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Wow _ great advice! Any additional advice? I was hoping there was a step-by-step guide. I would even consider hireing a job coach to help me walk thru the CA state prison hireing process. What do you think?

Moldova - thanks for post. As you can see by my age, children/family are not as big a constraint as they would be for some one a little younger. One of the bennies of getting older. --Robert

ZENMAN - thanks for your posts. I do think this is a great option. Please see private msg. Thanks again. --Robert

Don't own a home so thats not a worry. See the kids/family the other six months while in U.S.

I think I like this other option!!

when i first made this post i had no idea it was such an issue for so many nurses. i have read all your posts and have learned a great deal. hippa will continue to be an area of possible missuse by hopitals and agencies untill we have more detailed direction from the govt. untill than - be careful! --robert

I am playing with the idea that a RN could live in an inexpensive place over seas and work in the us for six months out of the year. If the place one was living had a low cost of living, mexico, latin america, etc... Any thoughts? Anyone doing this? Thanks in advance for your responses. --Robert

here is my situation. i am a new rn, graduated in april, 2005. eight months experience in a tele unit. after spending time with some dialysis nurses and reading the great posts on this site, i have decided to look into becoming a dialysis nurse. part of the process for getting the position i want at a local clinic is to be interviewed by an rn. if you have any advice specific to doing well in this interview - i would be much appreciative. are there specific questions i should anticipate? what areas should i study to be prepared for questions? any basic/intro books to dialysis nursing i should get? i will be very grateful to any ideas related to this interview you might want to impart. thanks

NephroBSN, Great advice! Thanks again.

Krup, Thanks for the info and advice. I WILL be looking into dialysis.

NephroBSN Wow! What a great reply to my question. I have a much better understanding now. Thank you. You probably guessed why I was asking. I work on Tele and the Dialysis RN just out of no where said - "Have you thought of being a Dialysis Nurse?" "You are very compassionate with your patients and they like you - these are qualities that make a great Dalysis Nurse". Of course I was flattered, but it got me to asking the nurse a little about the job - next thing I knew she was taking my name down and giving me her boss's phone number to call for an interview. I really do not know what to expect or even if I should interview, I just graduated and have only been on the floor seven months. Any advice? And thanks again for your great response to my questions. --Robert

I am not familiar with Dialysis. When a dialysis nurse says he/she is an acute dialysis nurse or chronic dialysis nurse, what are they saying? Different specialties? Different areas? Different kinds of patients? How are the day-to-day job duties different? examples? Just trying to learn more about this interesting area of nursing. Any info you can give me is appreciated. --Robert

i will be a new grad in may! i will be living in salt lake city when i pass the boards. pay is not all that hot in utah. question - what if i worked per diem, or casual or whatever they call it, in the san francisco bay area every other week? i could work 4 12s every other week and make a lot more. the flight is cheap and i have relatives/friends i could stay with. i could do this in sacramento also, (where i am from originally), but i want to be near the ocean. ideally i would want to be in the monterey bay area but guessing it would be harder to find a position there. anyway, the real question is - would any hospital hire a new grad under these circumstances or do they require you to be local permanent hire when you are fresh out of school? i look forward to your responses and thank you in advance.

What a great opportunity for you! I have visited there in the past and just fell in love with both the country and the people! I will be a US grad in May. Any advice on how to get job offers in Australia? Thanks

If you here of anything let me know and I will do the same.