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because she is not an RN in her home country. each state has their own rules

I hope someone here can help guide us in the correct direction. My wife has lived in the United States for 5 years. She graduated with a BSN in the Philippines 13 years ago she took the national nursing exam once right after she graduated & scored 74% in one section but passed all the other sections on the national exam. due to the fact that she had younger siblings attending college at the time her family was running short on money so instead of retaking the exam 6 months later she accepted a job in a Manila hospital. Therefor she is not an RN in her home country. years later her & I married & she moved to New Hampshire which is my home state. New hampshire will not allow her to sit for the NCLEX so she has taken an LNA & then last year an MNA class After speak with the head of the nursing dept. at the local college she was urged to sit for the NCLEX in either Texas or California & then go work in one of those 2 states for a year , then to apply for license in the state where we live. the reason the head of the nursing dept. gave is that they only accept 12 nursing candidates per year & if my wife takes one of those seats some other person will be left out & she also stated that after looking at my wife's transcript that "you are just wasting your time & your money here" so has anyone here taken the NCLEX for either Texas or California but lived in another state? thank you for your help Piglett PS: i am just a boat mechanic & know nothing of nursing, any help will be greatly appreciated :)

1/2 a million ??? definitely not. the average house is about $150,000 or less due to housing prices falling here. i have a job that involves a lot of driving, so not wanting to fill the pockets of the big oil company's too much i bought a Toyota corolla (good used with cash) that is very good on gas. i know some people feel they need 9 credit cards & a big fancy house that they can't afford. then they head rite out & spend 40k or more on a vehicle that they don't need , but they want........ money fights & money problems are the leading cause of divorce in north america, so why do i want to put myself in a position that causes stress on my new marriage??? once my wife gets her visa & arrives we are going to look into seeing if there any weedend shifts here for her i know some facilities run 12 hour shifts & they don't want to pay out a hugs sum in overtime so they have 1 group work Monday -Thursday & the 2ND group works fri,sat,& sun only. some guys married a nurse thinking of all the money she can make. however i don't think of my wife as a cash cow , i think of her as my wife & i intend to spend as many days with her as i can. new stuff is nice, piles of money are nice, but as long as all of the bills are paid on time & the roof doesn't leak on the house & we have some money in savings i am a happy camper i welcome your questions & comments piglett

no not yet she will be arriving later in the year i just hope she doesn't end up working with ceridwyn:eek: piglett

i see that you are very hostile towards foreign nurseswhat exactly is it about them that you don't like??? maybe you are worried that they are 1. younger than you? 2. prettier than you? 3. smarter than you? 4. better overall than you? i just hope your prejudges don't contribute to a negative working environment for your foreign coworkers have a fine day piglett

hey i wasn't trying to offend or step on any toes. I have however had others that are in the health care field tell me that they are very impressed with pinay nurses. also a friend of mine fell off of a 2 story house roof & damaged his back in 14 places for 3 nights he screamed until he couldn't scream any more & the only thing that seemed to help any was the 2 pinay nurses holding his legs up in the air all night long. he said he was very impresses with their performance. after 3 days they decided to operate & install two 8 inch long titanium rods in his back which did a lot to help but he will never be 100% again. however he can walk short distances & work a little. so due to the information i received i thought they were highly regarded through out the world. but maybe only a few select areas are lucky enough to be blesses with these super nurses :yeah: piglett

my sweetie only got a 74% & will have to retake it in July the state that i live in here in the USA says she doesn't really need it just CGFNS but i know she can pass this time & will feel much better once she does piglett

would you want to work 6 days a week 12 hours a day for $182 a month ???? NO , they don't either piglett

i would say that it was just a "bad fit" i have worked some places & i was loved other places i just didn't fit all that well with the others life goes on , good luck piglett

all i can say is ......W O W

I'm up in wolfeboro do you live in NH ?? piglett

hey it's late & i'm tired so the spelling is not exactly 100% whoops as far as my wife goes "pinay" nurses are know throughout the world for being as a group a very loving caring bunch. good night all piglett:yawn:

she said she doesn't want to sit around the house, she thought it would be very boring( these are her words) i hate debt & don't have/ will not have a credit card in my house. been there done that..... As far as the drivers permit goes, she has never driven. i will find a country road once she gets her permit & i will give her some lessons. it will take time but she is a smart lady so in the end she will do fine. she is mostly a home body. her idea of fun is texting/chatting with her friends she doesn't like to go places just to go there. she grew up poor & feels it's a waist of money. however if i say " i need to go to walmart because i need this, this, & this would you like to go with me ? she will respond "sure" she was raised on the other side of the planet so she has a different outlook on life. piglett

No not at all, I have had my share of dealing with government bureaucrats. Many act like they are in slooooooow motion & i just have to stop & wonder to my self, if this person had to go out onto the private sector like most of us are & they had to actually get a set amount of work done per shift could they do it ? probably not my guess is that "most" would be fired within a week. i along with many people i know have had jobs where i had to do a good job & actually work quickly too. if you want to see what i am talking about just head to the nearest post office & observe the 1/2 asleep people that they have working there. ok time for me to get off my soap box now :lol2: piglett

I think there is something about not yet being on the list that prevents people from getting a SSN sooner than 2 weeks. when dealing with government always figure on it taking longer than they say. after all they have all the time in the world to jerk people around. thanks piglett