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That's not what OP said. And it is interesting that NEWBIE nurses take so much offense to what we older ones have fought so hard to maintain. Seasoned nurses who lived through the mass importation of RN's during the 1980'S then again in the 1990's know how quickly our wages, demand, status and patient care can drop when the government goes back to the old importation of RN's. WE older nurses fight to protect our hard won turf. The US nurses don't 'blame' the state of nursing in the US on immigrants. Far from it! In fact the reason nurses want to come here is because US nurses fought hard to stay in demand and to keep our wages at close to the the highest in the world. Do you realize how bad conditions and wages are for nurses in many other countries? WE FIGHT EVERYDAY TO MAINTAIN THAT HIGH WAGE AND RESPECT FOR US NURSES. YOU NEWBIES HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM THE STATUS AND WAGES WE FOUGHT AND FIGHT TO MAINTAIN. I promise you it can all be gone tomorrow when they lift visa restrictions. The US hospitals got the government to do it twice before. Importation of nurses hurts US nurses plain and simple!

hmmmm like another poster said i too haven't seen a slew of people claiming immigration is the "root" cause of the rn problem. i call bullhockey on your 'root cause' inflammatory claim. no one here says that's the nursing problem's root cause. many in the us are for very tight controls on immigration. we were welcoming of all poor and down trodden for many years but the us started clamping our boarders down when people started flying planes into buildings killing thousands of our citizens. also you state "i took my undergrad/graduate level studies in the united states and i would constantly be told to 'go back where you came from, there are no jobs for you' then you contradict yourself an by stating the opposite in saying you were utterly surprised to learn on an many in the us are all for clamping down on immigration. and to this inflammatory claim "raise you entry point to a bsn and then you can complain about people taking your jobs" ummm many filipino nurses i've known constantly boasted that the bsn is mandatory for their education yet their nursing education is vastly inferior to any the us ad or bsn education and training. we aren't crying for uk or filipino bsn because we think they are better educated and trained. they aren't. btw i too have a bsn and a secondary bs degree.

^This! But as someone else said I'm not a student, only an RN who lives with the realities (not conspiracies) of our profession. Also like many here I DO take responsibility for any career choice mistakes I've made...But I try to make things better through public education of the problems of our profession.--Allnurses.com has been a great help in that regard.

Something is fishy about your question and the very odd statement that you "passed' the NCLEX RN application. No one here has treated you unprofessionally as you claim. You say you graduated from school in the Philippines so I suspect you WELL know that caliotter3 is correct in saying that you need to ask your question in the international forum. There was a time when the general forum was almost taken over by Filipino RN grads asking how to become RN's in the US. Now as you most likely know, AN wants such questions asked in the international forum.

Very bad idea. I'm not even sure if TOS allows us to give advise on BON issues. That's how it used to be here on allnurses. Good luck op. With persistence you'll find a nursing job.

Agree with the group who say both orders in your examples were VERY poorly written. The nurse was smart to question the orders. You're not smart to laugh and post about someone's diligence.

It doesn't matter that you don't care about doctor's and dentists needing licenses in each state. I was using it as an example of HOW professionals are licensed. I guess you're a new nurse and never heard that we already have compact states with more joining each day. My license is multi-state. LPN's can also have multi-state licenses. See link Map of NLC States

Do you expect each state you wish to work in to regulate and govern your practice for free. Nothing in life is free. It costs the state money to discipline and regulate nurses. Physicians, Dentists realtors etc need to apply and pay to license in every state they work in. They have no compact states like nursing. The poster who said think of it like a drivers license--is correct.

Well said. This ad is sad and could prompt unnecessary suspicion.

This ad is so wrong. I know a good male ED RN with 16 yrs experience who had a spotless record. He had a bogus BON complaint filed against him by a drunk combative patient. (Long story short, this RN held the patient back because he was swinging and punching a staff member. A newbie nurse misinterpreted the situation and sided with the patient and claimed the experienced ED RN was "too rough in her opinion".) It cost the experienced RN $20,000.00 in legal defense fees fighting the BON complaint. He still practices and is an excellent nurse but he and his RN wife will never be the same. The bogus BON complaint has changed how he and his wife practice nursing. Now they are practicing "paranoid" of any complaint. The complaint and clearing his name has very negatively effected every aspect of their lives. Thanks to this NCSBN ad we will probably all practice a little paranoid. Being that overly cautious and defensive WILL negatively effect care.

Think of the diabetic patient without any access to his meds while the nurse is sleeping or staring at the wall. - Then report her. Call you BON to see if you have to give your name to report her.

Agree.

Usually you need a social security number to work in the US. As for foreign nurse sponsorship you'll get more specific information on the Philippine forum of this site. Tons of nurses there are looking for ways to become US citizens now that we have visa retrogression. For non US citizens to be sponsored you generally need to be a NP with advanced experience.

Best to have a job before moving. Also you must check with the BON and hospitals as to any requirements you (possibly) might have to meet before working in an acute setting in the US. It's easy to keep a state license active and in good standing while living away yet not meet the state practice laws or the individual requirements many hospital's have for current US acute care experience.

No it ISN'T right. PA, CO and OH boards of nursing should be ashamed of themselves. Op should just jump some "extra hoops" you say? I sincerely doubt it will be that easy. Colorado's board should have told the nursing students ENTERING school that they WOULD BE asked this question prior to obtaining a license. Interesting how CO's Natzi BON is letting OP sweat it out for being honest about seeking good mental health care.