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1. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International

   I did go through CVS with my initial application that they denied. They just want to see a german curriculum for general nurses to compare that one with mine for some reason. The guy I talked to said that my nursing school should just forward that to...

2. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International

   Hi Suzanne, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I was out of town for christmas. My in Laws live in the Albany area, so i took the chance and went straight to the BON in Albany and talked face to face to the person who denied my case. They admi...

3. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International

   my training was 3 years total- This is the longest program for RN's. total of 1904 hours of theory- 647 in Pediatrics and 1257 in General Nursing (geriatric, maternal, mental, surgery, internal health, anatomy) My transcripts show individual hours fo...

4. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International

   Suzanne4, thank you for your prompt reply. I graduated nursing school 3 years ago in Berlin/Germany. I did have maternal/mental health training along with all the general nursing students in both clinical and theory. That's what is so frustrating to...

5. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee posted a topic in International

   hey there, I have looked all over the place to find some information for pediatric nurses from Germany. I live in NY and I applied for licensure through CVS and the BON in NY. the whole procedure took 1,5 years and they finally denied me completely b...

6. Do you get sick more often in peds?

   steffibee replied to ER1010's topic in Pediatric

   First year as a student nurse- I caught everything! Still get a cold about once a year, but that's it. MissJoRN: RSV isn't contagious to grown ups as far as I know...

7. 16month old emergency

   steffibee replied to BePatient's topic in Pediatric

   Intussusception, ouch poor kid, we have that quite a lot in my unit, pretty painful but he should be ok now! Keep an eye on him during the next night, and he might get a diarrea. hope he feels better soon!

8. What's the weirdest baby name?

   steffibee replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I just took care of a child named Shakira, her mother's name is Madonna and her sister's name Brittney.... Mother is again pregnant with Christina... Rock'n Roll...

9. Parental supervision on ped floors(m)

   steffibee replied to endoblues's topic in Pediatric

   My unit has no techs and the nurse-patient ratio varies from 1 - 6-9 so having most parents there 24/7 is a big (and very appreciated) help for us nurses, doctors and most of all the kids! However, I totally understand when a parent just needs to ge...

10. need help with on-line visa screen application

    steffibee replied to ona's topic in International

    OMG.... I just pushed the send button 5 min ago!!!!!! Why didn't I read this earlier?? I have been sitting over the CVS and Visa Screen (paper)application for the last 2 nights, and I just read in the handbook that an online application would speed t...

11. What's the weirdest baby name?

    steffibee replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our new anaesthesist's name is Dr. Goodmorning, hahaha that's how I looked like, when she introduced herself:

12. What's the weirdest baby name?

    steffibee replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    sadly u do have to get your childs name approved by government in Germany, but it isn't true that u can't name ur child Shawn, or Jasmine if u're not from that ethnicity group. Truth is, almost every name will be passed and they are pretty relaxed wi...

13. Working in the US ----- PLEASE READ FIRST

    steffibee replied to suzanne4's topic in International

    hi there, I'm a pediatric nurse from germany and I want to work in NY here goes the questioning... :smackingf What comes first- the application to CGFNS (CVS) OR the Board of Nursing ? I specialised in pediatrics at the beginning of nursing school...