I am a staff nurse with 8 years experience in trauma and orthopaedics who has a BSc in Adult Nursing. I’m revisiting the option of immigrating to the USA - we would be settling in Pennsylvania - my other half already has a job lined up for there. It’s all pretty negative so far all the info I’m finding on transition for UK nurse to USA RN as our degree doesn’t appear to transfer due to not enough/no hours experience in OBGYN/Paeds ect.
Is there anyway to make up these hours? Does anyone from the UK have experience in this? I see they also have LVP/LVN in the US and it appears almost equivalent to Staff Nurses here in the UK - would it be worth while even looking into one of those jobs instead of an RN?
I’m finding this all quite stressful it just seems almost impossible and when the move is depending on your situation it’s definitely a lot of pressure!
I've just had my CES report generated this week. It says my degree is "comparable to a US standard" and it's been sent to the BON. I've applied to Pennsylvania. I have 37.5 hours in both maternal and care of children and was worried it wasn't enough - I don't know if it is as last time I called the board they told me I'd need to apply to CGFNS and they'd tell me how many hours I needed in each subject? I had a health visiting placement which I think helped massively. It also depends on who you are dealing with at the University, the woman I had was so helpful, she went through all my placements and theory with a fine tooth comb for me. So don't be afraid to ask the person at the school to do a bit of digging for you - every little hour counts - for example I did a day with the community midwife and asked her to look into that and see if it would count. I plan to phone the BON back again and see if I have enough hours as right now I've no idea!
Good luck everyone. I've been doing this for a year now and was so close to giving up so many times, keep at it! There's hope for us UK nurses yet
How did you get the day with the community nurse? How do you go about asking for those kind of days?
Specializes in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Medical High Dependency.
StarUSA said:
How did you get the day with the community nurse? How do you go about asking for those kind of days?
I'm not sure whether she was actually able to add it in at the end that was just me clutching at straws and asking on the off chance if it would account for something.
I only had 37.5 hours in total for areas such as paeds and I'm not too sure how they come up with those hours.
Every state is different too but for me it's worth asking the question to the university if days like these account for anything
This actually give me hope, I resident in NY and in process to transfer my credentials, I did my BSN in Adult nursing , worked with gastro and medical pt for 8 yrs .
This actually give me hope, I resident in NY and in process to transfer my credentials, I did my BSN in Adult nursing , worked with gastro and medical pt for 8 yrs .
Do you guys think cgfn will approve it
Thanx
The only way to know is to send it off. Best of luck and let us know the outcome!
Has anyone taken the New York Board of Nursing exam, and how did you manage to complete the child abuse and infection prevention courses? Please send help.
is there anybody who has gone through Texas board of nursing who has been trained as a UK registered nurse? I am a UK nursing student and I'm in my final placement if anyone can give a breakdown of the minimum number of hours the texas board of nursing requires will be really appreciated, I am looking forward to go through Joseph and Silny associates for evaluation
Has anyone taken the New York Board of Nursing exam, and how did you manage to complete the child abuse and infection prevention courses? Please send help.
All states require the NCLEX which is a NATIONAL certification exam so the questions and content are the same regardless of the state you are applying for licensure.
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How did you get the day with the community nurse? How do you go about asking for those kind of days?