MultipleCitizen

Many, but not all. We have friends that graduated in the Philippines and went straight to the USA and did NCLEX (bypassing the Philippines board exam) and are now working as nurses in the USA.

Okay, just got off the phone with NMC. She has to have worked for at least 1 year as an RN before she can transfer qualifications as an RN to the UK. Looks like she may have to see about transferring her AIN/Personal Carer qualifications till she can get her UK residency requirements covered. It appears that the role is considered a HCA in the UK? Thanks so much for your help, it has helped tremendously. :)

Thanks so much for your reply. :) The Philippines is out as an option for us as it's a 3rd world country and we can't afford to go there just for a board exam. Plus the board exam there is one of the most difficult in the world. 500 questions in an all day setting and they've basically set the bar extremely high in order to discourage people from pursuing nursing as a career option as there's an overabundance of RN's in the Philippines so they make it extremely difficult for no good reason except to reduce the interest in nursing degrees for the population, as it leads to brain drain of the populace as well. The other question I have is with regards to the system in the UK. The USA she can just use her degree and do NCLEX in the USA and prove competency. Australia on the other hand requires an actual RN registration from the foreign country before they will accept the nurses here and give then RN qualifications. I'm wondering if the UK requires foreign trained nurses to actually have an RN from their home country or if a Degree and proof of competency through the UK Competency Assessments is all that is required. I might give the Nursing and Midwifery Council a call to clarify.

It's a lot more difficult the other way around. Coming to Australia all foreign nurses must already be RN registered in their home country before they have to undertake a minimum of 6 months mandatory training and up to 2 years or more of education to get their Australian qualifications if from a non English speaking country. My wife has her degree, all her studies followed U.S. syllabus and all her studies were in English. However because she is from the Philippines they don't assess her the same. As she didn't get a chance to complete the board exam in the Philippines she is left in no-mans land either having to re-enrol at University and get credit for her degree or start working as an EEN, which is what her Degree has been assessed as the equivalent of in Australia by the govt. We could easily head back over the USA as I have dual citizenship AUS/USA and all she would need to do is pass the NCLEX (and whatever other requirements the particular state may have) and she can have her USA State RN. Now that we're planning to move to the UK, due to my own work leading us there, we're now having to investigate the UK side of things. They certainly seem a lot easier for us than Australia's approach.

Hi, My wife is in a unique situation and we're needing to find out how we can get her RN finalized in the UK as I'm having to take on a position with my own (non-nursing work) in the UK with a major software company. My wife completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in the Philippines and graduated with her degree. However in the Philippines you need to complete a board exam before getting your actual RN. She didn't get a chance to complete the board exam before we had to move to leave the Philippines. We moved to Australia due to my dad needing a kidney transplant and were planning to have her enrol in University here where she can get credits for her previous degree work in the Philippines and do maybe 1-2 years of extra study as she would graduate with a full RN registration in Australia. We'd been waiting till she gets Australian citizenship which is due late next year, but my work move (it's a once in a lifetime opportunity) means that has thrown our plans into disarray. So my question is, do universities in the UK accept transfer credits for overseas study? How does the RN system work in the UK? Do you finish your degree and get granted the RN upon successful completion of your degree, or is there a separate board exam? I'm assuming she won't be able to just apply for accreditation as an RN in the UK as she did not as yet receive an RN in the Philippines because we had to move to Australia both for my father's kidney transplant and also for economic reasons. So in short, she has her BSn and not her RN. She's been working as an Assistant in Nursing in Australia and the Australian government has assessed her qualifications as having the equivalent of an Advanced Diploma of Nursing. It's really time for us to get her RN registration sorted out, and any help anyone can give with regards to the best path we should take would be greatly appreciated. NOTE: I will be obtaining my UK Citizenship by Descent within the next few months, and my wife will be under a spouse visa as well.