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redranger · Apr 16, 2009

School and living is many many many times cheaper in PI.

My wife came to USA in August of last year, She had her BSN in Nursing from a small Province nursing school in PI.

We did the requirements from Texas BON for her to sit for NCLEX.

Easy and she took the NCLEX and smoked it.

She next went job searching last month and had a few interviews.

She was offered a nice job with excellent benifits and excellent pay.

Took about 2 weeks from her sending out resumes to have a job offer.

Employeers were very impressed by her 2 years of duty working in a hospital and all the hours she had doing her Clinical Duty.

My opinion. It's very wise to go to Nursing School in PI (If you can handle PI, Some people love it, some hate it).

5cats · Apr 16, 2009

The big disadvantage of course is, that you'll be a lifelong foreign educated nurse. So you will allways have to meet BON requirements for those. And depending on economy when you come back it might be more difficult to get hired, plus it'll take a while to get your credentials sorted.

I personally would allways seek education where I plan to work and live, it's just less hassle.

But what I heard filipinos have normally no problems in the States regarding their nursing education.

So at the end it's your decision, listen to your guts:)

5cats

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Apr 16, 2009

It can take up to a year to qualify to work in the US if you qualify. A US graduate can work in 6 weeks or less. Since many RNs can make over 60K a year that year of loss of work equals any savings you would get by going out of the country.

An ADN program private college costs $20K so I don't know where your savings are. Also when you transfer from one state to another it is not very easy as IEN.

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Apr 16, 2009

School and living is many many many times cheaper in PI.
My wife came to USA in August of last year, She had her BSN in Nursing from a small Province nursing school in PI.
We did the requirements from Texas BON for her to sit for NCLEX.
Easy and she took the NCLEX and smoked it.
She next went job searching last month and had a few interviews.
She was offered a nice job with excellent benifits and excellent pay.
Took about 2 weeks from her sending out resumes to have a job offer.
Employeers were very impressed by her 2 years of duty working in a hospital and all the hours she had doing her Clinical Duty.
My opinion. It's very wise to go to Nursing School in PI (If you can handle PI, Some people love it, some hate it).

Congrats on the new job, I bet others would love to hear about your wive'e experience from your wife. I guess she won't be joining you on your June trip to the PI.

Is she in a New Grad Program? Is she working in a hospital or long term care? Ask her to post here with the details.

redranger · Apr 16, 2009

It can take up to a year to qualify to work in the US if you qualify. A US graduate can work in 6 weeks or less. Since many RNs can make over 60K a year that year of loss of work equals any savings you would get by going out of the country.
An ADN program private college costs $20K so I don't know where your savings are. Also when you transfer from one state to another it is not very easy as IEN.

I dont' know where you come up with a year to qualify to work in USA. OP states she is USC (U.S. Citizen). All she has to do pass her NCLEX and start looking for work.

She going to PI to get BSN, not ADN. So you have to compare apples to apples.

I would assume if she wanted just a ADN then she would of choose USA.

So cost would of been around $40,000 in the scenario you stated

I paid roughly $1,000 per year, or $4,000 for my wifes education in PI.

So it seems like it 10 times cheaper.

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Apr 16, 2009

I get the year or more based on many posters who post here, they are US Citizens and it has been over a year and they have not qualified for the NCLEX.

The OP stated they wanted to be a nurse. I firmly believe one should got to nursing school in the school where you are planning on working as a nurse. This person is a US citizen and in my professional experience as a Masters Trained RN would is certified in several areas nursing education is not about finding a bargain.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Apr 16, 2009

Even as a USC if trained outside the US then on average looking at 4-6 months to get eligibility to sit NCLEX. A lot depends on state requirements and how paperwork is timely sent. If NY then the wait on average is 8-12 months due to CVS but again depends on how timely paperwork is sent. Could take longer and being a USC won't matter as it all goes on transcripts of training and demand on the BON. If there are lots of foreign nurses applying then the wait could be longer.

redranger · Apr 16, 2009

Even as a USC if trained outside the US then on average looking at 4-6 months to get eligibility to sit NCLEX. A lot depends on state requirements and how paperwork is timely sent.

Agreed

In my wife scenario since I handled everything up until she took NCLEX, The paperwork and wait seemed to be minimum and overall process was a fairly Simple, Only CES from CGNFS was about the only hold up, and it took about a month.

If I had a child and they wanted to go to Nurisng School for ADN - It would be in USA.

If they wanted a BSN, I would be shipping them off to PI.

That's me and my situation, and what I know about US and PI schools and costs...

redranger · Apr 16, 2009

Congrats on the new job, I bet others would love to hear about your wive'e experience from your wife. I guess she won't be joining you on your June trip to the PI.
Is she in a New Grad Program? Is she working in a hospital or long term care? Ask her to post here with the details.

She is a New Grad Intern in a very Large Hospital.

Nope she won't be going to PI this summer. Me and My Nephew and his 16 year old son are going to PI this summer, They had tickets round trip to PI from USA last week for $900 which is a smoking deal..... :smokin:

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Apr 16, 2009

I hope you wife posts her experiences here. It will be interesting to read and learn.

kmmasas27 · Apr 17, 2009

=) thanks for all the replies. I really appreciate the help!

redranger, congrats to your wife! =) stories like those make me hopeful!

Alexk49, i also agree with you that it is much easier to go to school in the same place you plan to work at but being in my case, since i know for a fact my parents wont be able to support me all the way financially, even if i get a job too, i thought it'd actually best for me to agree with my parents to take up nursing in the philippines, save both of us trouble FINANCIALLY...hehe. =D

redranger, Philippines is not as bad as everyone said it was going to be. So im actually alright with going to school here, just as long as i know its not gonna disqualify me or put me into a BIG disadvantage upon becoming a nurse in the san francisco where i intend to live in. i hope you enjoy your vacation in the summer!

now with more new concerns.......

is it alright if i dont take the boards or the NCLEX here in the philippines since i plan to go back to the states and work there? And i heard that clicnical hours arent transferrable, so would that mean i shouldnt even get into that over here, since i plan to move back anyways?

and last, since i can manage the waiting part.......what should i prepare in advance for a more smoother chance at working in the states. I mean ive experienced how hard it was to have to get paperworks mailed and faxed, signed and sealed, and all that formal/offical stuff needed by both schools, from SF to PI during my first enrollment, and mannn must i say, that was the biggest pain in the gulteus maximus. haa i want to try and stray away from that. hehe. i know i still have 3 years of nursing school, i just want to be prepared. =)

thanks again for all the feedback!