Re: foreign nursing grad, my first year after my nclex
dear, i must say that you are lucky enough because you are able to land a job. i'm a new grad as well, and i too, have just arrived recently from the philippines (december 08). i have no hospital experience too, at MARE, i know what you meant when you said everything else seems "foreign." i would say filipino nurses are competent too, but we just don't have the same equipments and machines that they use here. i think you're my lifesaver. is there any way that we could talk? kasi lucky for you cos you've had that CNA experience, and i have ZERO. i have NEVER seen nurses work here. i have NEVER seen what they do. and i have a feeling that a job is near and i'm so afraid that everything will be new for me.
please help me, mare. i know i sound "stupidly stupid." but i know you'll understand because you know the deal and how we do it in the philippines. where are you located now? i'm in san diego, california.
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