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  1. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    She passed! So she took the exam Friday morning and by Tuesday morning her name was listed on the CA permanent license verification

  2. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hmm, well the website was updated overnight on the 27th/28th but her name is not there. Maybe

  3. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's excellent - well done! Hopefully her name will appear later on Monday then as she took hers the following day to

  4. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks to those that addressed my questions. She had 80 questions, stopped for a break, came back, answered one more question - and it stopped! Like another poster, she reckons she had about 20-25...

  5. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Another question: is the application # on letters from the BON the same as the interim permit number? I searched for that too with no luck. Her number is 90xxxx which is a little earlier than most...

  6. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    GeoffM replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    How long does it take for the registration to show on the California BON website? I've gone back scores of posts and only found one reference to California back in October - and that was the same...

  7. CA BoRN

    GeoffM posted a topic in Nurse Registration

    My wife is a legal permanent resident of the US, living in California, originally from the Philippines and previously spent the last 9 years in the UK, the last few of which were in ICU. She is trying...

  8. CA BoRN

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in Nurse Registration

    Thank you! Just typical how we wait weeks for something to happen, I decide to post here again, and within an hour the mail arrives with the good news! I saw the envelope while she was out shopping...

  9. CA BoRN

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in Nurse Registration

    Thank you for the further response. Since writing my reply, the mail man has been and dropped off a letter saying "you have been found eligible to take the NCLEX-RN"! At last! So that means no further...

  10. CA BoRN

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in Nurse Registration

    Thanks - one of those links is one I glanced at, though at 74 pages I didn't read anywhere near all of it! Although she's got something like 14 years of nursing experience, I guess she might still be...

  11. NCLEX/CGFNS confusion

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in International Nursing

    With the type of visa I'm hoping to get (currently in RFE) we should be able to arrive and apply for SSNs after a couple of weeks, and receive them shortly afterwards. At least, that's what I've been...

  12. NCLEX/CGFNS confusion

    GeoffM posted a topic in International Nursing

    My wife and I have been confused by what an agency have told her she needs before applying to sit the NCLEX-RN exam: doesn't seem logical but may well be correct. Hopefully somebody here will be able...

  13. NCLEX/CGFNS confusion

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in International Nursing

    How things can change with a little urine... she's pregnant! This puts it around the time we were hoping to move so, given the health insurance issues in the US when arriving pregnant, I guess we'll...

  14. NCLEX/CGFNS confusion

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in International Nursing

    By the sound of it then, she should simply wait until she arrives in CA then, and hope that I will have a job for when (if!) we arrive. Given that the SSN arrives a couple of weeks after arrival, what...

  15. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    I don't think H1B applications should affect US graduates as the former are experienced; the latter not so. So if a hospital needs an experienced, degree-level ICU (for example) nurse, then the grads...

  16. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Found it - MedPro aka Management Health Systems. Vast majority seem to be for Nephrology Nurse Specialist. Going back to CGS, median salary was $32/hr for ICU. Hope that's of some use to

  17. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Further to Nursepacific, the applications for CGS were for: - Critical Care Nurse - ER, ICU, NICU, CCU, MICU, Neuro - Occupational Therapist - Physical Therapist - Speech Language Pathologist However,...

  18. Qualifying for California nurse whilst in California

    GeoffM posted a topic in International Nursing

    I'm aware of the job shortage, retrogression, no green cards or H1Bs for qualifying nurses, etc, etc. What I would like to know is if one is on an H4 visa (non-working; spouse with H1B), currently in...

  19. Qualifying for California nurse whilst in California

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, looks like I was wrong there on the tourist thing - you can apply but can't take the job while on a tourist visa. Anyway, point being that you have to do things their way, and knowing what their...

  20. Qualifying for California nurse whilst in California

    GeoffM replied to GeoffM's topic in International Nursing

    Guys, I appreciate the comments about the job situation but that wasn't what I was asking - as I said, I'm well aware of the problems and this is a long term view, not right now. The reason I ask is...

  21. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Thanks MedSurg and RetroPinoy (the latter via PM which I can't reply to!). More jobs than even I thought for the right

  22. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Yes, it probably was more than 2 years so she will likely have to sit it. I don't see it being a problem though. The figure is useful to know though, so

  23. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Ok, will do. I noticed she was reading one the other day. I need to make 15 posts before I can post PMs apparently. I can read yours though. I've got no problems replying in public. I'm British, she...

  24. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Clearly, yes, otherwise I would not have been able to lay to rest all your concerns. I've read this entire thread and scores of others. I am not medical but the replies I have given come from factual...

  25. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    GeoffM replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    We're not talking Gen Med here, we're talking ICU, CCU, Cardiac or whatever - you can only get H1b for specialities, which as you say, takes more than just a few months for training. So by your...