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@DavidFR Thank you so much for the encouragement and great info!! It means the world to me, I feel a lot better ? I was trained in the US myself, and I will be starting at a junior grade! I'm going to be a band 4 until I pass my OSCE examination and then I'll be at Band 5.

Hello there! New grad, got my license in May. I'm starting a job on an oncology floor after spending two years of nursing school and these past few months working in a primary care office. I got a job in the UK on a unit I really wanted. I was wondering if anyone had any advice- I've always felt pretty drawn to oncology, and I really want to make connections with my patients. I'm just really nervous about going to a new job since I briefly tried a gig in the ER after getting my license in July and found it really overstimulating and was miserable. Be gentle please, I'm nervous!

Hi Alyssa! I'm a bit late to the party, but I've been lurking this topic and I'd love to know what books/resources you used for the OSCE too. I'm moving over to Cornwall and beginning work as a nurse in November and am trying to get all the resources for the OSCE that I can. Would I be able to email you too? Thank you for sharing your experiences, it's really helpful. -Ashton

I passed in 75 questions in less than 40 minutes ?

I've been studying for the NCLEX since around March. I was hoping for someone to look at my scores and share theirs; my test is on May 24. I know scores aren't everything but I'd like to hear from some people who also used these prep programs and whether they passed/failed, since all I've seen on some websites are NCLEX horror stories and it scares me. I know scores aren't everything but I have crippling Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and cannot help but feel inadequate with them. What I DO have going for me is I'm known as a generally good test taker, and I've seen consistent improvement in my work since I started really studying (I originally started in January at a 54-55% average in UWorld and Kaplan, am around 60% now) so I DO feel like I'm getting somewhere. I'm just worried because I'm not as high as other test-takers I've seen. I don't know it I'm using UWorld, Kaplan, and Archer for practice questions, and Simple Nursing, Mark Klimek for content. Going to try High Yield too. UWorld: (Entire QBank Complete) Overall QBank score: 60% (UWorld reports passing score at 92% at a 56% QBank average) Self Assessment 2: 58%, "High" chance of passing. Taken May 9. Kaplan: (QBank 70% Completed) Overall QBank score: 60% (60% is target score) First 6 Question trainers: 59%, 65%, (Jan), 56% (April), 60%, 63%, 58% (May) (worried because I heard you're supposed to get, like, 60%-65%? ?) RN Practice Test: 73% NCLEX sample tests: 56%, 56%, 83% (prioritization), 30% (the alternate format one that everyone fails) (Taken in May) Archer: (QBank 90% Complete) Qbank: 59% (60% is high predictability of passing NCLEX) Self-Assessments: 7 "Very High" in a row (4 or more in a row indicates 99% pass rate according to archer, I don't know if I believe that) Am I going to get eaten alive? Thanks! ?

It actually came in the day before yesterday, I worried for nothing!! Thank you for your answer ☺️

Hello! I graduated this last Saturday, and my state's Board of Nursing just approved my degree on my application today. I'm waiting now for my Authorization to Test. I know that you're supposed to receive your ATT within two weeks of registering with Pearson Vue for the NCLEX as long as your Board has deemed you eligible, but I paid the registration fee and registered back in January before I had my degree and therefore I wasn't eligible at the time. Since I registered so early before I had my degree, will this mess up me receiving my ATT? Or should I still expect my ATT within two weeks? I’m really antsy to take it since I’ve been studying for months now ? Thanks!

Hello! I am starting the process of applying for being a nurse in the UK. I think I've got all parts of the process down, but I'd really like some OSCE study resources or advice from some fellow international nurses in the UK, please. I've been looking at the resources provided by the different testing centers, but I'm much more of a visual learner and would really like some study materials that helped you guys pass. Thanks!

New grad here, graduating at the end of next month. I just wanted to talk about this where people understand- I'm so happy and proud. After feeling like I'd never be smart enough to be a nurse, I am now two years later accepting a job offer at the largest Emergency Department in my state! I have always wanted to do critical care nursing, and after precepting in an ER, I fell in love. I was initially disheartened because my first choice ER didn't respond to my application. I was, however, delighted when I got multiple interviews from other hospitals, including this one that hired me. After some great (though nerve-wracking) interviews at various places , I got offered a position at a Level 1 Trauma Center ER that I thought would never accept me. I'm so excited. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I'm eager to learn ?

I have! I'm completing my precepting hours in an ER. I have one more interview at one which havens to be a Level 1 Trauma this Monday.

...Or is that a bad idea? I'm about to be a new grad, and have been interviewing among some ERs and a couple ICUs around me to get experience before I plan to move out of the area in a year to a year and a half. My dream ultimately is to work in an ER when I move; I love the fast-paced environment they offer. However, of the floors I've interviewed on, a specific ICU has captured my heart; it's an extremely good working environment, and it seems like a great place to do my nurse residency as far as learning goes. I'm torn between my ERs since I want to work in one when I move and this specific ICU unit. The ERs are okay, but the ICU environment seems a lot healthier and welcoming to new people. Looking for advice as to what would be better for me.. would working ICU now make it harder for me to get hired in ERs later? Thanks!

Hello! Compulsive overplanner here, looking for NCLEX advice. I've suffered through ATI for school, and I'm not really a fan, so I bought Kaplan and UWorld too to prepare for my NCLEX, which I plan to take in May. I heard the best things from both Kaplan and UWorld, so I bought the both of them in a panic the other night. I plan to do 60 questions a day minimum (20 from Kaplan, 20 from UWorld, 20 from ATI) so by the time May rolls around, I'll have likely statistically gone through all the questions from these resources at least once. I plan to remediate the ones I get wrong so I'm not just blowing through them for no reason. Do you think this is a good plan? I tried to make it a thorough regimen, but I'm scared of getting cocky.

It could be anything about nursing; advice, encouragement, warnings, etc. I'm graduating in April, and I'm wondering what some experienced nurses would tell themselves if they could go back. (I wasn't sure whether I should put this in General nursing or new nurses; forgive me if I'm in the wrong place!!)

I found out because I’m a compulsive over-planner, haha! I found most of this on the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council website, though. They have a big guide on joining the register for interested overseas nurses here: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/ There are also nursing agencies that can help you get placed in the UK, but I’m planning on doing the application process by myself since I’m going to be a new grad and usually agencies want experience. And I’m planning on making a thread of my journey once I start my NMC application!! :) I plan to start once I graduate this Spring <3

Hello there! I'm not too sure where to turn, so I was hoping I'd find some advice here. I posted this in the nursing Subreddit, but thought I'd post it here too since I realized this might be a more topical place to post it. Here's my situation. I'm going to be graduating in April, and I need to be thinking about where I'm going to work. I'm caught between two options here. For background, I'm planning on moving to the UK after I get a year's experience (currently in America), and once I'm there, I plan to work in critical care or at least adult nursing. I know the nursing scene is way different in the UK and I'll get paid less, but I'm moving there because people very important to me are there. I'm willing to make sacrifices for it. But I want to spend some time working and saving money before I move and while my UK nursing application gets processed. I'm not sure whether I should work where I'm working now or on a critical care unit in a hospital. I currently work in a primary care clinic, where I get better pay & benefits than I would at the hospitals where I currently live, and really enjoy the patients, my coworkers, and my environment overall where I am. I've worked here for a year and a half, and they've said they'd be happy to have me as an RN. I'd be able to save more money for my move, and would really, really enjoy it there. But as someone who's considering working in the UK, I'm wondering if ICU would look better to a recruiter in the UK or if I'd get better experience. At the same time, I know that once you pass the NMC nursing process, they pretty much train you from scratch anyway so I don't know if the kind of experience I have would even matter since the NMC doesn't require former experience to apply anymore and I'd be treated as a new grad nurse once I got over there for orientation anyways. I'm also wondering if I could stay where I'm working and then pick up as-needed shifts on critical care at the hospital or something so I could get experience with both? I don't know if that's possible, but if anyone knows anything about that, I'm all ears. I just really want the experience to become the best nurse I can be. Where I'm working has a big piece of my heart, but I'm willing to work somewhere else once I graduate if it'll give me better new grad experience and better my chances to grab a job in the UK. I really appreciate any answers I will get; I'm getting conflicting answers in real life and I wanted to hear some unbiased opinions. Please be gentle haha- I'm a little nervous about all of this!

Hello! I have a question for nurses who have been in both the USA and UK about the nursing exams. I'm taking my NCLEX next year, and I plan to take the UK test of competence once I get my licensure. This made me curious about how the differences in testing are. I know there's two sections to the UK Test of Competence, but I'm unclear about any of the details. What's the difference between the CBT and the NCLEX? I plan to take the one for adult nursing. Is it about the same in difficulty? Is the question structure similar? What are the OSCEs like? Is it similar to a skills check-off? Any experience appreciated!

I need to tell people who understand because I'm about to submit my graduation application and I'm so proud of myself. I've been in a fast-tracked ADN program since January, and a week from today marks a year since I got my acceptance letter. If everything goes right, I'm graduating in May, and I can't believe it. I was going through a rough time in high school, and they told me my grades weren't high enough to be a nurse. They were wrong. It's a fight, and it's been a year of stress migraines, stress ulcers, and nightmares every other night about missing clinical or failing an exam. The impostor syndrome is crazy, but I'm more just amazed that I'm living through it, passing, thriving. I was scared I wouldn't make friends since I'm 20, backward, and one of the youngest in my program, but I've made lifelong friends not only in my class but at work as a nursing intern. I'm so close to achieving my dreams. For those of you about to start or at the start of it and are intimidated by what you're told, I promise it's doable. You're going to be so proud of yourself.

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate this response, this is really encouraging ? I might be on the road to my dream!

Hello! American nursing student here graduating next semester. I know I'm thinking about this a little early, but I like to plan ahead so I can get my experience and requirements in order. I'm planning on applying to the NMC after I get my RN and spending some time working in ICU before applying to travel agencies. I'd like to know if anyone has any tips or experience with any travel agencies that go to the UK. Thanks!

Hi Ahmed! As an American nursing student also wanting to work in the UK, did you have a BSN or ADN/associate's degree when you applied to work there? I'm going for my ADN right now, and I was wondering if that's enough to register with the NMC or if I need a BSN.

Thank you so much! I sent them a message today, I'm hoping to get a reply soon ?

Hey! I'm a 20-year-old USA nursing student set to graduate this coming Spring with an ADN degree. I've always wanted to work in the UK and eventually live there permanently. However, I was wondering if my ADN degree would allow me nursing registration in the UK or if I should get my RN-to-BSN in another two semesters before I go. Does anyone at all have any experience with this? Anything at all would help, this is my dream!

Hey there! I've been really thinking about this lately and have dreamed of living there for a long time, so I was hoping some people on here would have advice or experience with moving to the UK. I've just recently started as a nursing student this semester, and I know I'll need some experience after graduation before I move to the UK, but I don't think it's ever too early to start planning. I've looked on the NMC's website but still have a few questions. 1. First and most importantly, this sounds like a silly question, but I'm currently studying in an ADN program. Would this qualify me to work as a NMC nurse in the UK, or would I be a nursing associate with this degree? I'm considering doing an RN to BSN after I graduate this program, but if it's not necessary I might not do so. 2. I have heard that travel nursing agencies can make immigration into the UK a lot easier. Does anyone have experience with an agency that they can recommend? I've been looking at Continental Nurse, but I want to have more than one option. 3. Do you guys have any other tips to get me planned ahead for immigration? I want to have all my ducks in a row when it's time to start applying with the NMC.

Hi, allnurses! I thought I'd introduce myself to the forum since I've finally decided to join. I've lurked on this website for a couple years ever since I started considering nursing, but I think it's time for me to jump into the community and hopefully make some friends! My name's Ashton, but my friends call me Ash, if that's easier. I'm 19 years old, and nursing has always interested me. I've always found hospitals absolutely interesting rather than scary, and I've always found the idea of being a nurse and helping people to be, well, the dream! I'm finishing up my first year in college, after a semester of graphic design and a semester of pre-nursing (a big jump, I know, but I was scared I wasn't, well, smart enough to go into nursing school; I decided to take the jump anyways and I'm loving it). I'm going to be transferring to an associate's program closer to home this coming year instead because of financial and other reasons, but either way, I'm excited to meet you guys! I really love anatomical science, animals, video games, and ESPECIALLY 80s, 90s, and early 2000s cartoons. I have dreams of traveling as a nurse and one day living and working in the UK. I'm happy to talk to anyone!