Nursing School Question / Job Question as International Student (For Suzanne4)

[wannabern88]

I am an international student who is taking classes in California Community College. (I have my GED in California)

I was doing pre-pharmacy, but I heard about RN recently, and I found it really interesting.

I found out school such as USF, Dominican Univeristy, and Samuel Merritt Universities.

I learned that you can apply for pre-nursing at Dominican University and finish pre-reqs over there.

My question is that, if I graduate from Nursing school, what are the chances of getting hired in hospital or any kind?

I know that gender would not matter (I am male), but would International have less advantage getting hired than permanent residents?

My grades are:

Nursing pre-req:

Introduction to Chemistry - B

English Compoistion - A

English Literature/Critical Thinking - B

Introduction to Public Speaking - A

Second Part of American History - A

Human Development - A

Sociology - A

Statistics - B

Intermediate Algebra - A

Non-Nurising courses

General Chemistry - B and C

Trigonometry - B

Pre-Calculus - C

Biology (Cell and Molecular) - C

English Writing 100 - A

ESL courses - C , B, and Credit (I took three)

Thank you.

[suzanne4, RN]

The US is currently under a retrogression, so attending school here is not going to make any difference in the scheme of things. You may qualify for a one year OPT after you complete your training, but there is no way that you are going to be able to be hired and remain in the US to work when you are done.

US citizens are having problems getting hired now as new grads, and they do not have to deal with visa issues.

I would take the time to do some reading on this site for what is happening in the world of nursing right now.

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

The problem is getting a visa to stay... there are none at the moment, and it's impossible to guess if there'll be any when you graduate. Unless you are already a citizen or PR, staying in the US is not possible for new RN graduates right now.