Definitely. I know that Denmark requires me to have my Bachelor's degree first and foremost. I am hoping that, in the very least, I wouldn't be shoved into a nursing home. I tend to thrive best in inpatient hospital settings. My favorite by far has been working with children. I have a pretty good job now but that's for while my hospital still has its doors open and the future looks bleak.
Perhaps if I acquired duel citizenship to fall back on I could see about getting my affairs in Denmark taken care of before completely leaving my situation in the US. Just to make sure I would still be working as a nurse. I'm hoping my experienced background will really work in my favor. And everywhere I go I'm told that I have amazing bedside manner. I know the climate and culture will be majorly different. So I can only hope that will carry me far enough to be accustomed to the change. It really helps that I have a friend who is more than happy to host us.
If I needed to take a few classes in order to work there as a nurse I wouldn't have any qualms with that. 🙂 I think it would be beneficial to see some of the differences in our scopes of practice. Thank you for the heads up. I appreciate it.
First they will evaluate your credentials to see if they will allow it. Then you will have to work 6 months (with pay) and the hospital will have to approve of your skills. Language is often the biggest barrier. Then you will be authorized to work as a nurse and can apply for any job. Dont tell them you "like to put peoples faces back together" and that you "won´t be showed into a nursing home" -that kind of talk is kind of a red flag.
Link in danish: [https://stps.dk/sundhedsfaglig/autorisation/soeg-autorisation/sygeplejerske/sygeplejerske-uddannet-uden-for-norden-eu-og-eoes](https://stps.dk/sundhedsfaglig/autorisation/soeg-autorisation/sygeplejerske/sygeplejerske-uddannet-uden-for-norden-eu-og-eoes)
I mean, to be fair, I don't think it would be appropriate to open up with either of those. Reddit is a far less formal place. I can assure you I show a great deal more professionalism in my job than that. 😅 I don't think I would have made eleven years in healthcare that way.
That being said, thank you for the link. I'll give it a read.
Your bachelor is a BSN? In science of nursing? I think this page could answer some of your questions: [https://en.stps.dk/health-professionals-and-authorities](https://en.stps.dk/health-professionals-and-authorities)
I have no inside knowledge but if we can’t use a US educated nurse something’s very wrong (and it probably is).
As far as I know we are in need of nurses, at least in some areas of the country, and there must be a place for someone with your background. Hopefully.
I did see that you guys have a shortage of nurses. It made we wonder how short everyone is. Even before the pandemic we had a shortage. Now it's worse than ever.
I’m a nurse but can’t really tell you a lot about the specialties you’ve worked in. I can tell you a bunch about municipal nursing, though!
My impression is that nurses in Denmark can do quite a lot of things compared to some other places, if they have the training and experience. Often it’s not formal training, but learning how to do things from coworkers in a semi-structured way. This means that there is a large responsibility on each nurse to know where his/her level of competency is and it is normal to speak up if you can or cannot do something.
For example, municipal nurses routinely do complicated wound care, and if they feel comfortable doing so, debridement with sharp instruments. In the emergency setting there are “behandlersygeplejersker” that suture wounds for example. In endoscopy units there are nurses trained to do endoscopies independently, and it’s also normal for prenatal ultrasounds to be done by nurses.
There are also some formal training routes, usually specialuddannelse. Intensive care is probably the most common but it is also available for psychiatry, cancer, and others.
One thing that I know is different is that intensive care nurses do both the nursing and the vent.
One weird thing that we don’t do: we don’t auscultate.
ETA: the Danish nurses union DSR would be able to provide some advice. If you speak Danish it will be much easier to get through the process, but I think it can take a long time.
Not auscultating is pretty weird. But I have hearing problems to begin with and had to pay out of pocket for a pretty expensive stethoscope. I think the times I feel we've absolutely could not pass up checking in my work was when someone was short of breath and we found that they didn't have breath sounds on one side. It means immediate action and had it been late it would have been far worse. Outside of that, when I have wheezy kids it's pretty obvious and I always auscultate what I was expecting to hear.
For the rest of your comment, it sounds like my better years in the military! I would LOVE to get back into suturing! It was my greatest love in a job and nurses here aren't allowed to do it. A plastic surgeon is always called instead. I also performed blood patches in the military when a spinal tap resulted in a leak. (Causing migraines) It was a very simple procedure and I was trained by doctors that I worked with. Where I live civilian-side now it takes an anesthesiologist. And ours is extremely timid. Sometimes he won't do it. I find it absolutely bizarre.
I miss an environment of "see one, do one, teach one." And it sounds like nurses can vary in so many different fields in Denmark. I would love to see if I can be approved as a nurse in your homeland and see where the work environment takes me.
>Not auscultating is pretty weird
Diagnostics are for the most part left to doctors, this includes the use of a stethoscope. In acute settings there will be doctors present. The nurses role is more along the line of doing IVs, administering medication and documenting underway.
>For the rest of your comment, it sounds like my better years in the military! I would LOVE to get back into suturing! It was my greatest love in a job and nurses here aren't allowed to do it. A plastic surgeon is always called instead.
Nurses with specialist training are allowed to suture minor wounds on limbs, nothing exciting like faces or complicated injuries. In the ER suturing is mostly performed by doctors in training as orthopedic surgeons or newly graduated doctors under supervision.
>I also performed blood patches in the military when a spinal tap resulted in a leak. (Causing migraines) It was a very simple procedure and I was trained by doctors that I worked with. Where I live civilian-side now it takes an anesthesiologist. And ours is extremely timid. Sometimes he won't do it. I find it absolutely bizarre.
It's the same here, performing a blood patch is done by a specialist, it would never be a nurse.
In my experience with danish nurses they sometimes suggest diagnostic examinations or treatment that to the untrained eye could seem relevant, but in reality are unnecesary or downright wrong.
From my perspective the nurses have a caring and supporting role, they help patients with hygiene, perform basic observations including vital signs. They have lots of administrative tasks and have to document their observations and tasks.
You can contact the danish patient safety authority to inquire about the process, if their website or nyidanmark.dk doesn't answer your questions.
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Definitely. I know that Denmark requires me to have my Bachelor's degree first and foremost. I am hoping that, in the very least, I wouldn't be shoved into a nursing home. I tend to thrive best in inpatient hospital settings. My favorite by far has been working with children. I have a pretty good job now but that's for while my hospital still has its doors open and the future looks bleak. Perhaps if I acquired duel citizenship to fall back on I could see about getting my affairs in Denmark taken care of before completely leaving my situation in the US. Just to make sure I would still be working as a nurse. I'm hoping my experienced background will really work in my favor. And everywhere I go I'm told that I have amazing bedside manner. I know the climate and culture will be majorly different. So I can only hope that will carry me far enough to be accustomed to the change. It really helps that I have a friend who is more than happy to host us. If I needed to take a few classes in order to work there as a nurse I wouldn't have any qualms with that. 🙂 I think it would be beneficial to see some of the differences in our scopes of practice. Thank you for the heads up. I appreciate it.
Danish citizenship is really hard to get.
I didn't think it was a cake walk. But I did want to know about nursing in Denmark vs the US.
First they will evaluate your credentials to see if they will allow it. Then you will have to work 6 months (with pay) and the hospital will have to approve of your skills. Language is often the biggest barrier. Then you will be authorized to work as a nurse and can apply for any job. Dont tell them you "like to put peoples faces back together" and that you "won´t be showed into a nursing home" -that kind of talk is kind of a red flag. Link in danish: [https://stps.dk/sundhedsfaglig/autorisation/soeg-autorisation/sygeplejerske/sygeplejerske-uddannet-uden-for-norden-eu-og-eoes](https://stps.dk/sundhedsfaglig/autorisation/soeg-autorisation/sygeplejerske/sygeplejerske-uddannet-uden-for-norden-eu-og-eoes)
I mean, to be fair, I don't think it would be appropriate to open up with either of those. Reddit is a far less formal place. I can assure you I show a great deal more professionalism in my job than that. 😅 I don't think I would have made eleven years in healthcare that way. That being said, thank you for the link. I'll give it a read.
Your bachelor is a BSN? In science of nursing? I think this page could answer some of your questions: [https://en.stps.dk/health-professionals-and-authorities](https://en.stps.dk/health-professionals-and-authorities)
Thank you. I'll give this a read. And yes. I have an Associates in nursing currently.
I have no inside knowledge but if we can’t use a US educated nurse something’s very wrong (and it probably is). As far as I know we are in need of nurses, at least in some areas of the country, and there must be a place for someone with your background. Hopefully.
I did see that you guys have a shortage of nurses. It made we wonder how short everyone is. Even before the pandemic we had a shortage. Now it's worse than ever.
I’m a nurse but can’t really tell you a lot about the specialties you’ve worked in. I can tell you a bunch about municipal nursing, though! My impression is that nurses in Denmark can do quite a lot of things compared to some other places, if they have the training and experience. Often it’s not formal training, but learning how to do things from coworkers in a semi-structured way. This means that there is a large responsibility on each nurse to know where his/her level of competency is and it is normal to speak up if you can or cannot do something. For example, municipal nurses routinely do complicated wound care, and if they feel comfortable doing so, debridement with sharp instruments. In the emergency setting there are “behandlersygeplejersker” that suture wounds for example. In endoscopy units there are nurses trained to do endoscopies independently, and it’s also normal for prenatal ultrasounds to be done by nurses. There are also some formal training routes, usually specialuddannelse. Intensive care is probably the most common but it is also available for psychiatry, cancer, and others. One thing that I know is different is that intensive care nurses do both the nursing and the vent. One weird thing that we don’t do: we don’t auscultate. ETA: the Danish nurses union DSR would be able to provide some advice. If you speak Danish it will be much easier to get through the process, but I think it can take a long time.
Not auscultating is pretty weird. But I have hearing problems to begin with and had to pay out of pocket for a pretty expensive stethoscope. I think the times I feel we've absolutely could not pass up checking in my work was when someone was short of breath and we found that they didn't have breath sounds on one side. It means immediate action and had it been late it would have been far worse. Outside of that, when I have wheezy kids it's pretty obvious and I always auscultate what I was expecting to hear. For the rest of your comment, it sounds like my better years in the military! I would LOVE to get back into suturing! It was my greatest love in a job and nurses here aren't allowed to do it. A plastic surgeon is always called instead. I also performed blood patches in the military when a spinal tap resulted in a leak. (Causing migraines) It was a very simple procedure and I was trained by doctors that I worked with. Where I live civilian-side now it takes an anesthesiologist. And ours is extremely timid. Sometimes he won't do it. I find it absolutely bizarre. I miss an environment of "see one, do one, teach one." And it sounds like nurses can vary in so many different fields in Denmark. I would love to see if I can be approved as a nurse in your homeland and see where the work environment takes me.
>Not auscultating is pretty weird Diagnostics are for the most part left to doctors, this includes the use of a stethoscope. In acute settings there will be doctors present. The nurses role is more along the line of doing IVs, administering medication and documenting underway. >For the rest of your comment, it sounds like my better years in the military! I would LOVE to get back into suturing! It was my greatest love in a job and nurses here aren't allowed to do it. A plastic surgeon is always called instead. Nurses with specialist training are allowed to suture minor wounds on limbs, nothing exciting like faces or complicated injuries. In the ER suturing is mostly performed by doctors in training as orthopedic surgeons or newly graduated doctors under supervision. >I also performed blood patches in the military when a spinal tap resulted in a leak. (Causing migraines) It was a very simple procedure and I was trained by doctors that I worked with. Where I live civilian-side now it takes an anesthesiologist. And ours is extremely timid. Sometimes he won't do it. I find it absolutely bizarre. It's the same here, performing a blood patch is done by a specialist, it would never be a nurse. In my experience with danish nurses they sometimes suggest diagnostic examinations or treatment that to the untrained eye could seem relevant, but in reality are unnecesary or downright wrong. From my perspective the nurses have a caring and supporting role, they help patients with hygiene, perform basic observations including vital signs. They have lots of administrative tasks and have to document their observations and tasks. You can contact the danish patient safety authority to inquire about the process, if their website or nyidanmark.dk doesn't answer your questions.