foreign trained RN in Santa Clara County

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Is there anyone who can tell me if this is true? I attended the new nurse info session at Kaiser last May. The recruiter told us that, based upon the regulations of Santa Clara County, they could not hire foreign trained nurses unless these nurses had working experiences here in the US, no matter how many years of experiences in their home countries.

Is this true?

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Sounds fishy to me, but why don't you call another hospital's recruiter and ask?

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I did call other hospitals asking about the opening positions. Still, they did not want to hire me since I did not have any working experiences here in the US. They all asked me if I had working experiences, I said yes with a "but...not in the US" because I didn't want to lie about where I had practiced. In fact, I have six-month experience in nursery room, one year in med/surg and seven years in peds hem/onc. I thought my education background (an MS degree in peds nursing from UW-Madiosn)would be a plus but I was all wrong.

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Okay....what about checking out another county? I don't know if this is the norm, it's not something I've ever had to deal with, but I can't understand how all hospitals can require experience here if no one is willing to give you that experience.

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Thanks for yor prompt response.

I also thought about working outside the Santa Clara County. However, my husband works in Mountain View and my kids also go to school in Santa Clara. It doesn't seems to me a good idea to relocate.

I also consider to find a job in the Alameda County. However, it is still a part of the Bay area.

Maybe I should slow down for awhile. After the new grad "flood" ends, I will probably can get a job around here.

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Again, you are job hunting at the worst time of the area, the market has been flooded with new grads.

And that may be Kaiser's rule at that facuility, but it is not county wide. And to say that is just wrong.

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Don't know if it is Kaiser's rule but I also contacted some other hospitals about the job openings, "Working experiences in the US" is what they are concerned about.

I don't want to think about it is about "race" but I in fact know of a girl from Poland who got a job from a hospital which I have applied for. She also did not have any working experiences here. So this makes me wonder why.

Maybe, as you say, this is the worst time for job hunting because of the new grad "flood". (Or is it a good idea to take refresher course ?)

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I did call other hospitals asking about the opening positions. Still, they did not want to hire me since I did not have any working experiences here in the US. They all asked me if I had working experiences, I said yes with a "but...not in the US" because I didn't want to lie about where I had practiced. In fact, I have six-month experience in nursery room, one year in med/surg and seven years in peds hem/onc. I thought my education background (an MS degree in peds nursing from UW-Madiosn)would be a plus but I was all wrong.

Did you pass the NCLEX? How recent was it? When you say you have a MS degree in peds nursing did it include clinicals or just theory classes? You could talk about your clinical experiences at UW-Madison or get some recommendations from US clinical instructors. Do you have a green card? I am wondering whether the hospital needs to sponsor you or not.

There are other places in Santa Clara County to work. It's not just Kaiser. Just do a Google search and you'll see a lot of hospitals, clinics, etc. You can call up other RN recruiters and ask them. Good luck.

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It is all to do about timing. If they have an abundance of nurses applying and they do not have to handle any immigration things for them, what would you do in their shoes? There are the most new grads of the year that graduate around now.

The Bay Area is the highest paying area in the country, and because of that, there are many that wish to work in that area, and then if you throw in the CA ratios, you make it even prettier for some.

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Did you pass the NCLEX? How recent was it? When you say you have a MS degree in peds nursing did it include clinicals or just theory classes? You could talk about your clinical experiences at UW-Madison or get some recommendations from US clinical instructors. Do you have a green card? I am wondering whether the hospital needs to sponsor you or not.

Yes, I just passed it last Feb. Regarding the MS degree, I did have clinical ratations;however, it was not like those in BSN program since I was working on the role of CNS. I also asked my preceptor at UW-Madison to be my clinical reference. I don't have green card but we are petitioning for it right now under my husband's name. We are waiting for our AOS being approved.

There are other places in Santa Clara County to work. It's not just Kaiser. Just do a Google search and you'll see a lot of hospitals, clinics, etc. You can call up other RN recruiters and ask them. Good luck.

Yes I did call the hospitals here including KP, Stanford, El Camino, San Jose Regional Medical center...And you know the rest. Perhaps it just like Suzanne said the time is not right. Now I am trying Alameda County.

Thanks to you all for your responses.

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