i was wondering if it would be okay for me to pm you or to email you?? i saw that you had written this:
please......do not believe what this agency is telling you. i was a community nurse in the uk and was also told by a certain agency i didn't stand a chance of getting a job in the us unless i went back to an acute hospital job. i had been there, done that, years before, but they (the agency) said i would have to have more recent hospital experience. so i decided not to sign up with them and fast forward.....here i am working as a us rn.
in one of the forum members posts and well i had a few queries myself about finding work in the us that you may be able to answer as they are similar to what was being discussed in that post...
tina
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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Yes, it was OGP who told me I had no chance of getting a job anywhere in the USA. I had several conversations with someone called Gary, he was adamant my skills were not "current" and would be wasting my time unless I got myself back onto a hospital ward.
I am more than happy to shout this out for all to see.......
O'Grady Peyton......you were wrong!
I originally was with OGP then met husband so left them (hadn't passed NCLEX at that time failed it twice) when we decided to give it a shot as a couple I approached OGP and they wanted a fair few ££ before I sign up with them so went alone but someone did ring and mention that I wouldn't be able to get work due to working in the community and had great pleasure in telling them I had a job and had no problems getting the job
Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.
Hi
Yes OGP told me that I would need to go back to ITU and work at least 30 hours per week for 2 years. Plus they were going to pay around $20 an hour. I would have had 10 years ITU experience by then!
Adevia recently told me that I might be able to get a job if I was lucky but they would need to review my CV. They also failed to tell me that there was a backlog on Green Cards when I asked a direct question about time for green card as I have NCLEX now.
Trust me they do things differently here you have to learn a new way of nursing when you get here. So as long as you can nurse you dont need to be dynamic, just a good nurse
Silverdragon102, BSN
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I originally was with OGP then met husband so left them (hadn't passed NCLEX at that time failed it twice) when we decided to give it a shot as a couple I approached OGP and they wanted a fair few ££ before I sign up with them so went alone but someone did ring and mention that I wouldn't be able to get work due to working in the community and had great pleasure in telling them I had a job and had no problems getting the job