Maemir replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Career Support
That's bad. Starting salary here in Houston area is 26.00 for new grads plus differentials between 3-6.00/hour. My hospital always give bonuses for OT and other perks like movie tickets and dinner for 2. Pay raise is about 4.00/hour this year.
Maemir replied to WanderGirl's topic in International
UK is great but expensive. Life and work balance is great as you have loads of annual leave and sick pay. Proximity to other European countries is a plus- cheap european tour at your doorstep. I cant speak about NZ though. I lived and worked in UK fo...
Come to Houston as it has better pay (three times my income in UK) and good cost of living. Coming from UK, i dont want to live in east coast or up north. I got hired directly by my hospital and was grateful that they waited for me till I got my immi...
Maemir replied to Leviathan13's topic in International
It is better if you work in suburbs or even in Midlands or up north. Pay is all the same for Bands except you dont get the London allowance and the fringe benefits is not that big. The rent and transport in London will eat up your money plus I dont w...
Maemir replied to AthenaNoie's topic in International
I'm from Phil. and also worked in UK before coming to Tx. My original license was from AZ and endorsed it to Tx. Best way is to check with TxBON and clarify it with them. I think i did mine when I was already here in USA before the endorsement was gr...
Bring your husband to USA as it is an easy transition for him instead of you doing all this RN transition. As a UK nurse, pay is not good even though I was in Band6/7 pay and workload was tremendous although you will get good holidays/sick benefits. ...
Germany as like any other European countries are good places for RN but in Germany you have to learn and master their language (i find it difficult) specially for medical terminologies. Not all Germans speak English even conversational English. Cost ...
Maemir replied to Alwayscurious7's topic in International
Check out Dominican university of California for international educated nurses EIN to top up your RN education from UK so you can qualify and take NClEX
You can do Arizona or Texas BON. They don't require SSN and with regards to fingerprinting, I managed to do it in our local police department (I came from UK and did my fingerprinting in Surrey Police HQ).