UK midwife to USA?

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Hi everyone!

Was wondering if anyone was  UK midwife or UK trained and wanted to move to the US to do nursing?

I am  British citizen and have just qualified as a midwife in the UK but did not do the nursing degree beforehand. I have always wanted to become a labor and delivery nurse in the US but I have been put off by finance, difficulty and length of training and whether I’d even be able to get a job after. However after 6 years I am determined to achieve this dream of mine. I am aware the US does not recognise the UK midwifery degree.

I was wondering if someone could explain to me what I would have to do to become an L&D nurse? In terms of prerequisites, I believe I have done many of the courses required with my midwifery degree as well as my previous degree in Sports Science & Physiology. If there were additional ones I needed would I be able to do these online from the UK?

Both of my degrees are Bachelor of Science degrees.

I have heard of the accelerated route BSN Nursing from various colleges which is one year. Would I get the same opportunities if I did this, to then become an L&D nurse?

And in terms of funding, what kind of financial aid or scholarships are available to international students?

 

Please can everyone share their experiences!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Funding for international nurses may be hard to get but a lot will depend on the university you apply to. Not sure what job situation is like for L&D in the US but I think you would be better to look at getting requirements to meet state license requirements and get any job where employer will sponsor you and then start looking to L&D jobs. Are there no 18 month courses in the UK you can do?

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

There's also the matter of the difference between UK degrees (in general) and US degrees. My son-in-law is from the UK- and his UK bachelor's contains almost no General Education content (English, history, social and life sciences, math et.c.)  that is 30% or more of a US degree. He just enrolled in a US degree program and is needing to do all the GenEd content despite his prior bachelor's. 

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