oulaKelly

Thanks so much everyone. I will keep researching it. Cheers, Kelly

We plan to move to Germany in five years. We wanted to go earlier but due to the economy (there and here) we decided to wait it out. What I meant was that my husband has a UK passport which means that it a EU passport. The USA does not qualify for that. I hope to learn German in the next couple of years along with my children. I was hoping that as a RN, I could work helping a Midwife there in Germany. Do they not have RN's to help them in the care of mothers giving birth? We have nurses helping Midwives and Doctors here. Two midwives is a bit of an overkill. I heard from someone that is a native and someone else that lived there that in the big cities there are US hospitals and sections of town. Especially near the bases. I guess if I needed to, I could work for them but I would prefer to work with a homebirth midwife. One1, it would be great if you could ask your friends about the midwifes in Germany, if they have RN's that work for them? What I would need to do in order to work for them.... Stuff like that. Thanks for moving me to the international threads. I just got on the site yesterday and looked around but did not find much and the ones I did find relating to this subject were years ago. Things are constantly changing. Cheers, Kelly

Hi~ I am planning on getting a nursing diploma from Mercy in NC in the next year. Currently I work as a doula. My husband is from the UK and I plan on getting a EU passport for my children and myself before leaving for Germany to live for several years. My husband speaks/reads/understans some German and my children are attending a German Immersion School Program. By the time we move to Germany, they will speak fluently. I am planning on learning German but I am not sure how well I will speak/understand it when we move over there. I gave birth to my children at home and would love to work with a midwife in Germany doing home births. So, with this information, what are the requirements for working in Germany if you have a US nursing diploma? I plan on taking the test to get my RN. Does anyone know? I will at least have the EU passport and know a little German so that must be a plus. Cheers Kelly;)