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English Standard For Nurses Put On Hold In Australia

by Gopalan T on August 18, 2010 at 10:39 AM Nursing Profession News

Australia has chosen to put on hold for a year the new English standard requirement for nurses from non-English-speaking backgrounds.

English Standard For Nurses Put On Hold In Australia

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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NBMA) had decided recently that�all international students from non-English-speaking backgrounds would have�to achieve level 7 English language competency as part of the registration process. Previously there was no such requirement.�

Possibly 400 international nursing students who graduated midyear were caught by changes to registration rules that took effect on July 1, as they�were no longer eligible for registration.

Many of them had won placements in rural and regional areas desperate for more health professionals, but would have been forced to leave Australia when their student visas expired at the end of August.

However, on representation from various quarters, the NMBA met on Thursday night and resolved to allow the nurses to stay, granting temporary registration until May 2011 to allow them to obtain skilled visas and complete the English language tests.

The NMBA agreed to honour the former Victorian board's advice to overseas qualified nurses who are completing short courses that they will be registered without further English language testing if they successfully complete their course.

The�Board also committed to review its English language standard.

But the English language testing requirement will still affect hundreds of nursing students who are now completing their courses and will have to undertake additional tuition to pass the exams.

ANF Victorian president Lisa Fitzpatrick called on universities to fund the extra tuition for students.

Source-Medindia

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