Be a Registered Nurse in Australia

• Successful completion of all the components of education in nursing
• Qualification is equivalent to Bachelor degree in Australia and must include at least 800 hours of workplace experience in different health care settings
• Regular analysis of work and recognition by an external nursing regulatory body, whose accreditation standards were equivalent to Australia’s
• Professional knowledge and skills should be in coherence with present healthcare knowledge, nursing research and health policy
• Certification from educational institute that proves of completing an assessment in medication administration and management.

• An overall score of 7 or at least 7 in each component of IELTS (International English Language Testing System) OR
• An overall score of 65+ in PTE (Pearson Test of English) Academic OR
• An overall score of 88 in TOEFL (iBT) (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• Demonstrate NMBA that the professionals skills and knowledge are up-to-date by meeting the recency of practice registration standard
• Have criminal history checked on the basis of different factors like nature of offence (if committed any), pending charges or sentence served, etc.

Note: If you are not eligible to apply for registration, AHPRA will recommend you a bridging program named – OBA