geordiegirl2

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  1. Greencards and buying cars!!

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    Our greencards didn't arrive for over a year but we had the resident alien stamps in our passport and then an extension, we got Ford financing but I don't remember it being based on whether we had a...

  2. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    WOW it was $8000 to get out of my contract( i didn't) can I ask are you still employed by OGP so when your medically cleared they will get you work. Its a huge thing being involved in an accident at...

  3. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    That does look interesting i would be interested to see what kind of cover you get with that insurance policy, its not bad if your friend can get $40 per hr plus is taking the benefits i know a lot of...

  4. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks

  5. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    Sorry i've missed something which web

  6. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    Thats really quite good if she's taking benefits with them, at my hospital if you don't take benefits you get an extra

  7. Packet 4

    geordiegirl2 replied to apriljan's topic in United Kingdom

    Our utilities are a little less our phone, cable and broadband are usually about $150-170 but i do a lot of calling to the UK and Australia Electric in the winter is $40 the highest we've ever had in...

  8. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    Is that in

  9. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    I think your right there was no consideration for my experience with the agency but its well recognised now i'm going with the hospital. I think thats fairly standard as all the US travel nurses in...

  10. Homesickness in my first year

    geordiegirl2 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    And I hope you realise it is normal it does get better i

  11. Homesickness in my first year

    geordiegirl2 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    I know how you feel. I had some real moments of homesickness in the first year and honestly i'm not suure what happened in the second year that changed all that, we did buy a house after 8 months and...

  12. OGP nurse salary

    geordiegirl2 replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    It varies state to state, adjusted to the cost of living.(to some degree) got an extra dollar for the hours I preceptored or took charge. I could have worked overtime but i chose not

  13. Any recommended agencies????

    geordiegirl2 replied to jimwng4's topic in International Nursing

    It is strange maybe they just changed their contracts after we came, we bought a car with Autosorce too but we contacted autosource ourselves after someone on an expat website recommended them, I told...

  14. Any recommended agencies????

    geordiegirl2 replied to jimwng4's topic in International Nursing

    No it was through the agency I came

  15. best in az

    geordiegirl2 replied to topscot's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I was placed at St Joes in Tucson by OGP and truly it hasn't been that bad, it was very different, I was a health visitor back home so you can only imagine the shck to be back on the floor even though...

  16. Car Insurance advice for the USA

    geordiegirl2 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    We had no real problem getting insurance here, we bought a car through autosource and looked at the AIG insurance but called for rates for them and american family insurance and tey were the most...

  17. what's in tucson?

    geordiegirl2 replied to anika's topic in Arizona Nursing

    We.ve been in Tucson for two years now and are quite happy, we live in a nice area, our kids go to good schools, we have a nice set of friends and people have been very welcoming. I agree with a...

  18. Where To Live

    geordiegirl2 replied to topscot's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You could probably commute from the northwest side of Tucson too there is much building work going on there and as far as I hear the schools are fairly good

  19. uk nursing wanting to work in florida

    geordiegirl2 replied to johnthenurse's topic in International Nursing

    I didn't have any real problems with the NCLEX I have worked in a variety of settings so i think that helped, also i'm old so i was trained when we had to do calculations so that also helped. I did...

  20. Any recommended agencies????

    geordiegirl2 replied to jimwng4's topic in International Nursing

    Hi I'm new to this forum, Iam an RN who has been in AZ since 2004 recently completing my contract, I took out a 3 week cover insurance with OGP until I began work then my medical insurance became...