caillou

I heard there is one coming up at Beth Israel Continuing education, it's gonna start June 1st and will be every monday night for 7 weeks.. Good luck

Hello, I have worked as an agency nurse for a year in Paris, basically there is 3 major agencies in Paris: Quick Medical Services, l'appel medical (Those 2 have jobs and agency almost every part of France) and JBM. They find you "missions" from short term (1 day) to several weeks. They can cancel you last minute (and they will not pay you) and they can call you whenever they need you. you can give them the day you want to work..I guess it is basically the same as England and US. The pay is slighly higher than hospitals (i would say around 1900euros a month) but you don't get pay for vacation. I was working with 2 of them to be sure to get a full schedule..and worked alost every day in a different unit and a different hospital! Hope it will be helpful, if you have any other question le me know! By the way I think there is a mistake in the previous post the pay is not 16000euros a month!! I would probably have stayed in France otherwise!!!but 1600euros...

Hi, I have a french degree and am working in NYC. You need to go through the CGFNS CES they will evaluate your credentials and send that to the board of nursing. The board will give you the right to take the NCLEX-RN exam. I got my licence for NY. The process is taking a while (18months at least) Good luck

Hello, I am a french nurse working in NY. As you've been told you need to go for the CGFNS and NCLEX-RN. Usually french nurse don't have any problem getting an authorization to take the NCLEX-RN (but be prepare to be patient because it's taking quite a while..). Once you're done, you're not going to be able to do travel nursing, you need to get experience in a regular unit and I can tell you that it takes some times to adjust yourself depending on the unit you're working in and especially if you havn't work for 5 years. Medical language is not that far from the french as they both are coming from latin and meds are not too different from France either but you definetly need to learn the "familiar" name of lot of stuff! If you need any information, just PM me, I'll be happy to answer you C.

Hello, I am a French nurse working in NY..I have been working in Paris for one year before moving to NY. If you have any question, let me know, i'll do my best to answer.

Hi Virginie ! Bienvenue... I am a French nurse working in NY. Bad news for you for the visa and the course that you need to take! If you need anything you can PM me..

I am interestered to know wich hospital you are speaking about. I did an internship at the Beth Israel in 2005 and at that time they sponsored foreign nurse and they still propose it on their website!! Thank you!

For me this is true!! I have my RN licence since April and don't need a green card because I have an "employment authorization". After posting my resume online in hospitals website and speaking with some receptionist and nurse recruiter, "I am not competitive enough" even if I studied and worked in a european country.

Hello! Welcome to allnurses! I'm a french nurse living in the US. First of all you have to know that it's going to be a very long way..you will need patience, time and money! This is the link to their FAQs where you will find some informations: http://www.bne.state.tx.us/olv/faq-Nclex.html#faq25 For what I understand you will have to submit a credential evaluation of all the classes you had during the nursing school, you will also have to take one of the english test.If the BON approuve your credentials you will need to take the board exam (NCLEX-RN) If you don't have the green card I guess that you still will have to go through the visascreen process with the CGFNS. I had to deal with the CGFNS and I really had a hard time so you'd better go for one of the other organisations that can do the review!! Good luck!

Hi Thank you for your answer chuck1234. I had worked few months in an ICU and that 's really what I want to do. I've applied to nyp because they definetly have a bunch of job in this area but I understood they are not really fast to answer your application. Wsmith16? i applied at Mount SINAI online and when you are applying for a position they ask you a bunch of question like do you have a BSN? Do you have 2-3years experience and if you answer no you are geetting an automatic reply that says that you don't meet the requirements (1 year experience don"t seem to be enough) Still looking, anyone heard about a job fair soon? Thank you

No problem, let me know when you have an answer! Thank you very much for your help!

Sorry for the mistake chuck1234!! Thank you very much for your help, I will keep my fingers crossed tomorrow for sure. In fact I have a visa for 5 years and I'm only here since 1 year!(and it will certainely be renewed at the end of the contract of my husband) But I don't know it's maybe more convenient for the employer to have somebody with a green card!! I look forward to ear from you and thank you for all you're doing and the time it's taking! Hyacinthe

hello everyone! good translation NYdreamer!! I dropped my resume this morning at the presbyterian employment office as you suggested Chuck1234, they did not propose me an interview, the receptionist just took the resume and that's all. Do you know how long it usually takes until you have a feedback? Thanks Dudette, I'm going to PM you!! Another question, I posted my resume in the MoUNT Sinai website but when I tried to apply for a job, they ask you if you have you're BSN or 2 years experience if you have do not (I only have 1 year and few months experience), you're receiving an automatic email that say that your application is denied!!Are the nurse there all BSN or experienced?? (no new grads??) Have a great day Hyacinthe

thank you for your answers! I actually work next door to the nyp employment office as a P/T school nurse for the french high school, so thanks for the advice, I'm gonna try it tomorrow! Any advice on what to say during the interview? I also placed my resume on several hospitals websites, I really hope something is going to work, Hyacinthe

Hi chuck1234!! thanks for your fast reply, I was actually looking at those ones because I'm living on the upper east side. I wanted to try theses ones first and I thought that bigger hospitals also mean more positions to fill..but I might try smaller ones before and move from there as you said!! As for the agencies, I would prefer to avoid!! as I already did everything by myself(CGFNS, BON) but if no hospital reply, I will have to go that way!! Do you have any idea about where I could apply? Hyacinthe