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I too am an american nurisng student wanting to practice in Quebec. My mom is from there so I think I would easily get Canadien citizenship. The only problem is that my French is very rusty. I did get the impression from the MGH website that they will teach you French, but the nursing board makes it sound like you need to know French. I am glad to hear that the test is available in English. Thank you everyone for the info. It helped make the process seem a little less confusing. If anyone could give any info on the pay, that would be very helpful. I do have a lot of student loans to pay off. Erin

Thanks for all tlhe info. I think I will be applying to several teaching and university hospitals in Nashville and Texas as well as here on the west coast. Hopefully something good will work out.

Thank you for the info. I really do appreciate it. I really wanted to work at Vandy because it is a great hospial, but I also have a huge amount of student loans to pay back and that pay may not work for me. I was also considering Dallas. I know a nurse who worked at Baylor and loved it. What do you think of Dallas? Is it a good place to be a nurse? I am from Las Vegas and this is a terrible place to work as a nurse, so I don't want to stay here. Our healthcare is 49th in the country.

$17 per hour? That is the worse nurse pay (new grad or not) I have heard of for the entire country. Are you sure about that? With the cost of living in Nashville, that seems extremely low. It would have to be over $20 just to be competitive.

Does anyone have any info on new grad internships at Vanderbilt? I would really like to get into one of these internships. Also does anyone know how much they pay and if they offer a sign on bonus? I have a lot of student loan debt.

I know Baylor and UTSW have critical care internships.