US RN AAS degree gaining RN license in Australia

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Specializes in Oncology.

I am a US educated RN with an Associates Degree and was seeking my RN license to work in Australia. I have received my license to practice in Australia and just wanted to give information to anyone else going down the same road. I am an Australian Citizen who completed my nursing training in the US, but being a citizen had no bearing on my application, I still had to go through all the steps that other international nurses go through. I sent my application to Tasmania Board of Nursing on December 26, 2009 with all appropriate paperwork, on this same day I mailed a request to my school for transcripts and the BON for license verification to be sent over to Australia. On January 18, 2010 I took the IELTS test, did not review anything for this test and scored ok. On February 15th, 2010 I checked the public register for Tasmania via their website and my name was listed as an RN with no limitations. I really was surprised how quick this all happened.

Good luck to others out working through the same process.

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Specializes in CTICU.

Congrats! Are you a dual citizen? Do you mind me asking why you did your nursing degree in the US?

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Specializes in Oncology.

Yes I am a dual citizen. NY just happened to be where I was living at the time I was ready to start on my nursing career, no other reason for choosing the US over Oz. I am looking forward to eventually nursing in Australia though :)

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Specializes in CTICU.

I think it's a smart idea - it's much easier to work in Aus with a US degree than it is to work in the US with an Aus degree!

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nyaussie,

Hi I am in the beginning process of trying to transition from the US to Australia and transfer my license.. I have an associate's degree here. Would love to speak with you about the process...:)

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Hello nyaussie, I'm contemplating moving to Australia as well. Is there any way I can contact you? There seems to be no private message button, or am I just blind? :p The speedy processing you went through is impressive.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hello nyaussie, I'm contemplating moving to Australia as well. Is there any way I can contact you? There seems to be no private message button, or am I just blind? :p The speedy processing you went through is impressive.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

Thanks for posting this. I too am a dual citizen (US & NZ). I have considered spending some time nursing in Australia and / or New Zealand. I didn't know if I could get a license with my US ADN training.

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@ nyaussie or whoever may know the answer.

Do Filipino grads go a different route than US grads? I'm talking about the conversation in this thread: https://allnurses.com/international-nursing/newly-grad-filipino-287930.html. I haven't finished reading it yet (I'm on pg 3) but it seems like they require a bridging program to go to Aus. Does that require exist for US grads as well?

Thanks.

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From what I have learned is that graduates of US nursing do not get bridging. And yes, Filipino grads go through a different route than US grads.

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Hello there Nyaussie. I am currently completing my associate RN degree here in the USA. I am very interested in getting details on what will need to be done to transfer my License from the USA to Australia when completed... This is a new confusing experience for me. I would love to chat with you more about this if you have the time. Thank you for posting the above info. It has given me a start! :)

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Hey there, I just got a this idea that I need to do something more and so I randomly thought about Hawaii and then Austrailia!!! I randomly got online and looked up austrailia RN and this is where I ended up. My email is [email protected] I have my BSN from US and would like to further talk with you as well as the others to figure out exactly what paperwork you needed and what the test entailed. Whenever you may have some free time shoot me a message or email please!

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