kirsten1987

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1. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 replied to kirsten1987's topic in International

   ok, thanks for clearing that up. i think i now have a better understanding of how the whole system works. man its all so frustrating. to be honest i'm not even overly enthusiastic to move to the states anyway but my boyfriend wants to get a post doc...

2. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 replied to kirsten1987's topic in International

   i don't really know too much about american visas to be honest. i think i'll worry about that if i'm able to get a nursing licence. my main worry is the NCLEX, what kind of extra hoops do you mean? thanks for your help so far by the way :-)

3. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 replied to kirsten1987's topic in International

   also whats a PD?

4. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 replied to kirsten1987's topic in International

   what do you mean by difficulties? just that it will take a lot of extra study and preperation, or that i won't be allowed to sit it? also why are there such long waits with visas? i know someone who recently applied for a post doc, got the job offer ...

5. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 replied to kirsten1987's topic in International

   also the states I was interested in working in are New Jersey or Massachussets but I couldn't seem to find much information about the New Jersey board of nursing on the internet.

6. UK Child Health Nurse - wanting to move to US

   kirsten1987 posted a topic in International

   Hi there I am a UK child health nurse hoping to move to the UK. My understanding is that I can't sit the CGFNS exam because I am only trained as a child health nurse, and only those trained as general nurses are eligable to sit this exam. From what I...