Nursing Registration, the new system

[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.....

[minimatron]

Kim I have been looking into it because I havent worked for 2.5 years. If you havent worked for more than 5 years you have to do a refresher course and pass that in order to be re registered. Then once thats happened, you have to do at least 20 hours a year of professional development which is mandatory. i am not sure how many hours you need to actually work per year to keep it up or if you have to for the new system. Its all kind of confusing. They are going to be apparently strict with the auditing of the pd though. HTH....

I want to go back to work but I dont want to go into mental health anymore...its the only thing i have done since graduating since 1999. Any suggestions for a good area to go into?

[shellbell3]

Melissa- Maybe try Agency work or Bank work somewhere and see if any specific areas interest you?

Kim-Yeah what Melissa said above, they prolly hold your rego til you complete the refresher course.