Future nurse here

Silverdragon102, BSN · Dec 2, 2003

the only part of your question I can answer is Yes you will have to take the NCLEX exam if you want to nurse in US

purplemania, BSN, RN · Dec 2, 2003

Nursing Informatics is a field that combines nursing with technology (of course, all nurses USE technology, but I did not think it was what you meant). There is a degree for NI and a web search will help you find schools offering it over the web. You would still need RN license, which requires NCLEX. There are people who can help you pass NCLEX so do not worry about that right now. Get your education first.

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 2, 2003

Glad to have you onboard! Good luck in pursuing your studies and career in nursing!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Dec 2, 2003

Aha !!! Schoene Gruesse, Landsman !!!

Where exactly in Germany are you? I grew up in Wiesbaden. My father, too was American, and married my Mom who's from Vienna. Dad retired in Germany, as we had already spent the majority of our lives there.

Sooooooooo... welcome aboard !!!

Yes, you will have to take NCLEX here, but I have a friend in Germany who is making all those preparations now to do just that. Perhaps she can be of some assistance. As stated above... one step at a time... NCLEX is the last thing on the list.

Wish you the best in your endeavors !!!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 2, 2003

Welcome. Yes you'll have to take the NCLEX here in the US as well.

My mom was born and raised outside of Munich. I was raised on saurkraut, and this wurst and that wurst, this strudel and that strudel, and the best snitzel (sp?) you've ever tasted.

Enjoy!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Dec 2, 2003

Originally posted by 3rdShiftGuy
My mom was born and raised outside of Munich. I was raised on saurkraut, and this wurst and that wurst, this strudel and that strudel, and the best snitzel (sp?) you've ever tasted.

Enjoy!

TWEETY !!! :eek:

I'm just NOW hearing this??? WOW !!! Lord, the many weeks I've spent in Munich... and of course the annual trek to the Oktoberfest with our parents and all their friends..........

and as for the Schnitzel... you ain't tasted MINE yet !!!

It's straight from the horse's mouth, Babe... VIENNA... Wiener (Schnitzel) means VIENNESE Schnitzel... where it originated. Use my grandmother's 100% Viennese recipe... and my mom is 82, so you can imagine how old my Grandmother's recipie is !

Although I'd say the Bavarians in and around Munich can pull off a pretty darn good Schnitzel as well !!!

Grommer · Dec 4, 2003

thanks for all the reply people! Danke jnette, Das ist nett von Dir. ich bin aus Cuxhaven!

moin!

Is there anything I can do to prepare or to get a jump start on the next three years of my life??? any books, reading material? English or German, it doesnt matter.

I'm extremely nervous and excited at the same time. I'm nervous because of the classwork. I've only been in Germany close to two years and am worried about being able to understand everything. Everyone says my speaking German is good (writing is another story), but I guess I lack the confidence in myself to get over that. The good thing is unlike the states it's 6 weeks in school, and 6 weeks working, so what I dont understand in school I'll be able to practice it at work.

Is nursing the same in most countrys?? Have people from other countrys had a hard time adjusting to working in an American hospital? sOOOOoooo many questions! thanks again all

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Dec 4, 2003

Hey Grommer !

Yes, there IS much you will have to consider... first of all, you will be learning all the technique terminology AS WELL AS the medical terminology in German.... THEN when you get here, you'll have to make the corealtion or translate (even if only in your head) what you learned there to what is is here... kinda crazy, 'cuz I still suk at math terminology in English, simply because all my math had always been in German !!!

Same numbers, same equations, same problems, but the terminology is where I run into difficulties... I can't relate to the English terminology for math, y'know?

So you will find something similar in nursing, once you get here. You'll have to do all you German nursing studies, but I might suggest you have a solid "Foundations of Nursing" and/or "med-surge" book in English to browse through as well, to familiarize yourself with the terminology (and techniques) used here.

Just go through with your program over there, and as you near the end, and begin to make plans for NCLEX, etc., we'd all be happy to walk you through the rest, and give you recommendations as to what books, CDs, etc...

Yes, nursing is nursing, but I do believe nurses here do more of what is "specailized" over there. If I'm not mistaken, "pediatrics" is a "specialty" over there, as are some general procedures that we don't think twice about doing here.

Again, I'll try to reach my friend Katie over there who is German and finishing up her Nursing program there... she's hoping to move to Fla. when done, and take her NXCLEX, etc. She should be able to give you a better idea of what to do and more info on the differences in Nursing there... and here.

I'll pm you as soon as I hear from her... might not get around to it 'til this weekend.. then I'll have to wait 'til she emails me back.

But hang in there.... and please feel free to learn all you can from this Allnurses BB.... you can glean some WONDERFUL inforamtion from here and keep yourself updated on all that's going on in the nursing world over here.... check out the special forums, too.. for all the many areas of nursing.

Glad to have you on board, and make yourself part of the "family " !

Grommer · Dec 4, 2003

great, I really appreciate all the warm welcomes and I havnt even started the school yet lol. I'm actually going back to the states for 4 weeks, and wont be back till the 10th of Jan...so it'll be awhile, but thanks for all the advice!

We have an opening kind of get to know what it is exactly you'll be doing kinda class in April. I'm hoping to not get TOO specialized, I might not like it down the road. I was lead to believe that here you're more of an 'all-around' kinda nurse (if there ever was such a thing). like 6 weeks would be in Oncology, 6 weeks in a different area, so weiter und weiter.

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Dec 4, 2003

und so weiter, und so weiter... ja, ja.... :rotfl:

Sure... rotations... great ! As far as what they do AFTER school... that is something you might want to look into.... check around with some of the every day real world Krankenpfleger there... hang out and ask some questions... unless you're planning on coming back stateside shortly thereafter to work here... in which case you might want to consider doing all your pre-reqs now online or through distance learning....... and maybe looking into a nuring program here when you get back?

Weiss nicht.... you know what's right for you at this time... whatever it is, we're just here for ya, ok?

Alles Gute !

Froehlichce Weihnachten und Guten Rutsch !!!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 5, 2003

Originally posted by jnette
TWEETY !!!

I'm just NOW hearing this??? WOW !!! Lord, the many weeks I've spent in Munich... and of course the annual trek to the Oktoberfest with our parents and all their friends..........

and as for the Schnitzel... you ain't tasted MINE yet !!!

It's straight from the horse's mouth, Babe... VIENNA... Wiener (Schnitzel) means VIENNESE Schnitzel... where it originated. Use my grandmother's 100% Viennese recipe... and my mom is 82, so you can imagine how old my Grandmother's recipie is !

Although I'd say the Bavarians in and around Munich can pull off a pretty darn good Schnitzel as well !!!

I'm so bitter that I haven't been able to go to Germany to see mom's homeland. She went back and took my sister, as I wasn't able to make it and was dirt poor at the time. Now mom's brother and parents are all gone and she says she's never going back.

She grew up in a resort town, and I'll spell it phonetically Teg-n-see and I've seen pictures. A gorgeous lake with picturesqe mountains.

Looking for to your Viennese Schnitzel one day. (But don't tell mom...hehehe)