New Mexico RN planning on moving to Texas

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Hi! I am a Filipino Nurse who recently passed the NCLEX -RN in the state of New Mexico. I dont have any hospital experience yet, and I'm planning on moving to Texas, what should I do coz my agency said the the New Mexico License is a multistate license due to the fact thats its included in the Compact state. Do i still need to acquire a license in Texas? or i can use my New Mexico license in applying when in Texas? Help!:confused:

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

You can endorse your license any time as long as you meet requirements, time well I am not sure but look on average 2-4 months depending on requirements

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thank you! helped me a lot. :)

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What kind of experience do you have, h1b is for advanced practice or speciality nurses.

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According to your first post you do not have hospital experience, are ah advanced practice in a outpatien t nursing speciality? If not you do not qualify for H1b. Otherwise when your tourist visa expires you must return home and wait your place in retrogression and go to plan b.

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Yes, I dont have hospital experience as a licensed nurse though I had lots of hospital affiliations when I was still a student. Thanks for the advice, really helped me a lot. And yes, I understand the capacity of my tourist visa and I have no intentions of staying long and violate immigration laws.

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Yes, I dont have hospital experience as a licensed nurse though I had lots of hospital affiliations when I was still a student. Thanks for the advice, really helped me a lot. And yes, I understand the capacity of my tourist visa and I have no intentions of staying long and violate immigration laws.

Thanks Krissyprissy, you don't have any experience that any new grad has, and in one way worse since your experience was not here in the USA, and you can not network with your instructors and nurse managers for any US positions even if you had the right to work. Unfortunately you will have to enter the retrogression que and wait until your PD is called. Many hospitals are no longer sponsoring nurses since the wait is so long and the expense so high to employ a new grad and even more expensive to hire a foreign grad.

I would enjoy your tourist visa, visit this beautiful country, visit family, and follow up with Plan B ( Work in other countries ).

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Thanks Ginger's mom! I would have to agree, I love travelling in the US and there's just lots of places to see. I'm visiting the States again this June. I'm also thinking about studying MSN there, but maybe it would cost a lot since I'm not an immigrant.

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I just thought I should add my expereince. I tried to apply to RN jobs and residency programs in Texas (Dallas Area) my final semester of nursing school which was not in Texas. I should say that I have a stellar resume from an academic standpoint (3.9 Gpa) and I also had Nurse Extern experience in the field I was applying to (telemetry). I got called to interview over the phone once while I was in class by the recruiter FOR THEIR GRADUATE NURSE PROGRAM AND WAS PASSED UP. To make a very long and frustrating story short, I never got a job in Texas. With the help of my career advisor from college, we found that apparently there is an unwritten "code" that hospitals in Texas generally do not hire out of state nurses simply because there are many nurses in state looking for the same position. This was a few years ago, though, so maybe things have changed. One thing to keep in mind is Texas' economy is healthier than most other states in the US. Although that is a relative statement, at the worst part of the recession, Texas still had a healthy job market. And they werent going through the nursing layoffs like the rest of the country. FYI, Texas is one of the best places to work as a nurse when you compare cost of living to salary. People always ask "what is the salary in this location" ...it doesn't matter much unless you take into account cost of living. Anyway, that's my two cents.

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thanks a lot Chare and emilyBABSNRN! helped me a lot. The problem is, I'm not a US Citizen/ Permanent resident, just a tourist visa holder. So, I might not continue with my working in the US plan for now. Because as I have read on the threads in this site, the US are not really hiring foreign nurses at the moment, and that there is this retrogression thing going on. So I guess there's nothing I can do anymore.

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thanks a lot Chare and emilyBABSNRN! helped me a lot. The problem is, I'm not a US Citizen/ Permanent resident, just a tourist visa holder. So, I might not continue with my working in the US plan for now. Because as I have read on the threads in this site, the US are not really hiring foreign nurses at the moment, and that there is this retrogression thing going on. So I guess there's nothing I can do anymore.

I think as an international nurse, the only forseeable way you could get a job in the US right now is if you went through an international nursing agency (like a travel nursing company). At one point, I researched getting a job in another country before I was a nurse. I came to the conclusion that it is nearly impossible. And this is coming from a US citizen. I think in general the amount of work and money that it takes to getting a foreign person a work visa makes it a lot harder than just a regular out of state person. Im sorry to deliver such grim advice to you :( In general, it is really difficult for anyone to get a job in the united state right now becuase of the economy. People are literally fighting hard to keep even jobs they are miserable at. It is not an easy time for the US. And to top it off, Texas is a very patriotic state that is very "American". Just the simple fact that I wasn't a "Texan" excluded me from their jobs....I did late write the nurse recruiter an email saying what a total huge mistake it was for them to disregard me based soley on my residency. I got a reply from the recruiters boss saying that if i tried back in 6 months, I would probably get the job. Out of principle, I didn't want to work for such an unprofessional and unwelcoming company. I wouldn't waste your time applying unless you went through an agency. I'm sorry I can't provide you with names, but try google.

One thing that might work for you is to apply to the Cruise lines...maybe there are some international cruise companies that are based in the united states that need nurses on their boats?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Yes fees are generally a lot higher when classed as International

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