I am a UK born citizen trained in Australia hence I am going via the overseas trained route. I passed my CBT test and am in the full application and assessment stage.
I am interested in sharing information with people who are also in this stage of the application.
I commenced my application in 2013 under the old process which was rejected due to lack of clinical hours. I received a letter from NMC advising me of the new process. Like many people on this forum, this entire process has been long, drawnout, frustrating and tedious for me!!!!!!!
You should keep going in - don't give up! If you are persistent they note it down on your file. I was ringing once or twice a week and going in fortnightly.
I'm also UK born but trained and work in the US. I just entered the assessment phase and it looks like a bit of a nightmare.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to get US college credit hours translated into UK training hours? I understand there is some kind of formula that I can use to help my university convert the hours.
Also, I did a bachelor's degree which consisted of 2 years of prerequisites done at a state university followed by 2 years in the college of nursing at a medical university. Does anyone know if I will need to get transcripts from both places or if I can just send in the 2 years of nursing school?
Thanks for any help, and best of luck to everyone!
I am a UK born citizen trained in Australia hence I am going via the overseas trained route. I passed my CBT test and am in the full application and assessment stage.
I am interested in sharing information with people who are also in this stage of the application.
I commenced my application in 2013 under the old process which was rejected due to lack of clinical hours. I received a letter from NMC advising me of the new process. Like many people on this forum, this entire process has been long, drawnout, frustrating and tedious for me!!!!!!!
Hi, I am also a UK citizen who trained in Aus. Just wandering if you worked in Aus and are registered with AHPRA? I have been contacting AHPRA to fill out the registration form to confirm my details and they are saying they no longer fill out forms to confirm registration. Just wandering if you had the same deal and how did you get around the form?
The NMC requires the nursing qualification you obtained to be three years (or equivalent). I think they are pretty strict about this rule. I remember contacting them about this when I was still deciding whether to do the three year nursing degree or the two year fast track degree. They informed me that they would not accept the two year fast track course even though the content would have been exactly the same as the three year course which I opted for. Things may have changed since then though. Was the prerequisite course you did a compulsory part of your nurse training? Also was course you did at the college of nursing a 2 year fast track or did you obtain credit from the prerequisite course.
As such, If I where you, I would definitely get the transcripts for the whole four years. I would also contact them by email with a full description of the training you did.
Page 8 of the document below shows the requirements for adult nursing training programmes
Wow! It is like reading my past year's journal! I am a UK citizen trained in the US and also began the registration process last May, only to be told after submitting all but a DNA sample that I am 80 hours short of clinical hours. Ugh! I am planning to sit the CBT exam in three weeks (I wanted to wait until the kinks were out of the new test). I am happy to commiserate with you!
Thanks for the response, UK Gal. I did a four year bachelors program, with 2 years of mandatory prerequisites (including A&P, chem, organic chem, philosophy, etc.) All of those had to be done elsewhere since the nursing school doesn't offer them, but you couldn't start nursing school without them. After that, nursing school itself was 2 more years. So I think I had better just submit all 4 years of transcripts.
So, back to my other question, does anyone know how to convert US semester hours to UK training hours? I've seen some folks mention some kind of calculation or formula that they figured out. If someone could share that with me I'd be so, so grateful.
Hi, I am also a UK citizen who trained in Aus. Just wandering if you worked in Aus and are registered with AHPRA? I have been contacting AHPRA to fill out the registration form to confirm my details and they are saying they no longer fill out forms to confirm registration. Just wandering if you had the same deal and how did you get around the form?
Thanks.
Hi Fespillane,
UK Gal is correct. You can now log on your AHPRA account and apply for your CORS (Cert of Rego Status) online. However what I did was to print the original form, wrote a letter to AHPRA to fill out the NMC form and attached their CORS. They emailed back to me saying that had attended my request and sent to NMC the forms I posted them.
Wow! It is like reading my past year's journal! I am a UK citizen trained in the US and also began the registration process last May, only to be told after submitting all but a DNA sample that I am 80 hours short of clinical hours. Ugh! I am planning to sit the CBT exam in three weeks (I wanted to wait until the kinks were out of the new test). I am happy to commiserate with you!
Oh mate, I share your pain. I did re appeal the decision (from the old process) but to no avail.
They asked me for a 6 months supervised practice which no way of earth will this be possible for me. You would have thought Australia and the UK shares almost the same system, but definitely Aussie nurses are having a difficult time gaining rego there. I would understand that we have to meet every requirements but more often than not I somehow feels it is becoming a tick box for NMC.
I like most of you applied under the old system and have had to switch due to clinical hours.
I called them Nmc after passing my cbt the other day and they said that some documents would be able to be switched over to the new system like school transcript and such..
Anyone had ANY Luck with that? As it wasn't easy to obtain?
Hi Dana, yes you have to email them and request to transfer your old files into the new system including fees et.al. You have to be specific and give details what are the documents you want to be transferred and what are the reasons you want them transferred. It took about a week for them to transfer all my fees and yes all my files from the old system into the new system. I have received my permission to sit the OSCE but given work commitments I have to postpone until next year. Be mindful though that from the time you passed Part 1, your time starts ticking until you reach 24 months.
I'm currently trying to submit my online application and having an issue with the work experience part. I have only worked in one hospital and in one unit, both of references are from there. However, the NMC application doesn't let me submit unless I write two employer references (MOST RECENT, and OTHER) but I don't have an "other" options. Anyone have recommendations on how I should go about filling that out?
Hi having been with one employer in the government sector, I used my Line Manager and the Nurse Educator, and there wasn't any problem at all
I just rang the NMC yesterday and they told me that the documents I sent in with my old process application can be transferred to the new process. Am I being a fool to believe this and should I just start sending the forms back to my Uni, employers etc to be filled out AGAIN.
I feel everyones frustration, keep your heads up, we'll get there! :)
Hi, the information NMC gave you is correct. You need to write or email them and request to transfer your files from the old process into the new system. You need to outline though the reasons why you are requesting this including what documents you want to be transferred. You need to be specific. Please be mindful that your letter needs to be written politely.
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You should keep going in - don't give up! If you are persistent they note it down on your file. I was ringing once or twice a week and going in fortnightly.