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Check with the Board of Nursing in the state you plan to work and study in

If you don't know how to back up your argument (not just immigration) with primary sources, and rely completely on anecdotal evidence and emotion (much less, oh god - 'I heard on the news' and than do no follow up) than you do not feel passionately about your argument because you committed no time to it. It is the equivalent of someone coming up to you and saying "hey, I'm a nurse too" because they read something on WebMD. Wait a second, you are reading what you want, and not what is actually there. You are allowing your intolerance of undocumented people to cloud your vision another reason why nursing (beside) may not be the best career choice for you. My life testimony is not saying one should not enforce immigration laws. It is saying the stereotypes that you have presented against illegal immigrants such as them not having ID obtained legally, paying for healthcare, or filing/paying taxes are not all correct. Please ask yourself how and why you miss that?

Pick a fight? I didn't realize, asking someone what does "I voted" mean. Were fighting words unless well...

Lol. ID is most definitely not proof of legal status...Why would he/she even imply that? Also, I agree, I usually would not discourage a person from nursing, but I have to suggest that maybe a desk job might work better for that individual.

What does that mean missarahp83?

Let me rephrase the question, you asked that others address the issue by volunteering to help illegal immigrants, what will you be doing to address the issue?

Are you a nurse, or a paid Trump advocate (you love him, we get it!), now can you please get back on topic? With that said, have you ever taken care of any undocumented patients? How did you feel about them while they were in your care? Please tell me you did not passive aggressively treat them as though they didn't deserve care. Furthermore, I doubt anyone here is trying to win wars or battles simply trying to get you to understand that illegal immigrants do pay taxes, both my parents worked grossing about 65000-70000 a year together taxes came out of their check q pay period and to the best of my knowledge, we filed them every year at those tax places on shopping strips, or libraries, churches, etc. They do have LEGAL ID from DMV its difficult but not impossible to get (I had one for 6 years, before I applied for papers) Yes, I was once illegal and now I'm a Registered Nurse (GASP!), who knows we may work alongside each other one day ! Also we do pay for healthcare, as children we didn't go to the doctor much (twice in my whole 18 years I remember) but when we did our dad made sure to have the cash on hand. A lot of us work really hard and try to stay under the radar, I will never understand why people seek to blame undocumented immigrants in majority for the perils of this countries healthcare system, when we represent a small small portion of this country.

You seem to have a huge issue with it, what will you be doing when patients come to you?

Same thing happened to me, try Arkansas they have an RN partial completion program that allows you to challenge the board for your PN, I am assuming that you have taken Pedi, Psych, Maternity, and Adult 1.