RN in Texas in Aug 2019. I since then have been a registered nurse in the UK. I should have kept up my US license, but I didn't, so of course it is listed as delinquent and expired. Wondering if anyone knows the process of getting license reinstatement if you are no longer a resident where you trained and received your license. I believe I saw somewhere they might ask for proof of residency? Anyone have experience? Probably a long shot ?

Hey guys... I am a registered nurse in Texas but currently live and work as a nurse in London, England. Does anyone know if I am able to take travel nurse assignments in the states since I am a US citizen, but live in the UK. I cannot seem to find an answer to this anywhere. Thanks!

Yeah, I took a massive pay cut coming here too, but I agree with @canadian.j and pretty much second what was said. I moved here to get married because my husband was already living in London and it was more important for him to keep his job. Fortunately our house is paid for. If that weren't the case, I would certainly have to have flatmates, although (and I might not be the best to ask because I loved my job in Dallas) I wouldn't have come over here to be a nurse if it weren't for my husband. Most nurses I work with have flatmates and are from other countries. If you are wanting to live and work in central, you do get a higher salary, but housing costs are a lot higher too. I live in zone 2 and work in zone 4, so I don't get the high cost area pay. A lot of people choose to work in central and live further out and travel in. I think the high cost area pay even reaches to zones 2&3 though? As far as food, groceries are a lot cheaper here than in the states. That has been a pleasant change. It costs a lot more to eat healthy in the sates than it does here. Good produce and meat is more affordable. As far as eating out at restaurants, I'd say it's relatively the same in pricing, but there's no expected tipping here. I'm not sure what your shopping habits are, but I like inexpensive and there are great clothing stores here that are very affordable. Primark is my favorite. Another great thing about working/living here is if you're into traveling. Getting a roundtrip flight to Italy or Spain could be as little as £50 for example. As was mentioned, working nights and weekends pays more, so a lot of people request for or ask for those shifts. And you can always work an extra shift (bank shift) to make more money. It's definitely an adjustment coming here from the states and you'd need to be ready to make those adjustments LOL. BUT there are a lot of great things about living here and so many people make it work and live comfortably. It really just depends on the kind of experience you'd be expecting!

Monthly. Haha. Bit of an adjustment coming from the states.

I just went onto the Texas board of nursing website and printed out the certificate from the website. I also printed and attached a letter explaining that we do not get hard copies of our license. the NMC, fortunately, is aware that nurses in the states generally do not get hard copies ?

Hey! Sorry, I know this wasn't addressed to me, but I found this forum and loved seeing the helpful replies since I couldn't find anything like this when I went through the process. I am a nurse from Dallas who's been working for the NHS in London since September 2019. I went through an overseas recruiting agency that I'd absolutely reccomend if you want the name. They were very professional, made the stressful process a lot smoother, and they still check in on me from time to time to see how I am doing here. I was only their 2nd US nurse to recruit. They work mostly with Filipino, Indian, and African nurses and so glad I learned about them because the first agency I tried to work with was very unorganized and unhelpful. The only downside I can see for working with an agency is contracts. For example, I am under a 3 year contract with the NHS Trust I work for because that's the agreement between the Trust and agency. Not sure how other agencies might be. So a plus side of finding a job yourself would be the freedom of not being under contract. If I wanted to quit or change Trusts before the 3 years, I would owe back the price of the OSCE, my visa, and my one way flight here which was all paid for. I personally didn't change my resume/CV and it didn't seem to matter. If you've taken and passed the NCLEX, the CBT is not nearly as much to worry about in my opinion. I studied going through the Royal Marsden manual and basically just looking at and answering the questions at the end of each chapter and taking practice questions where I could find them online. It's set at 120 questions and its ABCD only. Also a LOT of questions at the end of the Royal Marsden manual chapters were in my CBT! Not sure if that happens for others, but it certainly helped me having already seen a lot of the questions. Best of luck to anyone persuing their NMC registration and licensure! It is a stressful process, but the other side exists!

Hey, Just in response to your question about shifts, we alternate here in London (Greenwich). In the sates I worked only nights and I loved it. It's been an adjustment to alternate days and nights and it's not my favorite, but some people prefer it this way. I will say management tries to work with me. They know I prefer days here (since I'm married now and want to be on the same schedule as him), but I still get occasional nights thrown in. I see the others have commented that it'll be a week or two of days and then a week of nights or however they do it. In my experience, that's not always the case and on many occasions I've had weeks where I've had to do both. For example this week I am working Tuesday & Wednesday day shift then turning around and working Thursday & Friday night shift. (rolling my eyes).. That's been most of my experience when they throw the nights in and it's really annoying to have to switch schedules in the same week. Shifts always start at 7am or pm.

Hey, I'm wondering if anyone has applied to the NMC in the UK and if you ran into the same issue I am. A few of the documents need stamps... My references do not have stamps. It says if you don't have a stamp, to state that and give a signature on letter headed paper. HR is not going to just give out letter headed paper. I'm not sure what to do. Am I over thinking it? Has anyone else submitted their reference forms without them being stamped by the person who filled it out?