US RN wanting to do children's nursing in UK

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Hello,

I've been looking over the registry requirements for children's nursing and it appears that because I have a general nursing degree (as that's all we have here in the US) I can't sit for the children's nursing exam?

Does this mean that I'd have to get an adult nursing license and then do a post-graduate diploma with a student visa in the UK in order to take the exam or is there some way to meet the education requirements while still in the US?

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Are you wanting to work Paeds in the UK?

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Yes, I currently work in a NICU and so ideally that's what I'd like to continue doing.

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Do you have a degree?

Do you have right of abode in the UK or EU citizenship?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If General trained in UK then usually a top up course is done which is 18 months and done with employer's involvement and whilst working. Suggest contacting NMC and discuss with them. May help if you have courses to vack you up

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I'm a US nurse with a bachelor's degree in nursing. I'm interested in relocating to the UK, but in order to do so I would need some kind of visa as I am American and have lived in the US my entire life.

According to the NMC, because I only have a general nursing degree (this is all we have in the US) I am not eligible to be a pediatric nurse. I am wondering how to get the pediatric education required (that I am unable to get in the US because we don't have pediatric nursing degrees).

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