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Jobs are slim to none in Ohio in general. I just moved out of Ohio to the DC area after 5 years of living and going to school there. Graduated in May, just got a job as new grad RN in DC.

Well, never posted in the July study group but I'm just coming back from taking Nclex. I had 75 questions. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. Got a lot of priority questions towards the end. My last 8-10 questions were priorities (had also more throughout the exam). Got 2 med maths, a few SATA and some meds maybe like 5-8 of them, most of which I didnt know.

Had my interview yesterday. It went well I thought. The clinical questions werent too bad, i hesitated on some of them, my mind hasnt worked as well clinical wise since i got done with nursing school LOL. Hope to hear something next. Thanks for the tips and kind words!

Thank you stef22, u will be fine!

Yeah I received mine over 2 weeks ago. Like maybe 4 or 5 days after the email inviting me for an interview. It will come before tuesday hopefully. Mine is the 23rd as well, 10 am. Plus If they offered you to come for interview that late it means they somehow want/need you. Don't worry. Stay positive and report the good news!!!

NStudentinMaryland Thank you very much for your detailed answer. You are such an angel! Thank you very much for the positive thoughts, I'm hoping things will be smooth and get the job coz I really need it. Will let you know how it goes. Not sure what floor to pick, I mean I want medsurg, seems easier but my heart says critical care or stepdown, and I am just being a chicken. I also wanna pick a floor where they might have more openings. We'll see... Thank you much!

NStudentinMaryland, Congrats on the job!! I have my interview on the 23rd, wed next week and I'm a bit nervous as I dont really know what to expect. How was your particular interview as far as the atmosphere? Was it pretty relaxed or were they obviously "screening" you? Did you already sit for ur nclex? Did they ask for ur att? Another question, I was planning on taking the metro but I just moved to the area and although I have looked at the routes and the schedules I feel more comfortable driving that day, is parking crazy? I know you have to plan $12 for parking coz thats the max they charge per day. By the way i'll be coming from the gaithersburg/montgomery village area.

Hello fellow GN, I was wondering, for the ones who already had their interviews, did u have to bring your ATT for the ones who havent sitten the nclex yet. Have you already scheduled it? Also do you have to bring your CPR card?

thank you for the details karaokerfrog, how were the clinical questions? were they pretty deep, kinda nclex like or were there more common sense type of questions? How did you prepare for the interview and how do you think you did? Have u gotten any feedback from them or offer? Sorry for all the questions, just tryin to have an idea about how it all works. They seem pretty secretive about the whole thing so...

Ok. I was just worried, if get offered a position, the times its gonna take to endorse my license over to DC since it has to be done before the 19th.

I also have an interview the same day as you, the 23rd at 10am, true auditorium i guess is where everything is happening. I dont have any other details either. Not sure about hotels, I just moved here myself. I guess I'll see you there on June 23rd!!!

fuuchan, Good luck on ur interview. Never worked there so cant help out with questions for the interview but please share your experience after the interview... i'll be anxious to hear it! Good luck, I'm sure you'll do wonderful and you'll get the job!! Be prepared, relaxed and confident! PS: by the way do you have a DC license already? Are u a new grad?

Same question. If anybody could share how is it working there as a RN, and esp. details abt the new grad program that would be really appreciated. They have fired a lot of nurses lately for med errors that affected about 25 patients, so I have been told by a friend who works there (not as a nurse though). Not sure how that affects hiring interviews, orientation and all that. Anybody started in their february new grad program? Anybody working there currently willing to share?

Same here. I got an email with about 6 dates to choose from throughout the month of June. I was supposed to receive an email with more info about the actual interview itself once i RSVP'd to the invite for the interview. I havent gotten anything back yet. Maybe coz of the long weekend. Still waiting. Are you guys all licensed already and out of state? Have you guys started working on getting a DC license? (I'm from Ohio and havent taken nclex yet, still waiting for my att from the ohio bon, hopefully that wont be an issue in case the interview goes well with whc).

Oh man! and I thought I had it bad... hang in there guys, it'll be all worth it in the end, or at least I hope so... the commuter, NS2Sbowman, Rylee2008, we'll all make it....:)

I don't wanna crush your hopes, but it's gonna be very hard to find. And as far as the actual immigrant visa... that might not even be possible... I'll elaborate on that when I have more time, do some reading on the international section of the forum or do a search with "sponsorship" or "US-educated foreign RN". There is a lot of posts, ppl wondering about the same thing, and this situation has been going on for a few years now.

Im graduating in May, so I should be excited but I'm not really, I mean not yet at least. The last semester is harder than I thought although I'm doing generally good. I'm really anxious about clinicals, I had a very tough clinical instructor and I feel like I dont even know basics (although I do), and I such clinically, like putting things together. Although I really dont wanna say negative things, she doesnt give us enough "space", I mean simple things like d/c an iv, hanging a piggyback, she follows us, or at least me; maybe because I go to her for everything coz I dont want her to give me an unsat if I dont confirm anything with her first, but at the same time, I wish I had more space, like for ex, check meds and certain more complex procedures with her, outside of the pt's room, go through so she makes sure I know my stuff and then let me do my thing, just be available if I need something. I take my time, make sure I verify everything even for the little stuff and her following me doesnt help so she thinks I am just slow, or dont know what I am doing... I have never been anxious or stressed before going to or during clinicals, always eager to learn more, and help out, take on more responsibilities, but this time, I bearely wanna learn anything else, I just wanna do exactly what I need to please my instructor and make sure she doesnt give me an unsat or an unsafe, I am missing out totally on this last semester of clinicals which is the time to practice new skills, or reinforce what we know, put everything together... anybody else feeling like that?

Yeah I feel you, its hard, harder than I thought. I am kinda focusing on that right now. I think the clinical instructor that I have also makes it more stressful than the other clinicals plus it's critical care... def scary, although that's really what i wanna do...

You're right, things changed a bit since I had looked it up. Thanks for noticing. This post is about a 1yr and half old lol!

Maman2zoe, Yes it is my first language as well... (ton pseudonyme etait facile a dechiffrer lol !)

Maman2zoe, do u speak french by any chance?

Cnacnac, you can work full-time under OPT (optional practical training) for up to 12 months and then resume going to school. You apply for a work authorization (immmigration form I-765). It should not take more than 90 days, you should have actually done that before even graduating (most friends sent theirs around february for graduation in mi-May). You will still be under the F-1 status and the only new thing will be an updated I-20. Make sure to go on the uscis.gov website for updates. It is so very important to keep aware of current issues regarding immigration especially because 1) you're not in ur country (at least im not) and anything can happen 2) immigration laws change so quickly... for the good or the not so good... hope it helps!

Hey SarahgoestoFrance, I was just lurking here and realized in your post that you will be living close to Geneva, Suisse. I had done some research earlier this week about working as a nurse in switzerland when I graduate and Switzerland recognizes american RN and BSN. I believe they also have some type of advanced practice nursing (I have to double check on that). They are not part of the EU so EU requirements don't apply to them. I have names of a couple of agencies but actually if you do a quick google search you should be able to find some. Also it would have to be in the French speaking part of Switzerland. They usually require that the candidate speaks at least one of the 4 official languages (french, german, italian or romanche). As far as immigration paperwork, I don't really know, maybe you could work on some type of temporary work visa once you get to France... you can also check, maybe they have some type of holiday visa for american citizens.... (Those options are not available to me because of my nationality so I don't know much about it). However, I do know they actively recruit nurses from France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and other EU countries as they have an agreement with them as far as recognizing their degree (Switzerland does not "produce" enough bachelor-level nurses esp. because of not many students continuing onto the gymnasium which would be an equivalent of the last year of high school here or the Cegep in Quebec, that is a preparatory period before going to college). Hope it helps and Good Luck! PS: I am french native speaker... let me know if I can be of any help languagewise!

Hey justyzz how is it going for you? are u already in Kamloops? if so how is it going as far as ur job? how different is it? what are ur impressions? Just curious... maybe too curious...

Hey didi1 Im a nursing student from Congo but studying in the US. I don't know yet for nurses from Kenya. are u there right now? there is justyzz from Ghana who was able to register but not in Manitoba, in BC and I don't know think she was in ghana then. You can PM her maybe... hopefully more peple will respond.