You need good English communication skills to work as a nurse in the UK. You will need to gain an overall score (the average of the scores in the reading, writing, speaking and listening papers) of at least 7.0 in the academic module of the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam. You need at least 7.0 in the listening and reading sections and at least 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections. For more details about this test see the English/Exams/IELTS section of this website.