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As my Australian RN degree does not meet USA requirements I am currently doing the 2 extra courses I need (Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Midwifery) as a Distance Education student, including 80 hours Clinical in each course. Today I was informed by my u...

Hi melUK2000, I would suggest that the reason Australian nurses want to work overseas is not because of dissatisfaction with the way they are treated or regarded here in Australia but simply because they want to experience life and work in another c...

Thank you ghillbert, you're right I'm not working in USA yet and also have not yet done NCLEX so I was unable to help QLDRN - great that you could.

many thanks ehic2604 - i'm currently doing the courses as distance student with deakin university but like you am having trouble finding clinical placements - no success so far!!

Are there any Australian RNs reading this who have made up their missing PAEDIATRIC and OBSTETRICS courses required for licensure in USA by doing them at a Community College or University in USA?? I would VERY much like to hear from you, especially r...

Many thanks Sonja123, sorry to be a bore but......could you please clarify....SC??...and also GA??

Gee I wish I'd heard about this option when I posted my first enquiry last year about ways to make up these missing courses for Australian RN. Anyway....I want to live and work in upstate New York - does anyone have specific info on SoN's in that ar...

many thanks, can you tell me please the University/SON you attended?

Thanks for replies - I'm really surprised to hear about this 'Community College' option as I understood from earlier posts/responses that the only way I could make up these subjects (Paediatrics and Obstetrics) was by doing the courses here (in Austr...

Last week I noticed a reply from Suzanne (20 August 2008) to a post from an Australian RN asking how she could meet USA Obstetrics requirements. Unfortunately I did not record details of, and can no longer find, this post. However I did write a cop...

I'm now really confused - Suzanne's response was about doing it at a 'Community College'. However Silverdragon suggests contacting 'a school of nursing' - but it seems to me over here in Australia that a 'Community College' is a quite different plac...

Hi Suzanne, Have just noticed your response (20 August 2008) to another Australian RN re way to meet Obstetrics requirements - you told her she could 'easily do the training for about 6 weeks in a community college in USA'. Could you please tell me ...

many thanks ghillbert, have googled monash medical centre but can't find specific info i need..... can you suggest/recommend a person and/or department/address i should contact to try and arrange my clinical placements??

Many thanks ghillbert - sorry to be a bore but I have another question re number of hours for each clinical - the information I have says I need 40-80 hours (for each) - what would you recommend/suggest? ie is 40 enough or should I do the 80??

Hi ghillbert I am currently trying to organise my clinicals for Pediatrics and Maternity - can you please tell me where you did yours?

Hi Suzanne Many thanks for all your help. Now I'm wondering whether I need to do the Visa Screen via CGFNS as I already have F11 (ie I'm a 'Family Sponsored Immigrant').

Many thanks elmar22, that's excellent news!! I already have an F11 Immigrant Visa and assumed I would therefore not need to do the VisaScreen bit.... but maybe this is wishful thinking!!??

Hi Everyone Many thanks for your responses. Totally agree that it is 'always best to know in advance what will be accepted and what will not' and therefore it is 'always best to go to directly to the source', contact BON directly etc etc. However giv...

Many thanks for your help Suzanne. But I'm deeply distressed by your response as I am studying these two(expensive) courses as a distance education student because the university (Deakin) assured me that completing them would make me eligible for RN...

Thank you VERY much ghillbert - after reading Suzanne's reply I had a sleepless night and was hugely relieved to read yours as yes, I am at Deakin. Fingers crossed...... Thanks again, Hannah

I am an Australian RN and want to work in USA. Sadly my qualifications do not include 2 courses required by NY State, ie Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Midwifery. Since I can't find any place here in Australia to do these (40 hours theory and 40 hours c...

great idea re exchanging citizenships - if only!!!......

Many thanks ghillbert for this heaps helpful info - Hannah

hi anna according to my info we need in both pediatrics and midwifery/obstets.....30-40 hours theory and 40-80 hours clinical - i'm planning to do the minimum for each/all - doing the 2 courses via deakin is costing about $3,000. so lucky you if the...

hi, it's horrendously complicated yes? i've now enrolled as distance education student at deakin university to do the missing subjects (pediatrics and midwifery) - i then have to organise clinical placements to do the required hours....aaaggghhh!!! ...