How to practice nursing overseas

Practice makes pitch-perfect and a nurse from the Philippines must learn the different tunes, accents and accompaniments to be part of the operating room band in the country where she or he intends to work or migrate. US bound nurses, however, seem to be singing out of tune.

Among the favorite countries with permanent migration programs, the United States calls the process of meeting the occupational requirements “licensure.” Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK call the eligibility to practice nursing “registration.”