Delusional Thoughts/in Denial

[Aviationurse]

my brother graduated as a second courser in the philippines together with 850 graduates last tuesday .... he said all of them second courser are rushing to take NCLEX and take local boards in december. i had send him books on SAUNDERS COMPREHENSVIVE REVIEW AND Q AND A BOOK. their batch of DOCTORS/ANESTHESIOLOGIST/ SECOND COURSER GRADS are rushing to enroll at NCLEX REVIEW CENTERS ie KAPLAN :bluecry1: that cost an arm and a leg esp for me who is shelling out the big bucks for his review class...THIS IS BLOOD MONEY as far as i am concerned...i think their class are misguided in taking NCLEX first and not concentrate on local boards preparation THINKING THAT IT IS JUST GOING TO BE AN EASY RIDE to get to USA with the current retrogression... i told him that his medical background as a doctor wont do him any good in the exams if he wont prepare and practice at home..and expensive NCLEX REVIEW SITES wont guarantee them a passing score....:smokin::smokin:

any advice greatly appreciated....:banghead::banghead::banghead:

[suzanne4, RN]

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Suzanne: I filed a petition for my brother in the 1980's (who is a practicing Physician-Surgeon in Pampanga by the way) and it took a little more than 20 years for the petition to be current. I hope for him and his youngest son to be here by the middle of 2008. Two of his children have already "aged-out" to be included in the petition. If a U.S. citizen is going through the same procedure this year I imagine that it would now take longer than 20 years for the petition to be current. More than 20 years! Imagine that.

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Exactly, many here think that it happens quickly for a sibling but that is not the case. And you are quite right about this.

[suzanne4, RN]

And I have seen quite a few make it that never did a residency as an MD, or only a couple of years of one, they have had it easier in the transition; but for those that have been out for a few years and in practice have found it much harder. And the majority of the ones that are going into second courser programs now are the ones that have been in practice for a few years. And many of those have done it to get a visa to get to the US. But with the retrogression in place, and a five year wait for those that have not tested yet, the chances of getting a visa are going to be much harder. There are still only 10,000 EB-3 green cards for those from your country, and that includes spouses as well as children, so that number goes down significantly in terms of the number of nurses that actually come over. And with 950,000 now in nursing schools there, you can easily do the math.