Indian nurse in us

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Hi guys....

I am Deepthi, I am from India and I have RN license in US. Right now I am doing my masters in health service administration and I thought to change into more nursing oriented courses so I applied for family nurse practitioner but unfortunately I got rejected due to lack of clinical experience in US, so now I am thinking to change for nurse educator program. can anyone please tell me about nurse educator like what is the scope of it and does it need any experience to take the course. please give me some guidance and suggestions.

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Hi guys..can anyone please respond to me..i am so despair

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

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Graduate degrees in nursing education prepare people to teach nursing in schools of nursing and to work in healthcare facility nursing education departments. Different schools have different standards for admission, whether they require prior clinical nursing experience and, if so, how much. You would need to ask individual schools you are interested in whether you would be considered a qualified candidate for their program.

Do you have any US nursing experience? Even if you complete a degree in nursing education, it's going to be v. hard to find a job as a nurse educator without some significant amount of clinical practice experience.

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Graduate degrees in nursing education prepare people to teach nursing in schools of nursing and to work in healthcare facility nursing education departments. Different schools have different standards for admission, whether they require prior clinical nursing experience and, if so, how much. You would need to ask individual schools you are interested in whether you would be considered a qualified candidate for their program.

Do you have any US nursing experience? Even if you complete a degree in nursing education, it's going to be v. hard to find a job as a nurse educator without some significant amount of clinical practice experience.

Hi...thank you for your resonse., and yes I have nursing license but I do not know what to do.. I asked many universities all are asking for clinical experience but I dnt have it as I am international and I am new to here. Right now I am doin health service administration masters and thinking to change into more nursing oriented courses. I got admission for nurse educator program in valparasio university. But I do not know how far it is good., I am confused whether to join in the program or not.

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Specializes in CTICU.

If you have nursing license, are you authorized to work in the US or are you on a student visa?

If work-authorized, getting a job as an RN would be your best bet to get clinical experience and then apply for NP again if that's what you want to do. Any advanced practice role will be difficult if you don't have nursing experience.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Previous posts indicate member is on a student visa without work rights until eligible for OPT.

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