Hi all.
I am currently in process of getting all my bits together to send to QNC - my first step - am very excited!
Anyway, it says that you must send proof of nursing competence for past 5 years, and this must be signed by a registered nurse. I currently work as a specialist nurse and my direct line manager is a consultant neurologist. The only other sort of manager I have is purely of admin. background.

Would a reference from any of them be acceptable? I did email the QNC but got a standard reply which was really no use.

I really don't want to come to a standstill before I have even really started.

Really grateful for any advice

Lisa x

Does it have to be from one of your seniors? Maybe another nurse in your team or an equivalent grade could do it?

Wren x

Hi Wren.

The trouble is that there are no other nurses in our team and as we are very small and as we really work in isolation, there aren't really any other nurses that I know well enough to ask.

It does also state it should be from a nurse supervisor or manager.
Thanks for your suggestion though

Lisa x

hi lisa
you say this is the first step for you, well if you'd like a little bit of advice, its NOT to apply to the QNC first!! you will not get a straight answer from anyone, they do not reply to emails for a few weeks, they lie and i have found them to date CRAP!!!!! ia pplid for reg
istration in october 2005!! my cheque was cashed immediately and i still havent got it!

good luck though but dont count your chickens! i can see me turning up to collect it myself in brisbane when we arrive!

deb

Thanks Deb.
I have just read something along the same lines, so think I probably need to start again.
Should I just start with the ANMC instead?

Lisa x

oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it'll take a while to get everything together and be more expensive but believe me and a few others on here, its the best thing you could do!!

do a search under QNC delays and you can see for yourself some of the timescales!! think mine is probably about to beat amandas 7 months its a joke, but how unprofessional eh

I am so glad you told me! Thanks very much.
Back to the drawing board then

Lisa x

hi, what i did was apply for reg in WA and used that to do the ANMC modified assessment. WA only took 1 week to issue my registration with them. then you can register with another state though mutual recognition at a later stage. this will speed things up and save you money too! selina

I was going to suggest doing that.

G

That's excellent advice, thanks very much

Will get onto that straight away.

Lisa x

I have just been on web site for WA and got all the relevant forms, even these are much more straight forward than those for QNC.

Looks like I don't even have to worry about my original problem either.

Wonderful!!!

Full steam ahead now

Thanks again.

Lisa x