terrablanca

TO: ORANGEPINK hi read your pm. thanks for that message. i cannot reply to your pm since im still a new member here still got to post 15+ threads? anyway, how come you still don't have work? what is your status there? i heard california really has a great number of nurses being laid- off? i heard from a cousin who's also from there. sad noh? i am just wondering.. i had 3 batchmates from college 1 of the three went to US with her family. now already an RN there. they went there as a tourist. the 2nd went there as a tourist too. his brother told me that he wasn't holding an immigrant visa, not a us citizen either. still he got a got job. now he's a nurse supervisor. his brother told me that they knew or someone related to them is one of the heads in a hospital. the 3rd went to US to take his nclex after a few mos he already got a job as a nurse. hmmm how did they do that?! none of them is a us citizen or an immigrant. that was year 2007. just sharing.

hi everyone! thank you for all the advices. my sister a physical therapist who's now working in colorado also said the same thing. "try other countries as a stepping stone". ceridwyn: thanks. but here in the philippines, a regular nurse earns Php 7,000- Php 9,000/ month. that is equivalent to $149 -$191. and the catch is before you get hired and being paid, you need to have a training under the hospital you are applying to and pay them $100+ / month. that's not yet a guarantee that they'll be hiring you. so it's either making or breaking it. now, as a volunteer i am not paid at all. apparently at 25, i'm still depending on my parents. that's a bit shameful. a sad reality to common nurses in the philippines. prayin' and hoping that all will still be well. ad majorem dei gloriam. for the greater glory of god.

hi everyone! im a newbie here. :) im from the philippines, a registered nurse of my country and a us-rn under california state. unfortunately, im also one of those affected by the dreaded, "retrogression". so, currently im a nurse volunteer in a nearby hospital in my place. next few months, hopefully i'll get hired as a staff nurse. i just wanted to ask you guys if it is advisable to go to other countries like australia, new zealand or canada instead of waiting for the retrogression to lift in US? as much as i wanted to be optimistic, reality bites. as what i have heard those who have priority dates of year 2006 are still on line, waiting. i don't have a PD and i am confused if i pursue applying for it since the lift on retrogression in US is unclear. im deciding whether to stay in my country and get a hospital experience as a nurse and have a masters program, just to have an edge OR go to other countries (despite spending somehow for application fees or the like)? the salary of nurses in philippines, generally, ISN'T ENOUGH. im 25 and im not getting any younger. hoping you understand my sentiments. hayyy. WHAT TO DO, ANYONE??? :s

hi im also a filipina rn and an nclex passer- cali too. i wonder what interim license is? what's it for? been having problem on how to get my california license on hand. my nclex will be expiring 2 years from now.