misspickle, RN

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for all of the advice. This is really helpful to me. It looks like the best thing for me to do is to try to find some sort of work, whether it be in the clinic or a volunteer job. Unfortunately, there are no military bases where we are going, but that is certainly an option for the future. I will to look into Mercy Corps; I know that Doctors without borders wants experience (1-2 years, can't remember exactly) and they are not even fielding questions from potential applicants because they have so many already. I have looked at the Peace Corps website and from what I can gather they don't have nurses in the country where we are going. But I could always contact them directly to find out for sure. MBARN08 -- thanks for the advice on the RN-BSN; that answered my suspicion that I would probably need to be working as a nurse in some capacity during the program. The ultimate would be to find an RN-BSN program with a school that has an international internship program! :)

Hi everyone, I will be graduating with my AAS this fall and we are immediately being transferred overseas for my husband's job. We are moving to a developing country where I may or may not be able to work as a nurse (quality of healthcare there is very low). My question is: how will this affect my ability to get a job as a "new graduate" nurse if/when we return to the US in 2-3 years? I plan on completing my BSN or working on an MSN (I have a BS in another discipline) online while we are there. Is there anyone else out there who didn't work while doing an RN-BSN program? I'm just concerned that I will have trouble finding a job 2-3 years out from nursing school and having very little experience in nursing besides my clinicals. I'm hoping that working on my BSN and/or MSN will somehow make up for that gap. There might be an opportunity at the US embassy working in their clinic, but I don't know how much nursing experience I would actually gain from that -- might be just taking vitals, etc. Other options I am exploring are international internship programs or possibly working as an assistant to an American CNM (I'm hoping to go into midwifery someday) if I can find one who is working there. I appreciate any advice anyone might have! Thanks