Returning to Nursing but not yet lapsed...help!

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Short story:

Registered Nurse
Last worked May 2007
Last re-registered Sept 2009 (had over 450 hours 'banked')
Due for registration September 2012
Would like to do HV training

Ok....

I won't have any hours for re-registration in September. I have a DD with SN and there is no way I could work 30 hours per week to accrue them, even if I could work right now, which wouldn't happen because I'd need CRB check, etc.

I can't register for NHS Professionals (the nurse bank) because I haven't got 6 months experience in the last two years. Same goes for most agencies. Also, I haven't worked for 5 years, so I wouldn't want to just rock up on a ward when they are expecting an experienced nurse, and it turns out that I haven't set foot in a hospital for 5 years.

I can't do a reurn to practice course because I haven't actually lapsed my registration, and the RTP courses are for nurses who wish to return to the register.

Practically speaking...I'm in no-man's-land. It also seems non-sensical that I won't be able to register because I don't have 450 hours of practice in the last 3 years, but the RTP course only expects 150 hours of practice, which I could esasily manage between now and September if I could actually get registered with NHSP and do some shifts!

Also, the RTP courses are £975, which means that I have to pay £975 to do 150 hours of nursing practice, instead of receiving £1500 to do 150 hours of nursing practice, IYSWIM.

I can't apply to do the HV course, because ironically, although that would give me the practice hours I need, and the contract is as a band 5 nurse, you have to have effective registration from October of the year you are starting, by which time my registration will lapse.

Hellllp!!!

I worked in MS centre doing the oxygen chamber and that counts. Helpline and vol work counts. I might do NAS helpline too if I can as autism comes under my nursing. When i did the ABA that counted to as counts as 'behavioural therapy' as a psych nurse. You still have to do study days but charities do lots which can count to hr here hr their etc! I did NVQ 3 in challenging behaviour the NHS in my area paid for...wish they would fund the ABA MSc:(
I'd change my job completely then and be self employed!

Just read this so not sure whether anyone will look at this but I'm in a similar(ish) position. Last worked October 2009, hoping to return January 2013. Although all our paperwork says we must complete 450 hours over 3 years if you speak to someone at the NMC they will tell you it can also be 750 hours over 5 years (I've phoned a couple of times just to double check).
I'm going to ask a friend if I can do some supernumerary shifts on her ward before I apply for jobs as the thought of going back to nursing after this amount of time off scares the hell out of me!
Good luck with your return x

I have been out of nursing since 2007. I have found a return to practice course. However I don't know how to go about finding a placement. I want to a placement in a nursing home. The course requires that the placement provider must have an educational audit and sign-off mentor. I have looked at nursing homes on-line but there is no information as to whether they have an educational audit or not. Can any-body offer any advice? please.

Perhaps you may want to consider the 'Come Back' course. It is free course for nurses looking to return to practice and offers clinical placements. Find out more here - www.healthcare.ac.uk/cppd/short-courses-undergraduate/come-back-supporting-nurses-to-return-to-practice/