caycay

caycay specializes in CVOR, General OR.

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1. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

   caycay replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I do believe in your first sentence that its not a good thing to go abroad and work without proper training from your own country. I'm a Filipino. I get paid how many years of working experience I had, I have my 401K and I get the same benefits as w...

2. Making things better for nurses in the Philippines

   caycay replied to suzanne4's topic in Philippines

   I don't think its right to blame the senior nurses for not having enough jobs for new nurses. They have their mind of their own to choose whatever they wanted in life. If they chose to stay in the hospital for 25 years or so, so what? Why blaming the...

3. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

   caycay replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a Filipino. I came from a third world country where they say "poor country" but not all people there are poor. In my case, I don't send money home. My dad who is a surgeon can feed my family, were able send me and my sisters to a private school, ...

4. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

   caycay replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   If I am a nurse manager, I will hire an experienced nurse who can speak and understand English whether its her first or second language. I don't also care if she's a foreign trained or US trained as long as she brings her knowledge and skills at work...

5. Nurse in the philippines,but have to moved in seattle

   caycay replied to jylyn8's topic in Washington

   Please google US Social Security Number and you will get your answer :typing As long as you're legally reside here in the US, you can obtain one.

6. Nurse in the philippines,but have to moved in seattle

   caycay replied to jylyn8's topic in Washington

   That's what I did. When I transferred from Ireland, I already had my NCLEX application in California. I took my exam here in Seattle. When I got my California license, I applied for an endorsement to Washington. It took me 6 weeks before I received m...

7. My life in Ireland and US...still learning but worth it!

   caycay replied to caycay's topic in General Nursing

   Hi BGgirl! It was so fun working there! They have good benefits like 5-7 weeks vacation leave with pay/ year , parental leave, unlimited sick leave (as long as you have Dr's certificate) , 6 mos maternity leave with pay (you can request for additiona...

8. My life in Ireland and US...still learning but worth it!

   caycay posted a topic in General Nursing

   I want to share my experiences in terms of language differences. We, Filipinos, speak and could easily understand american accent and language. I thought when I was in Ireland, it would be easy for me the fact that they also speak English. But not th...

9. Open Heart Team??

   caycay replied to TracyB,RN's topic in Operating Room

   I LOVE CVOR!!! We have clean patients. No pus, no cysts, no TURPs, no Hemorrhoidectomies , etsetera.... Usually, its a 12 hour shift and only 2 or 3 patients turnover. If its Thoracic Aneurysmectomies, you will only have 1 patient on your shift. The...

10. Iniative 1000-Death with Dignity

    caycay replied to TeresaB930's topic in Washington

    My husband and I were arguing about that issue. For him it's again "pro choice" that patient can have an option. But for me, since I'm in a healthcare setting and experienced assisting that (in other country), I am telling him it is morally wrong. As...

11. Fresh Graduate preparing for NLE-want to take NCLEX

    caycay replied to badbach66's topic in International

    I heard CBON requires Phil Licensure Exam already so you must have to pass it first before you proceed to your NCLEX. Much better to get some hospital experience too while waiting for lifting the retrogression.Its a long process and not as easy as th...

12. Are NC-CLEX trainings recognized by hospitals HERE in the PI?

    caycay replied to diapersprinkles's topic in International

    I also enrolled there at NC-CLEX long time ago and I would say it didn't helped me at all. If you want to have a good resume to go abroad, I would suggest to have loads of nursing work experience particularly in good hospitals. Those hospitals also o...

13. How To Be Nurse Abroad If You Have No Money?

    caycay replied to 2BANURZSXPENSIV's topic in International

    I suggest not to go out of our country without any work experience as a nurse. I know it so hard to find one but it will be harder to work abroad without any hands on experience. Before me and my batchmates left for Ireland, there were some of them...

14. No work experience

    caycay replied to Chubachuchu's topic in International

    I agree with you. It's like going to the battlefield without even know how to use a gun. It will really be embarrassing not performing a simple task in front of your foreign colleagues just because you haven't experienced doing that in your own count...

15. Demand for Nurses Abroad

    caycay replied to audkate's topic in International

    I admit that the quality of nursing education in the Philippines is really declining (let's face it!). I think one of the reason was since nursing is in demand, many schools (could I specify computer schools as well) added nursing as their program ju...