Icunurse

Ceridwyn

I imagine most nurses would be happy if the 'loophole' was closed then they wouldn't have to waste thousands of $£ to get to Australia and then find themselves claiming benefits! Unless you think nurses spend years training and working to become highly skilled practitioners for no other reason than to migrate on a skilled visa then just live off centrelink payments. GET REAL. And until something is done to address this injustice then people should keep on tweeting and raising awareness as much as they can, because unlike you, most of us would try and support fellow nurses and stop them from having to go through this for nothing!!

Well said Kelly!!! Ceridwyn why are you so bitter towards us nurses trying to support each other?? AHPRA are giving an appalling service at the moment and people deserve answers. If they justify their decision to compare our 3 year course to a 2 year course then fair enough we will accept that, but the fact is they can't justify this because they are wrong. UK diploma is equivalent to AQF 7.

Hi,

What a nightmare everyone seems to be having. I applied to AHPRA in February I think it was. Just last week I finished forwarding university module details (Syllabus) as requested and they now state my qualification is under assessment and they can't provide a time frame. I am an advanced diploma trained adult nurse with 4 years in trauma orthopaedics and 2 years ICU. I am currently completing Bsc honours degree, due to the fact I was qualified more than 2 years before starting my degree I have had to do extra modules. I have completed 4 modules 3 are 30 credits at level 3 and one was 20 credits at level 3, I am just finishing writing my dissertation to complete this. I am hoping these extra modules I have completed at university will mean I am at level with an australian bachelors degree so I can get registration. The whole situation is very worrying, I am due to go travelling from November and was hoping to work with an agency to help find my trip around Australia. I guess if my registration is refused I may have to cut my trip short or even just not visit Australia. The agency I am signed on with have stated that nobody really seems to know what's happening at present.

K