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Dear all,

I'm currently planning to move to California for work. I passed my NCLEX and now I'm just dealing with the visa process.

I am being guided trough the process by a recruitment agency and I have an offer where they offer me 42dollars/hr.

I have 10 years of experience 2 in a neurosurgery ICU; 6 in a neurosurgery ward and currently I'm working on a cardiothoracic ICU which is an ECMO Center. I am planning to take my ECMO course to be an ECMO nurse specialist in November. After this, my questions are:

- Is this a fair salary for California and for my experience?

- Which in your opinion would be an appropriate salary?

Hope someone can help me and thank you so much in advance.

kind regards,

P

Specializes in Telemetry, Emergency, Cardiology, Respiratory.
Portuguese based in London.

Cool. Well I might see you there later this year if everything works out as planned.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Which department are you going to?

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Specializes in Telemetry, Emergency, Cardiology, Respiratory.
Which department are you going to?

Not sure yet but its going to be a telemetry unit

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Good to know there's someone else in this. Going by my own and don't know anyone there. Super excited though. Hope everything goes smoothly with your process. Let's keep in touch.

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Specializes in Telemetry, Emergency, Cardiology, Respiratory.
Good to know there's someone else in this. Going by my own and don't know anyone there. Super excited though. Hope everything goes smoothly with your process. Let's keep in touch.

Thats a good idea.

i sent you a PM.

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This has been a fun read of a blossoming future and friendship :-)

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So I was told today by the agency that I'll earn 42$/hr for the first 8hrs and 63$/hr for the last 4hrs of the 12hrs/shift. Would this be more acceptable as will be roughly 7000dollars/month?

This is nothing more than the employer following the labor laws regarding overtime. It should not be considered as voluntary on the part of the employer for the purpose of comparison. As a matter of fact, many employers that require 12 hour shifts, lower the hourly rate of pay in order to make up for the fact that they are paying time and one half for the last four hours.

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Specializes in Telemetry, Emergency, Cardiology, Respiratory.
Which department are you going to?

Hi pjsrav any news on your application?

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I know an RN who is on two year contract with an agency which supported him a green card. He is originally from a country in Asia. He has more than five years of acute care experience in a US hospital, yet his salary is like that of a new graduate in our area. In my opinion, it is unrealistic to expect to make the salary of local RN if you are on contract with a visa supporting agency. Agencies will not work for you for free.

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