Qualified nurses from abroad

Re: Qualified nurses from abroad

Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:33:11 GMT

HAH l know this one from the other day l asked this when we were doing the rounds., as it crops up here so often. They have to send in their training details to rcvs. They will then check the course sylabis against the uk one. If it is ok then they can practice if not they have to sit an exam.

I am awaiting to see if rcvs nursing does a thing on this very q for the wiki.

Re: Qualified nurses from abroad

Maisy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:32:09 GMT

South African nurses don't need further training as I believe their course is one of the most in-depth VN courses going. Might also be the case with American/Canadian vet techs as well.

Re: Qualified nurses from abroad

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:50:58 GMT

Hi all, can some come over and just start work straight away as an RVN though?? you know not need to do anymore studying or anything

Re: Qualified nurses from abroad

BumbledBee — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:03:40 GMT

I'm from Canada, and all the courses I looked into before moving the uk were Animal Heatlh Technician courses ( now recently changed to Veterinary Technician) it's two years of full time study or three years of work based training. There is also a Veterinary Technologist which I think would be the same as the degree training here.

As far as I know, each province or state has their own "regulatory bodies" and to work in a different province or state, a proficiency test must be taken.

I could be wrong though!!

Re: Qualified nurses from abroad

Sal the 1st — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:01:27 GMT

One of my head nurses was an American animal tech - in my opinion what she taught me was way ahead of anything I learnt in the nursing courses here at that time