CNA job with RN license

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hello everyone,

I think its every nurse dream to work in a hospital.

Unfortunately, as a foreign grad and no past nursing professional experie

nce my chance of landing a RN hospital job is zero.

My competitions are US citizen new RN grads and RNs with experience.

so I plan to work as a CNA without initially disclosing my RN license and after 2 months if I would then renew my license and tell my employer that i just past nclex then I would apply for a RN position in the same hospital.

My question is, can my undisclose RN license be expose during background screening?

Pleae share your thoughts if my infiltration plan is lame and stupid.

I appreciate constructive criticism.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Lying by omission would be grounds for immediate termination. Your plan is not wise as when they verify your license it will be blatantly obvious that you renewed your license and didn't "just pass" the NCLEX. (Nursys lists date of original licensing and current renewal/expiration date). You will get caught.

If you are a licensed RN you need to see if your state nurse practice act permits you to work in an unlicensed role such as a CNA. Some do, some do not. All states will say that you will be held to the practice standards of your highest license credential.

Why not look for work in long term care, sub acute, LTAC, rehab, outpatient or other settings? As you have found jobs in acute care hospitals are highly competitive in much of the US.

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i can feel you, I'm a foreign grad too from the philippines, passed my local exam on dec 2013 and just recently passed my nclex-rn this march 15, both of them are on my first try,. now considering I'm a foreign grad and i don't know any person working in the hospitals here that i can use as my reference gives me this hopeless thoughts of getting a job right away, it's been a month now and i just badly want to have a job,. i even took both bls and acls right after i passed just so i can put something on my resume,.ugh, this point in time is just so stressful,. btw i live here in hawaii

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