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Hi,
I am an American who has recently been accepted to the Uni of Melb MSN program. It is for individuals like myself who have a bachelor degree in another field interested in a career in Nursing. Anyhow I am interested if anyone know anything about this program? Either people enrolled or know people enrolled, or know anything about it really? Any infor would be greatly appriciated? Also on another topic does anyone know if it is a difficult process to practice as a nurse in the US with a degree from AU?
Thanks!
Elizabeth
MSN for CNS or NP in Australia? I would be very careful with that if I were you - NP in Australia does not equal NP in the US. If you plan to work as NP/CNS in the US, you'd be much better served doing your MSN in the US.
I've just been accepted to this program and I have a little over a month to make a decision whether to accept. I am wondering if there are simply too many hoops for me to jump through if I left the US (US citizen) to do this program and then eventually come back to work. I'm not sure about the amount of clinical hours in the correct areas, or even if I'd be eligible for Permanent Residency in Australia. I have a good friend who lives in Melbourne, so I was planning on using that connection to cut down on living expenses. It would suck to not go, but it'd be even worse if it was all for nought. Any thoughts? My U.S. program coordinator has told me that all the people who come back from Australia don't have any problems with their licensing, but something in the back of my head says this isn't entirely true.
Thanks!
LG1137
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Original poster, are you out there? I'd really like to hear how things are going.
And just for info, here's a link to a California university with a direct entry master's program:
http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/nursing/docs/2010ELM-shortver2.0.pdf
http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/nursing/programs/MasterofScienceinNursing.htm