Need help: International student with AS degree from Florida school, can I work in US

vanillamocha · Jun 23, 2007

Are you an non us citizen that completed your Nursing degree here in the US? How can I go about getting licensed in several different states.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 24, 2007

Can someone help me with this question or refer me to the rigth source. I am a Nursing student at a school in Florida that is affiliated with a hospital. I am graduating next yr with just an AS degree . We were told that as an international student we will not be able to be hired as an RN by any hospital after sitting the boards if we dont at least have a Bachelors Degree. But the problem is that the school id not offering BS degrees at the school anymore. They now only offer the program online and international students are not allowed to take online courses. We were told that this is a new law that was passed sometime in August. Does anyone know if this is true or how it goes?

if you was trained in the US then you are OK to apply for a job the issue is if you did your training abroad then you would not meet US requirements.

Check out the international forum, plenty of info on this

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 24, 2007

I am a US citizen, so I don't know if the rules are different for us. You must apply to the different states that you wish to be licensed in. As a travel nurse, I pick a city I wish to work in then apply to their state board for a license. Some states the process is a long and time consuming one, others are walk through states and a piece of cake to get a license. Best of luck.

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No different whether US or foreign trained you just apply to state you want to work in and go through process of endorsement. The only difference is you must follow requirements for foreign trained even when endorsing

ParalyzeDragon · Jun 26, 2007

my friend is from Kenya and he has an AS and was able to get a license in TN. TN also is one of the comptact states. So that might be a possibility for you if you are willing to relocate to the south.

suzanne4, RN · Jul 2, 2007

Can someone help me with this question or refer me to the rigth source. I am a Nursing student at a school in Florida that is affiliated with a hospital. I am graduating next yr with just an AS degree . We were told that as an international student we will not be able to be hired as an RN by any hospital after sitting the boards if we dont at least have a Bachelors Degree. But the problem is that the school id not offering BS degrees at the school anymore. They now only offer the program online and international students are not allowed to take online courses. We were told that this is a new law that was passed sometime in August. Does anyone know if this is true or how it goes?

Please go to the International Forum, there is much there that you need to be aware of. You are being given completely wrong information. And sorry, there is no new law that came out last August about this.

Since this question is off topic from the original post here, please just read the Primer on the International Forum and post your questions about International nurses there. There is a different set of requirements for you as far as working in the US and already explained there.

suzanne4, RN · Jul 2, 2007

A green card can be issued to you with the two year degree, provided that you trained in the US. But the issue is that currently there are no visas available. If you do not have the F-1 and qualify for the OPT, then you will not be able to work when you finish your degree at this time. The issue is the retrogression and nothing more.