Is aliyah an option?

Funny you should ask... I was just in E"Y in February and actually spent an afternoon walking to Sharei Tzeddek to ask if I could shadow some nurses there. It was before I was licensed and they said no, but they did give me the number for a woman in charge of nursing at the Ministry of Health. (I wrote all this down but am in the process of moving and can't find the paper, so pardon my vagueness). From her I found out that they much prefer a BSN to my ASN (which apparently, and I quote, 'This degree is problem'). If you do have a BSN or higher though there are 2-3 courses you must take, I believe mostly having to do with Israeli medical law, and emergency trauma care (a big issue there unfortunately). You also have to go through regular Ulpan and then a specialized med terminology Ulpan. You can take the Nursing competency test in Hebrew or English (Hebrew is offered twice a year, English is only offered once a year - can't remember when) but you also have to take a test in Hebrew to demonstrate sufficient command of the language. And apparently American-trained nurses shouldn't have any trouble finding a job there.
Hope at least some of that was helpful!

Rivka, are you a NP? If you go to the nefesh b'nefesh website, they tell you everything you have to do. It's basically what Chanab said, but they make it a little more complicated. Enough to make me want to think "forget it"

Shalom Aleichem!

I'm new here, but the question is close to my heart like it is to many.

As for NPs, at present the job title and description doesn't exist in Israel. Historically, nurses in places like kibbutzim were practicing some level of 'grey medicine'. In the last few years the discussion has come up to formalize such arrangements; especially given that not many doctors are choosing to live very far from the larger cities. I do not know if there is any consideration for using NPs (such as ACNP) in the hospitals. The Israel Medical Association has so far objected to the whole thing. Supposedly they don't object completely, but they would want tight control over the situation.

I remember the Jerusalem Post running an article on this not so long ago, but I can't locate it. Maybe try contacting Judy Siegel-Itzkovitch at the Post. She actually responds, and would probably be able to point you in the right direction.

B'hatzlaha!

mordechai y. scher
santa fe

Anyone know what prequisites I need for nursing school in Israel? I have a regular USA high school diploma

I live, work and raise my family in Jerusalem.
Don't sweat the small stuff, come and iron it all out here like I did. If u r sincere and a good nurse- it will work out.
There is a tremendous lack of nurses, The nursing schools here do a terrible job (in general) in training their nurses and I have to retrain them anyway when they join my staff, I am now retraining a Sharei Zedek trained nurse and she is amazed at the diference.
JUST COME, i wil meet you and greet u at the airport, help u as much is possible, WE NEED U

I am not a fan of Israeli trained nurses, to tell you the truth , I could give you horror stories as well. I personaly work in a Nsg Home because I didn't want to work Shabatot and was given this perk at the places I have worked,
The problems that I see all come from lack of caring. I;m not saying that there aren't caring nurses here, but unfortunately, many are uncaring , callous, snobby etc. The Russian nurses at least have excellent work ethics so 'Yatza hefsaydo be'schoro
As an American working here you will be respected, the Israeli's will want to learn from you, If you hold onto the tenets that you learned in nsg school, you will go far,
I have never regretted my decision to move here, work here, raise my kids here, etc.
May Hashem help you and guide you

I really have no idea, you will have to ask, I know some Nurse Practitioners here who work for the American Embassy and get credit for their work and status. I will ask (b"ezrat Hashem)