shy_nurse604

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  1. Canadian and US taxes

    would there be any benefit to filing then? I just don't want to unintentially commit tax fraud :rotfl:
  2. Canadian and US taxes

    Hi There! I am a Canadian nurse who recently relocated to California. I will be training in City of Hope Hospital. My question is: I know I will be taxed on my income in California but I don't know if I will also be taxed in Canada (since I am...
  3. RNs in City of Hope, CA

    Hi Daytonite, Happy New Year!!! I'm leaving for South Pasadena tomorrow morning and I will be working at City of Hope. So what's the scoop on the area (Duarte)? Anything interesting/exciting I should be aware of? What's the housing/apartment situati...
  4. RNs in City of Hope, CA

    Hi there, I will be starting the new grad program at COH on Feb. 20th. I will be working on the peds unit. The only opinion I have so far is that the HR department is a mess. There was a lot of miscommunication between the HR people, the peds man...
  5. Salinas Valley Memorial

    Yup that's the same place. I was turned down for the peds position because I didn't have enough experience but I went down on the 10th of this month and came back to Vancouver yesterday. I'm not really sure of the hospital...the nicu is going to go...
  6. faster visa screen

    you know, I'm getting more and more suspicious/unhappy with this recruiter's tatics. of course her main goal is for me to sign a contract with the hospital but she's being really underhanded about it. am I correct that since she's the "vice preside...
  7. faster visa screen

    Thanks Anna!!
  8. faster visa screen

    I'm confused. I don't know how true this is but a recruiter told me that the visa screen application is faster once I already accept a job offer. I don't know how true this is. I'm working on my visa screen application right now but I already have ...
  9. recruitment agency vs own search

    the rep I talked to is a nurse and preceptor on PICU. she did say that there are new grad programs available and it's a 2 year commitment (as with the other hospitals I have been talking with like City of Hope in LA and a hospital in Santa Barbara)....
  10. recruitment agency vs own search

    There was a nursing job fair on Tues and I spoke with a nurse from Children's Hospital of Central California, unfortunately, they are only looking for nurse in NICU, PICU and ER. I would question my abilities since I just graduated...I don't want to...
  11. recruitment agency vs own search

    I wrote and passed the NCLEX Feb 4th!! so I don't have to worry about that. I still have to get my college, university transcripts and I need both my nursing board and the Minnesota nursing board to send papers that say I qualify to work in the sta...
  12. recruitment agency vs own search

    Thanks for all your help!! I really appreciate it!! I'll go check out the international forum. I'm working on my Visa Screen Certificate and I am looking for a job right now. That's why I have a lot of questions on whether I should be looking for ...
  13. recruitment agency vs own search

    I am from Canada and I want to work on a Peds unit. I've been working on a Peds unit since last Sept. I don't need a green card to work in the States, only a TN Visa. It's a temp 5 year working visa.
  14. Salinas Valley Memorial

    Hi Midge! Thanks for you response! I would definitely be interested in speaking to you about Salinas and SVMH. Can you send me a private message and I will call you? Thanks again! Maybe I'll get a chance to work at SVMH with you! :)
  15. recruitment agency vs own search

    Thanks for your advice. Think I may have mistaken....I guess I'm not looking for travel nursing. I want to relocate to cali for 18 months to 2 years and I have talked to recruiting agencies and I have looked on my own. I don't know what to look o...