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1. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International Nursing

   I did go through CVS with my initial application that they denied. They just want to see a german curriculum for general nurses to compare that one with mine for some reason. The guy I talked to said...

2. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International Nursing

   Hi Suzanne, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I was out of town for christmas. My in Laws live in the Albany area, so i took the chance and went straight to the BON in Albany and talked face...

3. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International Nursing

   my training was 3 years total- This is the longest program for RN's. total of 1904 hours of theory- 647 in Pediatrics and 1257 in General Nursing (geriatric, maternal, mental, surgery, internal...

4. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee replied to steffibee's topic in International Nursing

   Suzanne4, thank you for your prompt reply. I graduated nursing school 3 years ago in Berlin/Germany. I did have maternal/mental health training along with all the general nursing students in both...

5. no chance for pediatric nurses?

   steffibee posted a topic in International Nursing

   hey there, I have looked all over the place to find some information for pediatric nurses from Germany. I live in NY and I applied for licensure through CVS and the BON in NY. the whole procedure took...

6. Do you get sick more often in peds?

   steffibee replied to ER1010's topic in Pediatric

   First year as a student nurse- I caught everything! Still get a cold about once a year, but that's it. MissJoRN: RSV isn't contagious to grown ups as far as I

7. 16month old emergency

   steffibee replied to BePatient's topic in Pediatric

   Intussusception, ouch poor kid, we have that quite a lot in my unit, pretty painful but he should be ok now! Keep an eye on him during the next night, and he might get a diarrea. hope he feels better...

8. Parental supervision on ped floors(m)

   steffibee replied to endoblues's topic in Pediatric

   My unit has no techs and the nurse-patient ratio varies from 1 - 6-9 so having most parents there 24/7 is a big (and very appreciated) help for us nurses, doctors and most of all the kids! However, I...

9. need help with on-line visa screen application

   steffibee replied to ona's topic in International Nursing

   OMG.... I just pushed the send button 5 min ago!!!!!! Why didn't I read this earlier?? I have been sitting over the CVS and Visa Screen (paper)application for the last 2 nights, and I just read in the...

10. Working in the US ----- PLEASE READ FIRST

    steffibee replied to suzanne4's topic in International Nursing

    hi there, I'm a pediatric nurse from germany and I want to work in NY here goes the questioning... :smackingf What comes first- the application to CGFNS (CVS) OR the Board of Nursing ? I...