Help getting back to main stream nursing after 3yrs beak

[asantewaa13]

I am foreign trained nurse with 2 years work experience prior to migrating to the US in 2009. I have been volunteering with hospitals and free clinics and sometimes shadowing Nurses to help me get an idea of how the health system here works and also to get some "experience".

I passed the Nclex and got my RN license but I have been waiting for my work permit to go through to be able to find a job. I have been officially not been practicing nursing for three years now apart from the times that I volunteer at the free clinic.

I would appreciate some tips on how to get into the work force again after all this time off and considering that I don't have experience working in the US. Which areas will also be good to start with to enable me build my confidence. Any positive tips will be appreciated

[asantewaa13]

This is a follow up to my previous post:

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/help-getting-back-716806.html

So after alot of help and encouragements from my spouse and a friend I made on allnurses I enrolled in a very wonderful RN update program at waukesha county technical college. It took a total of 3 months to complete the program that included classroom and skills lab time with seasoned nurses to update our nursing knowledge and 6weeks clinicals at nursing subacute rehab.It was all I needed to boost my confidence to start lookin for my dream job.

After countless applications, 2 interviews later I got a job and on a medical-surgical unit! I am so grateful to God and all the support I received that kept me going.I have been working for a year now and it has been a wonderful learning experience and it feels great to be able to contribute to society doing what I love doing.

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