Mieke

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1. German Nurses anywhere?

   Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

   Hi, here the steps.... CGFNS for you CES..... then the TOEFL (the result needs reporting to CGFNS and State Board of Nursing). Then get you nursing school to supply transcripts (which need to be generated according to the Krankenpflegeausbildungsges...

2. German Nurses anywhere?

   Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

   Well, you are right the 3-year diploma being the equivalent of the US RN. As far as I know the exact content of certifications to any type of specialty nursing ("Fachkrankenpfleger/in) is not regulated by law, but depends on where you obtain it. Are ...

3. RN input need for project

   Mieke replied to HikingNinja's topic in Nevada

   Well, it appears you and your staff have been dealing with this over some time. If each of the "seasoned" staff made a small list of tasks that were not covered by the NV scope of practice for each of their respective ranks(RN, LVN, CNA), but encount...

4. German nurse new to Las Vegas

   Mieke replied to Mieke's topic in Nevada

   Thank you so much Dee,:) Thought about it briefly, but didn't dare doing. As the saying goes.... when in Rome do as the Romans do..... Btw, I have an interview next Tue. Do people really wear suits for interviews when it is a 100 deg+ outside? Someo...

5. German nurse new to Las Vegas

   Mieke posted a topic in Nevada

   Hello, it has been a LONG time since I posted and introduced myself. That was still back in Berlin, Germany. But age and family haven't changed So I scored 115/120 on the TOEFL language test, :)did get the CGFNS squared away, passed NCLEX the first ...

6. German Nurses anywhere?

   Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

   German Health System is NOT paying as well as US hospitals. They mostly not hiring on a full time basis either....and you don't have much influence as to when and where you work. Could I say that Nurses in Germany are being treated as professionals? ...

7. German Nurses anywhere?

   Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

   Why on earth would anyone want to GO to Germany to work as a nurse?....German nurses, if no bound by other constraints, are LEAVING Germany.....for Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, GB, Australia, US, Canada.....you name it..... Btw, any recruiter r...

8. German Nurses anywhere?

   Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

   Hi Lana, you will not like to hear this, but if you are indeed in a program for Kinderkrankenschwester (Peds Nurse)....you WILL NOT be allowed to sit for the NCLEX exam.....if this is your goal/desire....switch to a school for Gesundheits-/und Kranke...

9. Percentage on Saunders or Kaplan CD before passing NCLEX?

   Mieke posted a topic in NCLEX

   Hi Fellow Nurses, I am 45, have two boys (6+9), and German trained general diploma nurse. Now all these years after the German exam, I was stuck basically on the same unit for the most part, but the last 6 months where I started doing agency work in ...

10. German Nurses anywhere?

    Mieke replied to Jutta's topic in General World

    Hello, here is another German nurse. As I am going to get married to my boyfriend of many years, a Canadian citizen who resides in Vancouver,BC, I will be facing the same issues. Trying to explain that the Diploma is according to a federal German law...

11. Do you have a German trained nurse in your team?

    Mieke replied to Mieke's topic in International

    Yup you are right there. Something to be considered very carefully:D

12. Do you have a German trained nurse in your team?

    Mieke replied to Mieke's topic in International

    Thank you Fiona and Rgn1 for responding. Was going to respond sooner, but my ISP was not up to it. Germany being more efficient..... it may appear as if we are, or there is an interest in keeping up this appearance. As with everyone depending on a jo...

13. Do you have a German trained nurse in your team?

    Mieke posted a topic in International

    As I haven't posted on the forum for some time, here a short recap, I am 45, two kids (5 & 8).:nuke: Until recently I have worked on a 20-bed medical unit with mostly gastroenterological patients (Diab I+II, div. tumors, hep B+C, liver transplant...

14. NCLEX Number of Questions and Clarification

    Mieke replied to cjmmsn98's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks for the hint. I like Saunders best from all books as well. I will get a later edition myself. The Kaplan test prep book doesn't look bad either. I found a page on amazon that allows to scan through it. But it deals mostly with strategy. Will j...

15. Quickest Way for Getting Things Done and Licensed in US

    Mieke replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

    Thank you soooo much. This really sheds some light on all of this. Will arrange for English test appointment next week and have original documents translated. And no....I won't practice for the English test :) Thanks again, Mieke :)