Going back to school in another country. Opinions welcome.

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Hello. I'm supposed to be a nurse with 8+ years of experience but thanks to my sad choices those years don't really count. I'm thinking between giving up nursing for good or starting over again. I was thinking of aiming for Canada since nurses seems to have lots of options over there. Ideally, I want go at least as far as having a Master's Degree. I'm also considering Germany because it seems to be the cheaper option. I guess what I'm trying to get out of this thread are thoughts of which countries are most viable for a 30 y/o something school returnee. Will there be a job after? Is it stress free to work part time? Anybody here done this? How was your experience?

At first, I've thought of refresher courses. I've been searching for refresher courses in my home country (Philippines) because that's supposed to be the decision that makes the most sense but we don't really have those programs. Hospitals offer training but only for the ones they'll consider to hire. Being one of those people is difficult for someone who knows no one like me. Even if I do manage to be considered. I don't want to be tied to a contract. Also, there's this fact that I want to erase the last 5 years (OMG it's been 5 years) from my experience.

I've also looked into UK. It turns out that they're done with their ONP and that I could actually get licensed over there even if I delete the last five years of my experience. I've considered getting licensed and availing their refresher course but that just sounds weird.

I was going to consider US but I don't think the country is open to foreigner anymore. Is it not?

Thanks. I know this is too broad and a little directionless so thanks in advance for those who reply.

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What happened in the last five to ten years that is so bad you consider leaving nursing all together. What do you mean by "start over"? It sounds like you think you can go to another country, repeat nursing school and pretend you are a new grad again. Am I reading that right?

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3 hours ago, not.done.yet said:

Am I reading that right?

Yeah. Kind of. I don't intend to pretend to be a new graduate though. I don't have to. I'm probably worse. Let's just say that I made one bad decision around five years ago that led to me having a somewhat-PTSD reaction to mops at present.

One reason why I want to just get rid of the last five years or so from my work history is that they don't really give recommendation/reference letters here (where I'm at). I'll probably have to do some hardcore sucking up to get one and my pride just refuses that. I've already swallowed so much pride to get away from mops. ...Now that I think about it even if I do eat my pride and convince them to write me a letter, what are they going to write? ? There's not much to go to when you came from mops...

So, I really need to study and practice, again.

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