critical care course

[kaibigan]

[may24]

has anyone out there knows where i can attend a critical care course?

if i came from another land, and hired as an international nurse whose experience and training wasn't obtained here int he US, am i privileged to ask my hospital/employer or AD to put me in the list of the critical care course participants?

i was told that my AD, doesn't like me to attend the course as i am not directly hired by the hospital i am presently working with, though i have a two-year contract to finish with them. am just terribly sad to learn that as a newbie (under agency payroll, however receiving only a graduate nurse salary), i am not allowed to have a refresher course, attend continuing education and other seminars/lectures that will be beneficial for me to be efficient, competent and effective filipina nursing in america.

any comments and suggestions or ideas will be highly appreciated. thanks very much for letting me post my dilemmas here.

Can I ask who your agency was and if you were told you were entitled to do courses during the duration of your contract? As I know of some nurses wanting to work in USA, would you recommend going thru your agency? I also though attending refresher and updates with nursing practice was compulsory and necessary for professional development!

[suzanne4, RN]

These are things to look for in a contract. When you are employed by the agency, and not the hospital, they are not required to send you to class, as you are not an employee of that facility.

Remember that your hospital is not your employer, the agency is.

Very big difference.

You can check out some community colleges in your area, or check with some other hospitals in your area that provide courses for non-employees.

If the hospital where you are working provided classes for you, they would need to pay you for them, and at a higher rate. Very few are going to do that.

Sorry.