I think it is probably fairly difficult to find work in the US at the moment as an RN. However, in Australia it is dead set easy. There is work everywhere. When I graduate in Australia next year I want to spend some time working in the US.
Should I work in Australia for a year or two before heading over? Or do US hospitals disregard Australian work experience? As an internationally trained new graduate would it be hard to find work straight out of university?
I just don't want to miss a chance at doing an internship here and then realising that I am unemployable in the US... there's a few questions there.. any help from anyone who works with Australian or British RNs or new international grads would be useful, thanks :)
I hate to be a party pooper but you will be Australian educated and if you come here and get a job you will be taking a job of an American educated individual. I personally don't think it is right for you to do this. Stay in Oz where the work is there and you are needed. OK, now that I have exposed myself as a PRO-American and feel jobs for Americans and not foreigners, let it come. You all know that this is how you feel , you all just don't want to rock the boat and be political correct. The new grads that are having trouble finding work and even those who have experience would be upset if anyone outside this country would take the job from them. There would be plenty of work for ALL US grads if all the foreigners would just go home. Be honest with yourselves.
Wow. In a global society, all are welcome to compete.
The AMA has a similar stance that you do. Many foreign educated doctors have to take boards and redo residency in the US in order to practice. Some doctors actually become nurses in the US before going through the process to practice medicine here.
So you aren't the only one who thinks it's ok to discriminate based on where someone if from. But it is still economically and morally wrong.
I think it is probably fairly difficult to find work in the US at the moment as an RN. However, in Australia it is dead set easy.There is work everywhere. When I graduate in Australia next year I want to spend some time working in the US.
Should I work in Australia for a year or two before heading over? Or do US hospitals disregard Australian work experience? As an internationally trained new graduate would it be hard to find work straight out of university?
I just don't want to miss a chance at doing an internship here and then realising that I am unemployable in the US... there's a few questions there.. any help from anyone who works with Australian or British RNs or new international grads would be useful, thanks :)
It certainly isn't dead set easy to get a job as a grad nurse in QLD or SA right now. In my state (SA) there are many third year student nurses who cant' get a GNP position and are absolutely devastated. They have cut the numbers for GNP's in public and private. The current GNP's who are finishing can't find permanent work either. There is only a small number of jobs available in the SA public sector, most are casual and hundreds of GNP's are fighting over them.
I'm not sure about WA, VIC and TAS but if GNP's are short in QLD and SA then many will move interstate to get a job and I reckon this will likely create shortages there too.
As for US nursing, well I think there is a lot of hoops you would have to jump through. They don't have one level of RN over there, there is ADN, BSN and MSN. I think we fall somewhere in the BSN category because we have a Bachelor degree.
I hate to be a party pooper but you will be Australian educated and if you come here and get a job you will be taking a job of an American educated individual. I personally don't think it is right for you to do this. Stay in Oz where the work is there and you are needed. OK, now that I have exposed myself as a PRO-American and feel jobs for Americans and not foreigners, let it come. You all know that this is how you feel , you all just don't want to rock the boat and be political correct. The new grads that are having trouble finding work and even those who have experience would be upset if anyone outside this country would take the job from them. There would be plenty of work for ALL US grads if all the foreigners would just go home. Be honest with yourselves.
A year ago I would have disagreed with you. Now because we're facing the same issue where I live I'm starting to feel the same. It is very frustrating when the hospital goes on a frenzy hiring immigrant nurses who can't speak English very well, with poor nursing skills to fill gaps and we have to carry them everyday because they incompetent. And then there's a hiring freeze where new graduate nurses can't get jobs.
I'm not saying stop hiring immigrant nurses but not at the expense of Australian graduates.
PetiteOpRN
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Wow. In a global society, all are welcome to compete.
The AMA has a similar stance that you do. Many foreign educated doctors have to take boards and redo residency in the US in order to practice. Some doctors actually become nurses in the US before going through the process to practice medicine here.
So you aren't the only one who thinks it's ok to discriminate based on where someone if from. But it is still economically and morally wrong.