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I want to share my experiences in terms of language differences. We, Filipinos, speak and could easily understand american accent and language. I thought when I was in Ireland, it would be easy for me the fact that they also speak English. But not th...

I do believe in your first sentence that its not a good thing to go abroad and work without proper training from your own country. I'm a Filipino. I get paid how many years of working experience I had, I have my 401K and I get the same benefits as w...

I don't think its right to blame the senior nurses for not having enough jobs for new nurses. They have their mind of their own to choose whatever they wanted in life. If they chose to stay in the hospital for 25 years or so, so what? Why blaming the...

I'm a Filipino. I came from a third world country where they say "poor country" but not all people there are poor. In my case, I don't send money home. My dad who is a surgeon can feed my family, were able send me and my sisters to a private school, ...

If I am a nurse manager, I will hire an experienced nurse who can speak and understand English whether its her first or second language. I don't also care if she's a foreign trained or US trained as long as she brings her knowledge and skills at work...

Please google US Social Security Number and you will get your answer :typing As long as you're legally reside here in the US, you can obtain one.

That's what I did. When I transferred from Ireland, I already had my NCLEX application in California. I took my exam here in Seattle. When I got my California license, I applied for an endorsement to Washington. It took me 6 weeks before I received m...

Hi BGgirl! It was so fun working there! They have good benefits like 5-7 weeks vacation leave with pay/ year , parental leave, unlimited sick leave (as long as you have Dr's certificate) , 6 mos maternity leave with pay (you can request for additiona...

I LOVE CVOR!!! We have clean patients. No pus, no cysts, no TURPs, no Hemorrhoidectomies , etsetera.... Usually, its a 12 hour shift and only 2 or 3 patients turnover. If its Thoracic Aneurysmectomies, you will only have 1 patient on your shift. The...

My husband and I were arguing about that issue. For him it's again "pro choice" that patient can have an option. But for me, since I'm in a healthcare setting and experienced assisting that (in other country), I am telling him it is morally wrong. As...

I heard CBON requires Phil Licensure Exam already so you must have to pass it first before you proceed to your NCLEX. Much better to get some hospital experience too while waiting for lifting the retrogression.Its a long process and not as easy as th...

I also enrolled there at NC-CLEX long time ago and I would say it didn't helped me at all. If you want to have a good resume to go abroad, I would suggest to have loads of nursing work experience particularly in good hospitals. Those hospitals also o...

I suggest not to go out of our country without any work experience as a nurse. I know it so hard to find one but it will be harder to work abroad without any hands on experience. Before me and my batchmates left for Ireland, there were some of them...

I agree with you. It's like going to the battlefield without even know how to use a gun. It will really be embarrassing not performing a simple task in front of your foreign colleagues just because you haven't experienced doing that in your own count...

I admit that the quality of nursing education in the Philippines is really declining (let's face it!). I think one of the reason was since nursing is in demand, many schools (could I specify computer schools as well) added nursing as their program ju...

My husband and I are planning to set a foundation for those poor bright students who wanted to go to college. Its like study now, pay later. The "pay later" means those of our graduate students who will become successful to their careers. They will b...

I also had a hard time finding work there when i graduated '98. That was the time when there were no hiring abroad so nurses were saturated. My dad who is a doctor wanted me to work in the hospital where he works but I refused coz I know I can make i...

I love open Heart Surgeries!!! One or two patients, I'm finished working!!! I hate having different patients, in and out of the OR (like in GSOR). The most fave part is when I scrub. Working with different kinds and different attitudes of surgeons i...

" I agree with you Suzanne. Although making changes will not be as easy, it should be something that the PNA (Philippine Nurses Association) should push for, I mean considering how many Nurses and Nursing students there are, that will surely get nur...

"I WILL BE ANURSE IN AUSTRALIA. Maybe Queensland or Victoria I will have to continue to apply online even with no experience at all. Then I will wait until I will gain experience.. After 1 1/2 years of experience I will take my IELTS exam. I prefer ...

Sorry about that. I applied NCLEX last October and received the eligibility last Decemeber and I didn't send my Phil license as their requirement. It was still recent so I really assume that it was still the same.Thanks for the update anyway. Yeah, ...

Hi there, just read your article and I just thought if I could answer your query. You're a greencard holder. You can come here in the US whenever you want. You just apply for an NCLEX and need to pass it. That's just so easy compared to other nurses ...

Is there anyone of you register on NCSBN online review course? I checked the Kaplan RN QBank and was surprised on the fee. That was so freakin expensive!!! I also checked the NCSBN online review course and the fee was quite reasonable. It just stoppe...

Good day!!! I'm a Filipino nurse who is currently working in Ireland. I have a fiance there in Seattle who is petitioning me as of now.The problem with me now is I don't have CGFNS and I want to proceed with NCLEX right away. I just want to kno...