Dudette

Hi! So did you take the test? How was it?

Sorry! Excellent French NYDreamer ;-)

Salut ! Je suis francaise et je travaille actuellement a Presbyterian. Tu peux m'envoyer un mail perso si tu veux et je te repondrai.

Wow! I am currently working for one of those big name hospitals in Manhattan and I have to say that my benefits are really great and I have a lot of time off with good salary. So if I can find the same or better closer to my home, well I will send my resume right now! Good to know. I will definitively contact them and see what they have to offer. Thank you for your help. Dudette

Hi hajiagambo! Thank you for answering me. Do you know if the benefits and salary are the same as in Manhattan?

Hi, I am thinking about working in Queens for commute convenience but I have not heard anything about hospitals there. Is someone working at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens for instance? I would be very grateful to anyone who would share his/her experience. It would be a big help for my research ;-)

Hello NYsante, I am a French RN and I am in NYC for 6 weeks now. In France we have a big store that is the equivalent of the Barnes and Noble here, it is named "FNAC". Their website is www.fnac.fr and you will find lots of them in Paris. There is one in Les Halles... There is a very good serie of books which is recommended by some teachers at nursing school : "Les nouveaux cahiers de l'infirmière". I almost have them all and I brought them with me here in NYC because they are very helpful and easy to read and understand with a lot of illustrations. I would also recommend you another book about the technical part "soins infirmiers - fiches techniques" by Maloine. This one explains every single act we practice at the bedside. I just received my number from the social security office and my green card and so I will apply to some hospitals for a job in Manhattan. May I ask you where in NY you are working and how is it? Voilà, do not hesitate to ask if you wanted to know something else. Salut !!!!! Dudette

Hello JanaP! Just wondering if you've finally found a job in the area you wanted? I hope your hunt has been successfull. Dudette

As you wonder, the rest of the world is wondering why the government is not rushing to send help there. I heard 60 countries proposed their help, even Fidel Castro proposed to send doctors! We all worry for all that people, having nothing left and so for months now, and I really hope they will obtain quickly the help they need for their health and safety. Thank you to people like your husband and you to feel so involved in their duty.

:balloons: Hey! Congratulations!!!!!

I have worked with a Belgium nurse last night, and he told me he went to the DDASS for his papers and it was very quick and easy. As soon as your diploma will be recognized as a European one, it looks like you won't have any difficulties working in one or another European country. For me, it would be difficult to stop agency nursing. You have a better salary (20%) plus 10% more if you work at night, you are your own boss and you don't know all the team problems!!! When your papers will be done, just go to an agency (Appel medical, quick medical service...they have websites), they will ask you for a copy of your diploma, of your identity card and of your bank account to be paid automatically each month. Then they will ask you where you want to work, where you don't want, in which unit, at day, at night, 12 hours or 7 hours..... YOU are the boss. YOU decide the days you work, the days you rest. They will call you to propose assignments that match what you want, and you just say YES or NO. As simply as that!!! You decide of the length of your assignment too. For now, I prefer very short assignments from 1 night to a week maximum, so I have the feeling to be totally free. My fiancé is living in NYC, so I can join him every time I find a good price for plane ticket! I work some weeks and then spend some time there. And when he come, I just stop working or less. It's always up to you. In France, as soon as you are working, you automatically pay for social security. So if you are sick you can be cured at once. Every time you are sick at home, you still have 75% of your salary until you go back to work, with a doctor certificate of course. You have automatically an insurance too. For instance, I had a back injury two months ago while helping a patient. So I went to the ER and the doctor said I needed kinesitherapy for some weeks. So he made a declaration for Social security that I hurt myself at work (accident du travail) and social security paid 100% of the fee for me to be cured. You will find some English patients too, that prefer to be cured in France. Last night I had one, and I asked him why he always come back in that clinic to be cured. He told me you never find such an establishment with all the facilities in London. He said it is all old there and staff is not as numerous as here, and he had to wait to be operated, when here it is done the day after he enters the unit. So you will talk English more often than you think!!! The night before I had one from Scottland. And especially in summer time with the tourists, you will meet more. Plus Paris is full of American and English people. If you want to meet them, just go to the Starbucks, he he he!!!:rotfl: Voilà ! Just let me know if I can still help you.

Did you buy something in NYC? If your agent could help us to find a great renting appartment, so yes, I'd like to have her email adress. Is she located in NYC too?

:balloons: Well, I am happy I gave you some fun, hee hee hee !!! Did you learn French at school or did you spend some time here before? If you wish to speak French with some nurses, I could give you an adress for a good French website. I have to say allnurses.com really helps me to improve my English in general and to know much more about American and English culture. This is my favorite forum.:)

Yeah, this is what I heard about prices and what appartments look like. About the agent, I would never have dare to talk to one if I was not going to use it until you tell me. I realize I don't stop to compare things with my own culture. But it seems to work in a totally different way and I should forget all I know from my country and open my mind to arrive with brend new eye there. To expect something is the best way to be deceive. I guess there is something else that the place you live in NYC for so many people to crave to live there:) . Your advices are very helpful for me.:balloons:

Right, I am sorry for the language and translate it right now. I just came back from my night at work and answered without thinking! I think I should go to bed now!:wink2: "My fiancé is American and does not speak French so we decided to live in NYC in first place. So I had to study all my nurse diploma in English to take the NCLEX to be licensed in NY state. What I did to improve my medical vocabulary, was to buy English medical dictionnary as Dorland's medical dictionnary for instance. I've looked for English-French medical dictionnaries, but they were sold out and never printed again. To work on the NCLEX I bought Lippincott which really helped me. Plus I read English books about beeing a nurse, which were very helpfull to improve medical vocabulary too. I bought all these books on English and American websites as Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kaplan. Happily Latin roots are helpfull too!!! I hope I have helped you a little. Good luck :wink2: !"