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Anybody knows if a foreign family physician can work in the USA as a nurse?

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No, they cannot.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
No, they cannot.

......unless they graduate from an accredited nursing program and pass the NCLEX.

Foreign MD does not equal nurse, no matter how hard the MD tries.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

There are a few threads here in the international forum discussing this but generally no you have to get approval from the BON and being a MD doesn't always meet requirements.

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Ok!

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
......unless they graduate from an accredited nursing program and pass the NCLEX.

Foreign MD does not equal nurse, no matter how hard the MD tries.

In a ddition they have to get the legal permit, as a nonUS citizen to work here. Depending on nation of origin/citizenship and the state of retrogression, 4-7 years is the wait in many cases to to get a work Visa.

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