UK Nursing Student Wanting to Move to US

[StarUSA]

I've read tons and tons of posts on here and looked everywhere online but I'm at a loss on what to do! 

I'm a second year Adult nursing student (3 year BSC) and when I graduate I want to be able to move over to the US as soon as possible! (I'd rather keep my motivations private, and not let that side track the conversation)

The only issue is - hours.

Since I'm doing only adult nursing, none of my lectures or placements have anything to do with maternity, pediatrics or mental health. So I'm wondering what to do! 

(If you're wondering why I'm asking so early because I haven't even finished my degree - I want to know all my options and to see if I can do anything) 

What routes can I take? Would I be able to take classes in the US when I'm finished to make up the hours? Can I just - never go to the USA to work as a nurse? (It seems very hopeless at the moment) 

Any advice is much needed, thank you! 

[skylark, BSN, RN]

Pretty sure you cannot move to the US if you trained in the current 'branch' structure training and only completed one of the branches.

The NLCEX requires hours in adult med-surg, OB, psych and peds, and you will need all four branches to be eligible to take the NCLEX exam.

[Harley Beaumont]

skylark said:

Pretty sure you cannot move to the US if you trained in the current 'branch' structure training and only completed one of the branches.

The NLCEX requires hours in adult med-surg, OB, psych and peds, and you will need all four branches to be eligible to take the NCLEX exam.

Many on this thread have done so. Nurse training in the UK has been this way for many years and still people have immigrated. Different states require different hours and there are ways to reach these thresholds whilst studying one branch of nursing. 

[skylark, BSN, RN]

The UK nurses that did it trained pre P2K, when the UK still had general training.

The current training structure in the UK does NOT make you elegible to sit for NCLEX.

[Harley Beaumont]

It completely depends on your placements, your university and many other factors. Such a blanket statement is not right nor helpful. Many nurses have gone to work in the US with degrees in the last 20 years. A US lawyer literally said nursing is one of the easiest entries into the USA. If you have nothing constructive to add then why are you on this thread.