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Thank you for the advice. My cousin is aware of the English issue. I have told her I will try to find information about the necessary paperwork but that she will have to handle the english proficiency herself. Unfortunately, her spoken english is rudimentary so she plans on staying in the country to perfect her english (and finish her degree) before doing anything else. Thanks so much. This was very informative. I will PM Suzanne and head over to the international forum. It seems, given the information thus far, that my cousin's best bet is to finish her degree and perfect her english. It seems the nursing plan will have to wait until I can scout out more information. For now, I guess my advice would be for her to finish her degree and perfect her english. Whatever she wants to do in the US, she will need to be able to converse in english. Thanks so much for the clarification. Wow, those doctors turned nurses must be very focused and disciplined to go back to school exclusively for a degree that will enable for them to just sit for a licensing exam.

Thanks. I was not aware of this. I wonder how some Chinese nurses could become nurses in the US? In China, nursing is a high school program, and does not require any college coursework, and only doctors ever take classes that resembles what a nursing student in this country would take. Given that not all nursing programs are created equal in the world, how does the US differentiate which nursing program they will take? Also, I am curious as to how these Philipines doctors become nurses? Does anyone know where I could go about finding information about this?

Intersting, I've heard differently, and read in the papers that some foreign doctors, especially in the Phillipines, who do not have nursing degrees, were allowed to come to the US to practice as nurses. They merely passed the nursing boards in order to practice here. Did I misunderstand? Now I'm confused....do you (or anyone else) know where can I find more information on this? The reason she's looking to go into the US is because we (her family) lives here and we are helping her with gathering information. I may pass onto her to try the UK or Australia instead since visas are easier to obstain there.

Hi, I'm not a nursing student nor in anyway affliated with nursing but I have a nursing question to ask of people on this forum. I have tried searching the forum, but I didn't find anything that answered my question. However, please forgive me if I am bringing up an old subject. I am actually asking on behalf of a relative in China who is interested in coming to the US to be a nurse. She lives in China and is currently a medical student there. Currently, almost all job openings for doctors are in hospitals and those spaces are limited due to lack of funding to build new ones. Despite a dire need for doctors, most doctors can't open up their own clinics anymore (due to inability by the gov't to regulate such a situation). On top of that, corruption has made it impossible for even good students from reputable med schools to find decent jobs in the city as doctors with guanxi or connection. Since my cousin has none she fears being unemployed. She's a good student, currently top of her class at a decent, but not renowned medical school in China. One alternative she would like to explore is the possibility of coming to the US to work as a nurse for a few years. Working in the US would probably look good on her resume, and since she eventually hopes to do graduate studies in the US anyway, she thinks working as a nurse may be a way for her to prepare for either contingency (finding a job or doing graduate studies). I'm not sure where to begin my quest to ask for the necessary information, documents etc for foreign nurses and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks so much!