RN moving back to TX from Australia

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I am an American citizen who moved to Australia in my 20s. I got my RN license in AUS. I would like to move back to TX and have a question. I have been reading the TX board of nursing and it says

To be eligible for licensure by endorsement, you must have graduated from an approved PN/VN or RN program, taken the appropriate US exam and have either worked in nursing or have taken the US NCLEX® exam sometime in the previous four years prior to the application.

Can some on clarify what an appropriate US exam is. I guess I could take the NCLEX but if there is an appropriate US exam I have worked as a registered nurse.

Any advice would be helpful

Thanks

Steph

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Yes, that would be NCLEX. Unfortunately, your status is "foreign graduate" no matter what your citizenship status. You will undoubtedly have to go through the same hoop-jumping as other foreign grads... but without the worries of residency status.

Welcome home! Hope you continue to post about your 're-entry' and provide us with some commentary on the contrast between Australian and US health care systems.

What part of TX are you moving to?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Moved to Nurse registration for best response.

You will need to take the NCLEX. They will want your transcripts from your school in Austrailia. You may run into some state that will ahve issues that you do not have OB training/concurrency issues.

As posted by NRSKaren ]Nursing Community for Nurses and Nursing Students "only those states that have explicit education requirements of concurrent theory and practicum will philippine nurses have licensure issues.

Excelsior college new york nursing graduates have had same issue recently. see state board licensure requirements here]

These are states having concerns over concurrent theory and practicum

alabama

arizona

california

georgia

illinois

kansas

louisiana

maryland

north dakota

oklahoma

vermont

virginia

washington "

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Actually now i am studying nursing i would like to know the procedure to apply in australia after my completion

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

start with meeting APHRA requirements and then you will need to look to immigration requirements whether it be for a temp work permit or PR

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Hi, I'm extremely interested in this thread. I'll be graduating in Nov 2012 and plan to move to texas. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated. I'm familiar with the texas bon site.Thx

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