Talia1981

Unless one of your parents are American or you marry an American you can't work in the USA as an LPN. Only RNs are needed here under the TN visa which is fairly easy to obtain. The USA doesn't have a shortage of LPNs. Email me if you need more info. I am a Canadian LPN but I did the upgrade to RN in Michigan and I got my RN in Florida. Now I work in the USA. I looked into it when I was an lpn.

Awe I can't believe your post! I was in a similar situation back in 2008. I had 2 years of LPN med/surg experience behind me. I got a job scrubbing as an RN at Mass eye and ear after 5 months. Their OR was really hurting then so they trained me. I only lasted about 6 months there as I had a sick infant. When it came time to look again I went through the same trouble for months BUT This time I scored a full time OR position because of my 6 month experience scrubbing. Now ive been an OR nurse for 2 years and the recruiters won't stop calling. Point of the story is get out of state!!! Then come back.

Don't be picky when it comes to your first job if there isn't much out there. Go behind HR and find out the managers name, send them your resume. I know that's how I got into a specialty area because HR didn't think I was qualified but the nurse manager wanted to train me. Find out about local job fairs. Do some volunteer work in the meantime, like flu clinic etc. You'll still learn things in a nursing home. You'll learn great leadership skills as well as some basic meds and assessments. It also gives you an opportunity to get some extra courses such as ACLS etc which may help down the road.

I am a visual learner so I bought some multi colored index cards and a plastic box. You could use the different colors for each surgeon or service. I would write all my info and notes, surgeon quirks on them, draw diagrams on the back of the room setup etc. So when it came time to do the surgery I was more prepared. I still keep them in my locker if I have to do a case or if I haven't done it in awhile. I also have cards with equipment or computer instructions such as the hysteroscopy machine. Ours is confusing... Enjoy!

South shore hospital in Weymouth, ma serves most of the south shore. I had a great experience there and it felt like having the ammenities of Boston without the city. Worth checking out if you want to be 20 mins outside of the city.

Hey there, I'm a Canadian as well. I've been working in the USA for 2 years in Boston. I also have a vacation condo on siesta key near Sarasota because I hoped to work there. Unfortunately I can't save any money if I lived there. Although fort myers has a in house nursing travel dept. You work there during the fall to early spring then go home. You contract for 2 years. They didn't need any OR nurses so I didn't look further. Good luck!!

Love: 95% of all weekends and holidays off, one sleeping patient, hovermats, no call bells, one simple chart to fill, no chasing down dr's for petty orders, no family, no commodes, no feeding hate:answering pages, techs that think nursing is too easy, chasing people for signatures, the feeling of being rushed by a surgeon that needs to make his tee time, wierd surgeons that can't communicate properly

Guy up in yellow fins for a buttock abscess. Don't you looooove those add ons? The cottage cheese pus literally shot about 8 feet when the surgeon started. I had to stand outside the substerile because I was swallowing my own vomit from the smell. Once it was over there was so much chunky pus it looked like a placenta on the ground. Never have been in a case that has made me vomit since.

Boston suburb, 8 ORs, $5 beeper pay, 2 hr minimum. Take call 1-2 times a month through the week and 4-48hr weekends a year, 1 assigned holiday a year. Union hospital.

I chose to work in the OR for this reason. My daughter was 7 months when I went back to work. I work 9am-11pm Tuesday/wed/thursday. I get every Friday sat sun monday off. I take my daughter to daycare from 815am-6pm then a sitter gets her for the evening. I know at least in my area there are before & after school care so I'll utilize that when the time comes. I thought the long days would be horrible but it's worked out perfectly. The 3 days fly by. I do have to take night call 1-2 times a month and 48 hr weekend call 4 times a year but it gives me all holidays with my daughter and extra long weekends for mini getaways. I see her every morning and we have breakfast together. You'll figure out what's best for you when the time comes.

Plymouth, Ma $5.00/hr beeper pay. Time and a half on call pay. Small community hospital, no trauma. I know some hospitals in Boston pay 1/2 base pay to carry the beeper!

I can sympathize with her. The same thing happened to me when I got to OB. The first test I had was on the basics about OB. I thought I would ace it considering I worked on a post partum floor as an LPN as I was taking my RN course. I bombed the first test horribly. The instructor made the test impossible to figure out. I basically needed 90's on the remainder of the tests JUST to pass. I found a friend that had the same problem as me, yet she was a perfectionist. She failed the first time through this OB course. I couldn't believe it. She taught me how to pass. The secret was learning how the instructor thought and what the instructor would have wanted you to pick. It was like changing your whole thought process. It worked and I passed but it was very hard to change my mode of thinking from med/surg black and white into a grey area with more psychosocial thinking.

New grad ADN Boston $27.00 base pay M-F 7-3

Hey there, Minnesota is supposed to be the quickest and you don't need a SSN to get the license. Michigan will also give you a license without a SSN. However, you can apply anywhere regardless of the SSN. You do not require a license to get the TN visa. You just need the CGFNS visascreen and a job offer. You can write the board for any state and after you get the visa, you'll get the SSN. It takes about 10-14 days to get the SSN #.

I briged in the USA in one year after I completed my RPN studies. I just wrote my NCLEX-RN and passed. I can not come back to Canada until I have a BSN but most facilities in the USA will pay you to get it. I have no regrets at this point.