hi friends welcome back to my channel thank you so much for clicking on this video actually
in today's video i'm going to be answering some questions about overseas nursing in united kingdom
that is the process of becoming an overseas nurse in the uk whether you're from asia or from africa
i know a lot of people have a lot of questions and i have received a lot of questions on this channel
myself so today i'm going to be answering some of those questions and other questions that i
have gotten from different platforms that i am eating so if you find this video helpful please
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as you already know there has been a lot of changes in the nmc application processes for
um overseas nurses coming into the uk and the very first question that i have here is do i need an
experience to work in uk the person is actually saying that people are saying she needs to have an
experience at least a year experience before she can apply to work in the uk so this is my answer
firstly to work as a nurse in the united kingdom you need to be registered with the nmc that's with
the nursing and meet with your counsel now for you to be registered with nursing are made with
a council you do not need any experience like nursing and midwifery council are accepting
people nurses that are freshly out of college whether from um school of nursing or a university
if you are just out of college just out of um school of nursing just
out of university you can apply as a nurse under nmc so you don't need any experience however
different employers have different rules different application rules so this employer employer a
might say okay i'm cool with someone who is just out of college and employer b might say no i want
someone with um five years experience or ten years experience just like it is in our own country so
to register under nmc to register with nmc you don't need one-year experience you can register
like you know you just got out of college and you register as a nurse with nmc however it is not nmc
that gives you the job it is um the nhs that gives you the job either the nhs or private companies
and um under private companies we have care homes and residential homes and all that so
they might say they want experience so if they want experience then you might have to look for
another job that does not require someone with an experience i hope i've been able to answer that
number two question that i have here this is a very sensitive question like a very sensitive one
so the person is asking if i have ever experienced racism since i've been in the uk the simple answer
is yes yes okay there is nowhere racism is not like there is no way it just depends on the level
yeah depends on the level of the racism i mean if the racism gets a level where
you cannot cope or it's becoming unbearable then you might have to like pack your things and go
but yes i've experienced the racism air in one way or the other not in my place of work but you know
in the community yeah it can come softly sometimes very very softly yeah you might not even notice it
yeah so the answer is simple answer is yes i have experienced racism so the third question
is a kind of a funny one the person is asking if we miss home at all that is people that are
outside of their country working in someone else's country do they really miss home at all okay
so if you are watching me and you are a nigerian in the uk or in any other country please
leave me comments in the comment section and let me know if you miss um actually i
started missing home from the very first month that i got here and i made a video about that
i am going to be linking it in the description box below so you can check it out and see what
i have missed i should actually do an updated video about that um we'll see how it goes but yes
i miss home so number four question the person is asking how many years does it take to complete all
these processes all this nursing application processes including migration so for the whole
process i would say on the average it takes around six months it can be shorter for some people and
it can be longer for some people i think the main issue is um passing the examinations passing cbt
passing english exam that is the main thing like if you pass your cbt once and you pass
your ielts once maybe you passed both of them within the space of a month that leaves you
with like five months you know to process to get an employer and get your processes done
and all this takes around two three months marks i think once you've gotten an employer it takes
from the time you got an employer that is from the time you have been offered a job and you've
gotten your employment contract from that time till the time you actually get in into uk
it takes roughly around three to four months so on the average i would say six months it has been
shorter for some and it has been longer for some and if you're an overseas nurse
watching me right now please let us know in the comment section how long did it actually take you
to like get to the uk from the time when you actually started the application up to
when you got in into the uk let us know in the comment section so the process for me actually
took about 10 months yes it took about 10 months and that was because of various reasons i had to
do my ielts twice i passed my cbt once but i did i held twice and also at the point money was an
issue so i had to wait you know get salary add up everything and you know you know now you know
those things before the money is complete and then you do this and do that and all that so it took me
roughly 10 months to get everything processed for some people it has been way way shorter
so i hope i've been able to answer a question so i would say roughly it can take you between 6 months
and 12 months and like i said it's not cast on stones it can be shorter and it can be longer so
the next question i have here says which nursing route is preferable to come to the uk that is
is it um coming as a rn or like today i think from what i get from the person's question is
is it that it is better to come in as a rn or as a degree older so the answer is anyone and everyone
all is possible i came in with my rn certificate and the process was not different
from someone who had a degree or who has a degree at that time it is basically the same however
if you already are in the process of having your degree or if you are contemplating or
which one should i do maybe you are just trying to get into nursing and you are like oh should
i just go for the three years rn course or go for the five years degree course
the thing is you can do anyone you want however if you go ahead with a degree and you have your
degree before coming over it saves you time when you come here because you already have your degree
i mean in this world in this world like degree is the the list of the certificates that people
have now even it's going up onto masters so if you have your degree you know that you already
have it and then when you come here you are either going to go on to your masters or do
some other professional courses so if you can get your degree and if not you can come in with
rn i came in with aaron and the process is not different is not in any way slower or different
from someone with a degree so the next question is do i still need an english exam to apply
to be a uk rgn so apparently a lot of whatsapp broadcast has been going on around
um telling people that they don't have to you know have an english test for them to come to the uk
i don't know i've heard of some stories of people that did that but i don't know how through that
is but from what i gathered from the nmc website which i'm going to be linking in the description
box below you can check it out and read it for yourself the simple answer is yes you need an
ielts or oet you need an english exam to actually process your application um as a uk rgn because
they want to know that you're competent enough to speak english to communicate in english with
people when you get here and the only way to know that is by you taking the exam i mean there are
exemptions for some people from some countries but unfortunately africa and asia are not in the list
of those exempted so to the best of my knowledge you still need an english exam to process your
application to come over to the uk as a registered nurse if you have a different opinion please
let us know in the comment section and when you are leaving your comments please back it up with
some kind of evidence you know somewhere we can go on you know to read my about it like you know
just so that we are all in the know and you know we are more knowledgeable about this i
have been able to answer most of the questions that you guys have if you have more questions
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