Is there really a job waiting for us Filipino nurses in the US?

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This issue has haunted me ever since I graduated last year. I just passed my NLE this year, took and just passed my IELTS two weeks ago and about to take my NCLEX exam this September. Passing the exam is really no big deal for me as should anyone who has plans of taking the exam as long as you put your mind to it. After passing all the exams and processing for Visa Screening, what now? Can we really be employed by American employers considering the issues US faces with its own nursing graduates? I already have a US tourist visa but that's just it. I don't have any experience whatsoever. I want to know if there are people out there who have the same issue as mine. I've spent soooo much time and money preparing for all these exams. I don't want to waste more of my time, fantasizing about working in the US and ending up not getting hired at all. I don't want to be pessimistic but I don't want to be too optimistic either and end up getting disappointed and depressed about the whole matter. Can anyone here offer me a dose of reality please? I badly need one! Thanks!

Did I state in my post talking about Filipinos arriving in the 90s? I don't know where you thought I was talking about Filipinos arriving in the 90s telling fairy tale stories. If you read my original post nowhere was the Filipino culture mentioned. That was assumed and I responded to the post accusing me of talking about Filipinos. So I shared ONE experience of many. Nowhere did I say I was an expert on Filipino culture as you seem to assume I made myself out to be. I really was speaking in general and if you or anybody else thought I was attacking Filipinos you are all dead wrong and I'm sorry you feel offended as that wasn't the intention.

Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.
Did I state in my post talking about Filipinos arriving in the 90s? I don't know where you thought I was talking about Filipinos arriving in the 90s telling fairy tale stories. If you read my original post nowhere was the Filipino culture mentioned. That was assumed and I responded to the post accusing me of talking about Filipinos. So I shared ONE experience of many. Nowhere did I say I was an expert on Filipino culture as you seem to assume I made myself out to be. I really was speaking in general and if you or anybody else thought I was attacking Filipinos you are all dead wrong and I'm sorry you feel offended as that wasn't the intention.

You are posting on thread that carries a title that asks specifically about Filipino nurses and the OP is Filipino. I'm not really offended by your post, I am just correcting any misconceptions that can easily be assumed just because of the title and the nationality of the OP just like what datspinoi2u was doing.

As stated I earlier I'm sorry if I offended anyone else and I feel bad if I did. You're right regarding the title of the thread and I can see why you thought I was speaking of Filipinos.

Specializes in PCU/Coronary Care Unit/ICU.
Thank you for bringing my culture into the mix. Actually the Cubans aren't affected by retrogression and they don't need papers or visas to stay. Once they set foot on land then they can stay. It's totally unfair but their reasoning is "political" vs "economical" as it is for most. But unfortunately for those who came here have gotten material things have thrown it in the faces of the brothers and sisters back home. So therefore they want that stuff too. I had this conversation with my cousin born & raised in Cuba and also with her brother in law who happens to be a Filipino born and raised in the Philippines who said the exact samething when my cousin and I were talking. That's a different topic for a different forum but that was the jist of the conversation. You may have not heard or experienced that but that came from my cousins brother in law who had that experience and was sharing it with us.

Bottom line at the moment jobs are scarce for all nurses here in the US, new, experienced, local, and international. Right now just isn't the time unfortunately.

I am totally aware of the Cuban migration "policy". BUT, the bottom line is they want OUT of their homeland and into the USA. Be it a political or economic reason, they want a preferable way of living. But that is something that WE all try to achieve, every single one of us. As Juan de la Cruz stated, my post is just to "clarify" to you and other readers that Filipino nurses don't go home and start telling stories of how easy life is here. It is a BETTER life but not easy. My previous post already expounded on obstacles of migrating and why, I would not bore you with it anymore. However, I read your apology and accepts it as an acquiscence to my point and clarification. Hopefully, other readers would do as well.

Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

To NurseCubanitaRN2b:

no worries...I hope I wasn't too argumentative in my previous post.

No, not at all. I just didn't want you or the other poster to think I was attacking. Thank you both.

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