Newly grad and needs advise...

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hi to everyone! i'm a newly graduate nurse and still waiting for the result of the licensure exam. well, i just need some advise for the newly graduate nurses esp. when it comes in applying for a job... i will really appreciate your advices! thanks so much!

I also tooked the June 2007 NLE....and while waiting, I decided to process the requirements needed for NCLEX such as those documents from my school (TOR, subjects verification etc)....because we all know processing will definitely take time...so by the time the results are posted I can proceed with the next step...

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Specializes in ER, Telemetry, Transport Nursing.
yup a lot of states but all are affected by retrogression.. im hoping that when the time comes when im gonna apply for a visa, it will be over..;)

What is retrogression? Sorry after so much time on nights...I don't even get to see the news onTV

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I also tooked the June 2007 NLE....and while waiting, I decided to process the requirements needed for NCLEX such as those documents from my school (TOR, subjects verification etc)....because we all know processing will definitely take time...so by the time the results are posted I can proceed with the next step...

You are applying for licensure as an RN. Being able to take the NCLEX exam requires that you have approval to do so, and meet the rest of the requirements for that state. The NCLEX exam is just the final step and far from the only one.

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What is retrogression? Sorry after so much time on nights...I don't even get to see the news onTV

The number of visas that are available per year for nurses from the Philippines is far less than the number that wish to get a green card. The retrogression that is in effect right now has been in effect since October 31 of last year. And nurses from all over the world have been affected by this.

There is much on the international forum with specifics on this. The big issue is that there is no AOS processing for the green card available at all at this time.

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I just graduated last Oct 2006...i took a lecturing job immediately because I was planning to take the NCLEX ASAP. Unfortunately there was a delay in my NCLEX application processing my fingerprint card got rejected. I was hoping since i just finished reviewing for NLE, i can have a better chance of passing my NCLEX.

I will just finish this sem and start looking for a real hospital nursing experience. There are speculations that experience here in the Philippines do not really matter for US Hospital since they would prefer their nurses trained there. I wonder how true? I really need to work asap...sigh.

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i just graduated last oct 2006...i took a lecturing job immediately because i was planning to take the nclex asap. unfortunately there was a delay in my nclex application processing my fingerprint card got rejected. i was hoping since i just finished reviewing for nle, i can have a better chance of passing my nclex.

i will just finish this sem and start looking for a real hospital nursing experience. there are speculations that experience here in the philippines do not really matter for us hospital since they would prefer their nurses trained there. i wonder how true? i really need to work asap...sigh.

i don't understand why would you take a lecturing job and not passing the nle first. and i don't beleive a new grad should work as a ci or lecturer without passing nle, or at least have real hospital job for at least a year or two. in your case, it is best for you to get a real hospital job, or even start in a clinic first. nclexrn is very hard, and you need to prepare for it. it is true that regardless of years of experience you have in pi, when you get hired in an american hospital, you are still considered as a new grad. they will orient you for months, ( and get paid at the same time). and will have you work with a preceptor until you complete your compentency requirements. sure, but having a hands on experience back home will at least give you an idea on how it is like to work as a nurse. i am so fed up with all these new grads saying they want to jump to take the us licensure exam so soon, thinking they can just fly here the next day, just because they passed nclexrn!, not so, because there is still a retrogression going on, and they need to go through a lot of requirements first. and with all these young, inexperienced ci's, and lecturers teaching left to right, what do you expect the new nursing students would learn from them??? :uhoh3: get a work experience, show your parents that you can actually do the job there, (even if the pay is so small...) before flying out of the country and not knowing any skills. i know a lot will offended, but it is true.

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Specializes in ER, Telemetry, Transport Nursing.
The number of visas that are available per year for nurses from the Philippines is far less than the number that wish to get a green card. The retrogression that is in effect right now has been in effect since October 31 of last year. And nurses from all over the world have been affected by this.

There is much on the international forum with specifics on this. The big issue is that there is no AOS processing for the green card available at all at this time.

Thanks Suzanne

Last I heard, we(nurses) were still on the priority list but that was almost 7-8 years ago. I guess being on the night shift really takes me away from being updated in all of the current events.

So the status has changed huh? Maybe its because of the goverment's thrust to get more citizens to enter into nursing school here in the US. There are so much responsibilities heaped on the nurses because of JCAHO, the patient acuities have gone higher since I started because of HMOs and because of the shortage, higher patient to nurse ratios - with mandatory overtime. It takes a special kind of person to go through all these trials and tribulations. The problems I stated above, are what keep most of the nurses in the workforce from staying in the profession for a long time plus the fact that it is also a physical job.

(For you new nurses what does this mean? Working here, You have been given more tasks and more paper work to do, your patients are sicker than what they used to be coming in the hospital and you will have more patients-per-nurse as well as be asked to stay for an additional 8 hours and you can't say "no" to your supervisor.)

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Thanks Suzanne

Last I heard, we(nurses) were still on the priority list but that was almost 7-8 years ago. I guess being on the night shift really takes me away from being updated in all of the current events.

So the status has changed huh? Maybe its because of the goverment's thrust to get more citizens to enter into nursing school here in the US. There are so much responsibilities heaped on the nurses because of JCAHO, the patient acuities have gone higher since I started because of HMOs and because of the shortage, higher patient to nurse ratios - with mandatory overtime. It takes a special kind of person to go through all these trials and tribulations. The problems I stated above, are what keep most of the nurses in the workforce from staying in the profession for a long time plus the fact that it is also a physical job.

(For you new nurses what does this mean? Working here, You have been given more tasks and more paper work to do, your patients are sicker than what they used to be coming in the hospital and you will have more patients-per-nurse as well as be asked to stay for an additional 8 hours and you can't say "no" to your supervisor.)

You are speaking of Schedule A, that was actually removed back in the February 2007 Bulletin that was released in mid-January. And that was specific for RNs and physical therapists. Currently, all RNs are put together in the same classification that most IT people are under that are already in the US under the H1-B visa. And then you add in the number of nurses from PI that wish to work in the US, and the total nurmber of visas that are given for those that were born in PI, it goes by where the person was born, not where they are living now, or whose passport that they hold.

Things are quite different from a few years ago. Even 6 years ago, most came to the US with the H1-B visa and then went onto the green card. But the H1-B is no longer a viable alternative, it has not been acceptable for an RN for more than three years.

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I just graduated last Oct 2006...i took a lecturing job immediately because I was planning to take the NCLEX ASAP. Unfortunately there was a delay in my NCLEX application processing my fingerprint card got rejected. I was hoping since i just finished reviewing for NLE, i can have a better chance of passing my NCLEX.

I will just finish this sem and start looking for a real hospital nursing experience. There are speculations that experience here in the Philippines do not really matter for US Hospital since they would prefer their nurses trained there. I wonder how true? I really need to work asap...sigh.

You are not going to be able to work in the US as soon as you take and pass the NCLEX exam. As mentioned above, there is a retrogression in place, and you are looking at a couple of years at the earliest, since you have not even started with any exams, let alone finding an employer to start your petitioning.

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Specializes in ER, Telemetry, Transport Nursing.
You are speaking of Schedule A, that was actually removed back in the February 2007 Bulletin that was released in mid-January. And that was specific for RNs and physical therapists. Currently, all RNs are put together in the same classification that most IT people are under that are already in the US under the H1-B visa. And then you add in the number of nurses from PI that wish to work in the US, and the total nurmber of visas that are given for those that were born in PI, it goes by where the person was born, not where they are living now, or whose passport that they hold.

Things are quite different from a few years ago. Even 6 years ago, most came to the US with the H1-B visa and then went onto the green card. But the H1-B is no longer a viable alternative, it has not been acceptable for an RN for more than three years.

Does this also include those that are US citizens or green card holders or just those that are here on an H1 visa which is rare ?

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hello everyone! Just a thought in mind from a newly grad like me, im being positive with this retrogression thing going on..

i think its beneficial for us, newly grads, that its taking place now and later when its time for us to apply for a visa, there will be available visa already since its like delaying everything for those who applied ahead of us..

With that we have time to process and complete our requirements for licensure as well as for the immigration.. Although no one knows when it will be lifted up, i just have this positive feeling that it is really beneficial for us.. just a philosophical thought :idea:

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Does this also include those that are US citizens or green card holders or just those that are here on an H1 visa which is rare ?

There are no more nurses here with the H1-B visa, they have not been issued for the past three years. All that have come since then have had to have the green card or immigrant visa to start.

Not like when you went thru the procedures.

Nurses that have the green card or are US citizens already do not have anything that they need to worry about with immigration, they can begin work right away.

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