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Hello fellow nurses, I'm RN from Australia with 6 years experience (2.5 med surg, 1 years infection control then 3 years in ED) . I also did post grad certificate in critical care, emergency paediatric and I was a clinical nurse specialist in Emergency. I just moved to America. I'm looking for jobs within NYC due to my license. I'm hoping to find an Emergency department job My question is, for nurses only have overseas experience like me, is it hard to find a job in ED? also do you have any recommendation on the hospital in the NYC? I have no experience in working in America, so any recommendations and suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thank you thank you so much !!

Hi, you reply quick haHa! WOW your CVS is so fast, I thought mine was fast enough. That is very lucky!! No I did not order from AHPRA, did NYBON already replied you? I am just waiting for them to tell me what else I need. apparently, they haven't received my CVS from CGFN. I will check in again in 2 weeks. I will have a look the inbox now. Have been busy with life I did not check my email for a while.

Hi Em, I ended up having issue to enrol the class. I'm now going to NY. One good thing is after you used cgfn, they save your document. So getting another CVS only takes less than 2 weeks. I have handed my application with all the documents and now waiting for my ATT from NYBON. Hopefully by next month. I'll have to figure out after I get to NY. Maybe study something in NY then go Nevada. The Nevada application is just too complicated. (SSN, OB requirement etc). I wish America has one BON and one standard like Australia. But yeah, maybe try NYC. I don't really have that much savings to burn while waiting for Nevada. ? good luck !

Yea I did! Thanks :)) Send them the overview of the course and yhe website. They approved it and asked me to send them the script once done the class.

Yea, I need Nevada license the multistate one won't help me. I ended up found a school in Nevada that can let me enrol into their maternity class (with clinical) in their nursing program. I'm now waiting for enrolment in fall. I hope I'll complete this one single unit smoothly and I pray for no more unexpected requirements

Hi, thanks for your reply, yea I read, NY is prob the easiest. But it's not where I'm moving to. But now I'm thinking If I should just apply and do my NCLEX first since getting a ATT is so hard in Nevada

Hi there, thanks for the reply. It's interesting that cgfn actually not too bad for me. It was just expensive. I got my CES within 3 days after my school uploaded everything and because in cgfn form, they put maternal and infant in the same category. so my OB part was covered. (They ask maternal/infant and nursing care of children) what's annoying me is the BON asking for transcripts again and they check it again. In Nevada's standard they need OB to be a single subject by itself. I don't understand If they gonna check the transcript what's the point for me to do CES? If I hold a multi-state license I still can't work in Nevada, is that right?

I did some research and found some US uni provides CE (continue education) class for OB. Found one with 2 days placement. I'm gonna ask BON if that meets their requirements to avoid doing the whole diploma

Thanks for replying! Yea I also asked them what else I need to do to meet the requirements. Waiting for their reply. I started NCLEX prep it is actually interesting for me. But the problem is I need to pass BON to give me the permission to take it. I feel I will probably end up doing a whole degree and become registered midwifery to meet the requirement since there is no single unit of study on offer in Australia. sounds like a complete overkill. Sigh...

Hi guys, I am a nurse working in Sydney, Australia. I also did my bachelor's and gained my first license in Australia. The story is, I am trying to move to Nevada. Passed Cgfn CES report, and started applying on Nevada BON. hoping to get authorisation to take NCLEX, pass it, get the license, find a job and move. But now Nevada BON told me "We cannot determine that you have completed a didactic and clinical course in OB/maternal health nursing" I told them OB is not in the curriculum and I work in Emergency and passed cgfn IDK if it is going to make a difference. I am waiting for their reply, I have browsed online for solutions like No Tomorrow, some people say you can get licensed in other states and then be endorsed in the state you want to move --> I checked the NEVADA endorsement requirement, they still need an education transcript. I am so stuck. I thought after passing cgfn everything would be easier but no :( Has anyone experienced similar things or can anyone give me some ideas? Thanks!