UK Midwife to US?

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Hi there!

I was just wondering if anybody knows if a UK licensed Midwife can work as a Midwife in the US without having to go through a bunch of 'transitional' courses, etc? I'm asking because I have dual citizenship between the 2, and currently live in the US and want to go to school for Midwifery, but the length of the course and the cost of the education is about double that in time of the UK and costs a significant amount more than if I were to go to school for next to nothing in the UK.

So I was just wondering if you know what the requirements/differences are for moving to the US to work as a Midwife with a UK Midwifery license, or what I would have to go through- course wise, if I went to the UK and then moved back to the States.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

-Sydney

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There's quite a bit of discussion about this here -- have you looked through the midwifery forum, or used the "search" feature to find the existing threads? You can access the midwifery specialty forum by clicking on the "Specialty" tab toward the top of the screen, and then clicking on the "Advanced Practice Nursing" link on the drop-down.

Here are a few of the threads, to get you started:

UK RN/RM work as a CNM in USA? - Nursing for Nurses

How does a UK nurse/midwife become a CNM in US? - Nursing for Nurses

UK Midwife moving to US seeks advice!! Please help - Nursing for Nurses

Best wishes!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Belinda-Wales is probably the best one to look for regarding posts, if I remember rightly she has had to do further schooling to meet US requirements

Moved to the International forum as per the red banner

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