Published Apr 11, 2012
laiyza
2 Posts
I am an international nurse, who's been out from nursing practice for more or less 2 years, Is there a future for me in the US nursing field?
I graduated Bachelor of Science in Nursing in the Philippines year 2008, passed the Philippines Licensure Exam for Nurses 2009. In this country it has been so hard to land in a nursing job esp if you are a newly grad. What I did I signed up for a Basic Skills Training for Nurses is government hospital as Nurse-trainee for 3months. I served as an RN. This was 2009 and then in between 2009 and 2010 I attended some nursing training courses so I would have something to do. In between I reviewed for my NCLEX and took it July 2010. With God's grace, I passed it. One month after,I got engaged to be married and the wedding will be in the US, and so my fiancee petitioned me to be in the US with him. Since that time I dropped the plan of finding a nursing job in the Philippines as I will be moving to the US. I moved to the US June 2011 and got married 2months after. It took me 6months to get my RN license in Virginia as I applied for a Licensure by Endorsement which I had it in California previously.
I am really worried if I could get a RN job here in the US, knowing I graduated from nursing school outside the US, don't have much nursing experience even in the Philippines and I have been out from the practice for more or less 2 years now. Any Advice on what should I do to be able to find a job here? Thank you very much in advance.