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Elective in the US

Hello,

I'm going into my final year of nursing in the UK and we are allowed to do a 4 week elective which can be national or international. I really want to do my elective in the US but a lot of the places I have contacted won't provide short placements to students. I was advised to contact larger practices like the Mayo Clinic, but they can't offer anything for such a short amount of time either. Ideally I would like to be in a larger city in a hospital environment as majority of my current placements are in quite a small hospital, I'm not particularly fussy about area. If anyone knows anywhere that I can contact about work experience, that would be great. Thanks!

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    My nursing school program (in the US) had a 4 week capstone course my senior year in which we were placed in a hospital with a one on one preceptor. We worked their shifts with them for the 4 weeks. Finding someone who is willing to act as your preceptor may be a good first step. Then you would have to get special permission from the hospital at which they work. It may not be easy to set this up, but I would start there.

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    Is your university going to help you obtain necessary study permits to allow you to do this in the US?

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    You would not be able to"work" in a US hospital, but large hospitals often have international visitors. A place to a place to start would be the US news and world top hospitals and work the list either contact the nursing or international department/.Also work yur contacts through Sigma Theta Tau.

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