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that depends. pls read the email that i sent you. thanks.

yes karekang, you should get info from people who actually have experience in telehealth nursing, not just people who heard about it from other people who may have just heard about it from someone else :-)

i think i understand what you mean. one of the fields in telehealth nursing involves working for health insurance companies, which is what i did in one of my previous jobs. we would call the very sick members enrolled in these insurance plans, the diabetics who are always rushed to the ER for uncontrolled blood sugar, or the COPD pts who are always in and out of the ICU coz they keep on smoking despite their condition, or the hypertensives who are always in and out of the hospital for uncontrolled bp, etc. We try to educate these pts in order to reduce their consumption of healthcare dollars

IcedChips: some nurses will like this work and some will not. I love it! all we do all day is provide health info to patients who call us. essentially we're a call center, and we handle different drugs. another call center where i worked before handles chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, copd and asthma, and we provide info to those patients as well. it's a small but growing field here in the u.s.; if you are tired of working in the hospital, up on your feet all day long, exhausted with putting up with combative patients and nasty doctors, and enjoy working in a quiet cubicle in front of the computer, then this is the job for you.

Vermont BON website i mean, sorry........

luzmaximiano pls don't "sir" me gurlfren, michael will do just fine :-) go to the Vermont BON and check out their requirements. good luck!

Irene, pls read my thread about call center work.

i didn't get your email yet, maybe we can chat on yahoo, what's your yahoo account?

unless you have a green card or a u.s. citizen, they will not sponsor you

i work in telehealth nursing in the greater washington dc area and we are still hiring nurses with at least 3 yrs. clinical experience, basic computer skills and if you have call center experience you have an edge over other nurses that don't. you will be trained in a call center environment. we are off weekends and holidays. to the phil nurses, try to get at least 3 yrs clinical experience and at least one year call center experience.

deejsilog, you're doing the right thing. like i said before, right now i'm working in a healthcare call center here in the u.s., and they prefer to hire nurses with at least 3 yrs clinical experience with computer skills and call center experience. most of the experienced nurses who apply have a lot of clinical experience (10-20 yrs) but very little computer skills and no call center experience, so when hiring here resumes you will have an advantage over them. good luck!

sheenahrn you should do both - work in a call center while getting clinical nursing experience. the reason i'm saying this is coz i work in a healthcare call center here in the u.s. and they require nurses have at least 3 yrs clinical experience, computer background and call center experience.

so did you pass the nclex? how's your law schooling coming along?

hey newbornballer, are you from cebu too? i have a question and i don't want to post it here. would you be able to email me at [email protected] at your earliest convenience? thanks!

yes i'm from cebu