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1. Do Canadian Nurses get paid more than in the US?

   yxj124 replied to gpatry's topic in International

   I am leading a project of palliative care in ICU now, and early implementation of palliative care for ICU patients are strongly encouraged due to uncertain outcome of recovery. After the pilot project, we found early implementation of palliative care...

2. Do Canadian Nurses get paid more than in the US?

   yxj124 replied to gpatry's topic in International

   My roommate works in a government funded LTC facility, and the ratio of RN and resident is 1:12 with the support of RCAs and volunteers. She is at the top of level 1 with more than 300 hrs vos and 1000 hrs of sick time. I work at level 3 trauma cent...

3. interested in working in canada

   yxj124 replied to sheraz86's topic in International

   BC might be a good choice for you. CLPNBC authorizes BCIT for credential assessment, ICES, and the process timeframe is reasonable for me which was within a month according to my personal experience. You can check detail here http://www.clpnbc.org/in...

4. OPT for RNs

   yxj124 replied to rnrs's topic in International

   OPT is 12 months per person (combining BS, MS, and PhD). You can postpond your graduate to spring, then apply H1B in April. While you are waiting H1B approval, you are allowed to work under OPT.

5. Do Canadian Nurses get paid more than in the US?

   yxj124 replied to gpatry's topic in International

   I worked in both countries for a while. When I worked in the States, the currency exchange rate was USD:CND = 0.6:1. Although I made $25/hr in the States, it's actually $42/hr back to Canada. Meanwhile, US employers pay differently based on care sett...

6. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

   yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

   the state dept officially stated that the schedule a numbers (green card quota for rn & pt) will expire probably in october. there is a general consensus among employers and recruiters that additional visas will be made available maybe within 6 m...

7. New Mexico Licensure Question

   yxj124 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in New Mexico

   i wrote nm bon several weeks ago. the officer said ssn is required to renew rn license.

8. Who did CES and how long did it take?

   yxj124 replied to lawrence01's topic in International

   Hi msrclim, Did AZ BON issue you a hard copy of RN License without SSN? Or you already have had SSN before you applied it?

9. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

   yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

   Nightngale, It depends on positions. But, regularly, It's close in Los Angeles area.

10. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

    Nightngale, My international nurses don't contract with me. They contract with hospital directly. I am more like a head-hunter, not a staffing agent.

11. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

    HarryHK, The main reason I started my business was tax purpose. I got some referral bonus from my international friends but I didn't have any idea for tax plan until I filed tax return last year. Then my neighbor, who is a CPA, suggested me to start ...

12. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

    Suzanne, You are right! Actually I have a contracted ESL school, which provides the courses of oral speaking (medical communication and accent) and writing (charting) to my international nurses. They were here on F1 Visa to begin with.

13. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

    To Suzanne, Taiwan is my nationality, not where I'm located. As in my first post, I work for a hospital in the States that how I help international nurses relocate. I was getting referral bonus from my hospital before. It's why I planed to start a Nu...

14. How to become a Nurse Recruit Agency?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in Entrepreneurs

    Dear all, Thank you for the suggestions. Actually, I've started a Corp. for a while and recruited 6 international RNs already. 4 of them have been in the States and will start to work after getting EAD card. 2 of them will come to the States through ...

15. Does anyone have the email address of Georgia BON?

    yxj124 replied to yxj124's topic in International

    Thank you, Suzanne4. You are very nice :) . My friend has a ITIN. We wonder could she use ITIN instead of SSN. It's difficult to get a SSN now and Emory U. doesn't offer any in-campus job. My friend has got her Certification Program from CGFNS. I was...