USA nurse doing a foreign MSc

[gypsynursesarah]

Ok. Take two:: not sure if this is posting twice but just looking to see if any RNs from the USA have done a masters in nursing in a foreign country. I have been accepted to a program in the U.K. For an MSc and want to make sure it is transferable when I come home! My state board is not giving me much feedback and want to know if anyone else has done this and what the outcome was!

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Transferable for what? The BON only requires an ADN education to become licensed and practice as a registered nurse, there isn't an additional licence for masters prepared nurses, so there is not point asking the BON if they will recognize the education. Are you wondering if an employer will recognize the education? if so, what type of employer are you considering?

[gypsynursesarah]

Thanks @dishes

I have my RN ADN and BSN, from New York originally. I am interested in doing a MSc (masters of science of nursing)in the U.K. Which would allow me to lecture in the U.K. Or get nursing education jobs. So I would be looking for employment in the states in an education role or possibly continuing to complete a PhD.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

If you look on various nursing school websites at the faculty member's academic credentials, you may find the bios contain the location of the faculty's MSN and Phd education. It will give you some idea of the school's practice of hiring faculty with international graduate education.

[gypsynursesarah]

@dishes thank you, that's a good place to start. I have looked at phd programs and some state they require a nationally recognized MSN which is why I'm curious if anyone else has done this before and what their experience was like... as for job descriptions it varies state by state and job to job I know from looking at job descriptions. I have yet to come across anyone on staff that it specifically states is a foreign educated nurse. It just says MSN or their titles

[dishes, BSN, RN]

If your local university that offers MSN/PHD programs holds an open house for perspective students, they may include a Q&A session and you maybe able to ask your questions at the session.

I'm in Canada and can see on the faculty bios that some of the nursing professors obtained their graduate education in other countries. I believe that having published research at the masters level is one of the criteria for acceptance into a PHD program in most Canadian universities. Maybe their publications allowed them to be accepted into the phd programs?