Paying jobs in Latin America?

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How does one find out about any potential paying nursing jobs in Latin America?

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Peace Corps

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There aren't many that I've ever found. Peace Corps is one as the above poster says--that's a fairly new program (the nurse role, I mean) and pay is very low. Doctors without Borders sometimes sends nurses to Latin America, but not very often. Africa is a more likely possibility for paid nursing positions in the developing world. Why do you want to go to Latin America? What skills do you have to offer?

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
There aren't many that I've ever found. Peace Corps is one as the above poster says--that's a fairly new program (the nurse role, I mean) and pay is very low.

It's not a new role. My sister was in the Peace Corps ~25 years ago and they were sending nurses then.

You get your room and board paid, as well as a monthly stipend, and travel expenses to come back home for visits (annually, I think).

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I don't know what they were doing 25 years ago, but I assure you, it's a new program. Global Health Service Partnership | Peace Corps

At least in recent history, nurses who were in the Peace Corps were doing the same work as any other volunteer assigned to healthcare who didn't have a nursing background. This is the opportunity for nurses to do professional work--focused on education, but in the hospitals, working with local nurses at the bedside.

(The Peace Corps also hires some nurses/nurse practitioners to provide services to volunteers, but that's different from Peace Corps proper.)

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Are you wanting to work for a US-based organization (with US wages) in Latin America? Or work for a Latin American organization? Two very different kettles of fish there. If it's the second scenario, keep in mind that nursing wages & employment conditions are waaaaaaay different.

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Also, "Latin America" is a pretty broad descriptor. Working/economic conditions in Chile or Argentina are very different from those in Guatemala or Honduras.

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I lived in Mexico for 3 years and am close to being fluent in Spanish. I want to become 100% fluent and to be a medical interpreter along with being a nurse.

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