Nursing Registration, the new system

[~Kim~]

I just went to renew my registration tonight on the new system.
Now I have been out of the nursing loop for a long time and had to look up half the new terms but I had to tick NO for the recency of practice question (obviously - haven't nursed for over 5 years). It then says my registration will be assessed.

So my question is - what if they don't renew it?
Does that mean I have to go back to uni if I ever want to work in Nursing again?

[Little Chicken]

I think you have to do a refresher course. The major hospitals used to advertise them all the time. But I strongly doubt you would have to go back to uni.

[~Kim~]

I do have to do a refresher anyway, but if they cancel my registration then will I have to earn it back? The only way you used to be able to do that was uni.
Not a huge deal, I'd just do something else, but it's always been nice to have that as a backup.

[Little Chicken]

I thought that was how you earned it back, doing the refresher course. I must work in the next couple of years then

[~Kim~]

oh cool, hope that is just it then.

eta no Hope, it isn't. We used to be able to just keep our registration current though, and now it's changed....

[melbel]

If it is like Teaching you will have to a certain number of professional Development (PD) hours anda certain number of practical hours to get re registered.....i think te practical stuff is semi supervised stuff.....

[xXHopeXx]

No idea, but logic would tell me that perhaps you may not be able to actually get it renewed UNTIL that course is done? and if you don't pass it maybe you have to do another more intense refresher course?

But then the government isn't very logical now is it?