Is NEW YORK hiring foreign trained nurses??

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Specializes in Emergency room nursing.

Hi I am currently having my credentials verified for new york. Unfortunately i am coming across many readings that the situation with new york and having foreign trained nurses hiring isnt that good...

Is there someone out there that actually works in NYC and can maybe give a picture of the situation...

I'm an american citizen with 2 years experience in emergency nursing... i was schooled in Malta and plan on coming to New york next november....

thanks for your help :)

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Check the ny forum, an interviewer my ask why did you go to school outside the USA? Be prepared. The job market is tight, if you have experience you may have better luck.

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Specializes in Emergency room nursing.

Hi all,

Wow this post was started almost a year ago, and now I'm actually in New York.

Finally gonna do my NCLEX at the end of this month, along with the TNCC.

I am really looking forward to start working, just hope that hospitals are hiring foreign trained nurses (I'm from Malta).

Does anyone know which particular hospitals hire foreign trained nurses. I'm an American citizen and have 2 years ER experience.

Thanks for your help!!!

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hi happy dreamer....do you have your job right now?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
hi happy dreamer....do you have your job right now?
A search of happydreamer's posting history reveals that he/she was accepted into the ER at NYP Columbia hospital last summer.
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hi id like to ask what happened to your nclex? im currently on my senior year. is it easier to apply for an nclex in ny than in ca? hope ill get an answer.thanks:)

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A search of happydreamer's posting history reveals that he/she was accepted into the ER at NYP Columbia hospital last summer.

Thanks commuter...

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Specializes in CTICU.

The foreign training isn't the problem - if you've passed NCLEX and have an RN license, any US hospital would hire you. The problem is the immigration status. This poster was a US citizen so I imagine didn't have too much trouble.

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thanks gilbert...already had our interview at the embassy but i can't understand why my agency can't give me a job...they have plenty of job openings in their website but they said the facilities there want those that have experiences in the US...

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.
thanks gilbert...already had our interview at the embassy but i can't understand why my agency can't give me a job...they have plenty of job openings in their website but they said the facilities there want those that have experiences in the US...

What is your immigration status?

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EB3- employment based immigrant... priority date is august 2006...

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.
EB3- employment based immigrant... priority date is august 2006...

If you don't actually have your visa yet then that's why they won't give you a job.

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