If you trained as a nurse or midwife outside the UK, demonstrating your English language proficiency is one of the requirements for NMC registration. It is not the most complex part of the process, but…
The OET Writing sub-test gives you one task: read a set of patient case notes and write a professional healthcare letter based on them. For nurses, that letter will typically be a referral to a…
Band B. Two words that stand between many internationally trained nurses and their NMC registration. If you are preparing for OET Writing, you need to understand exactly what Band B means in practice – not…
If you trained as a nurse outside the UK and you want to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, you will almost certainly need to pass the Occupational English Test – known as OET.…
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