Hi. I'm Sharisse from the Philippines. I graduated last Apr.2010, passed the local nursing exam (also known as the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination) July that same year. I was immediately hired as a volunteer staff nurse in our province's tertiary hospital November 2010. Now my dilemma is I'm already frustrated with everything that's going on with my nsg career. I mean I've been working for 6 months short of 2 years without pay! That's how inadequate the Phil. Govt. can be. I want to boost or at least upgrade on my career. I wanna work abroad already. Problem is I, personally, does'nt want to go and work in any Middle East countries for the reason that my very goal since I started to study BSN is to go and work in the US. I know I've got to take NCLEX and IELTS. But after that, what should I do next? I particularly wanna work in California but other countries will do. Will you help me? Big thanks!