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Ooops sorry what I meant was not guys in general but those guys that I might meet there who are most often than not breadwinners who might be more sympathetic as opposed to single male nurses who might not care about how important the job is for guys like me who are being depended upon by my family.LOL. Seriously, what I mentioned on the post previous to this was my bias on working with fellow male nurses. I find male nurses to have a cooler temperament but that's just me.

Thanks for all the advice and the PM. Does that mean I'll probably be working with other male nurses because that would really be a nice thing to look forward to since guys might be more forgiving of my predicament being breadwinners themselves. I am no trouble maker and practice no vice but aside from those things, what else can I have trouble with in a major way? Thanks.

Thanks bro. The worst part of being unemployed is not the lack of money but the lack of something to do. I hope this is it or at least it has given me something to hope for and look forward to.

Thanks. I really have to adjust as you said, specially on the fact that this might be the first time I will be away from my wife and 3 kids for 2 years. I'm Asian, passed my NCLEX and IELTS but can't get hired in the US or Canada due to my lack of clinical experience so this might be the start. My sisters are waiting for me there in the US so I hope the economy picks up or else I would really have to have my sights on Canada instead. I'm hoping someone from the middle east can give me a heads up if I can survive there.LOL

I was hired a month ago by the Ministry of Health of Kuwait to work as a staff nurse there. My problem is the only solid bedside nursing experience I had was my 3 1/2 years in a tertiary hospital as a nurse clinical instructor. Previous to that was only a month of training in MS and another month in HD, then I got hired by the school I graduated from my BSN to teach third year nursing students. I didn't lie on my resume but passed the written and oral exams given by the ministry and on my way to Kuwait 2-3 months from now awaiting for my visa. I have resigned from the college October 2008 and have failed miserably to get hired or even volunteer as staff nurse probably because of my age (35) or lack of openings or job vacancies. So when I passed the Kuwait exams I grabbed it but now wondering if I can survive as a staff nurse in Kuwait because I have been out of nusing for almost a year now and with admittedly less staff nurse experience to begin with. I'm also wondering why my batch mates in nusing who worked at OR and ER for almost 4 years now were not even considered by the Kuwaiti ministry just for failing the 50 item exam but obviously were really experienced practice-wise. Thanks for your comments.