civilian nurse at Army hospital

[janette87]

It seems this section is mostly Military nurses so I'm hoping someone can help me. I graduated from a Canadian university in June 2009 (BSN) then had a child and have not worked since graduation. I am married to an American and just finished the Green card process and will be moving to the US shortly. He is active duty military (Army). I am interested in working at the hospital on post (MAMC) mostly because it is close to home and I think they would be more accomodating (hopefully) of his schedule. Does anyone have any advice for me? I'm not even sure its possible to work there as a permanent resident. I have tried looking at their website job postings and the info there is very general, says nothing about citizens only, just the specific job requirements. Majority of my experience in school was in ER/surgical and I was also employed as a student in the ER. I would be looking to start in med/surg however. I know I need to write the NCLEX, not too worried about that, at least not yet:lol2:

Also hoping someone can give me some insight into possible wage range. I've had trouble finding things online or knowing where a new grad RN would fit into the General schedule. My work is going to be for the money, I already have good benefits through him so getting a job with good benefits is not #1 priority. If the difference in money was great enough I will just drive the extra half hour to some of the other hospitals.