Irina CT

Thank you very much. How you are dealing with a lab station part? I have a very little experience with IV and I have never had wound care ( I was an internist). I am not worry about the calculation and medications but the technical part is frustrating.

Again, thank you! Yes, there is a lots of problems for foreign doctors in America. We are like in the middle of nowhere. It is almost impossible to get a residency here so it wasn't the choice for me. My family and my child came first. But I couldn't even get permission to pass an examination to become a certified medical assistant. I was told that I graduated too long time ago. Yes, I didn't spend many years of thinking about my career and become MD at 23. I was working very hard all my life. And now I feel like everything what I have achieved and was proud of was in past. So may be I should just plant my beautiful garden and enjoy warm weather at the beach?

Thank you very much! It is wonderful to meet supportive people here. I was afraid to write because I saw some negative comments about foreign nurses and their incorrect English. Yes, we all speak with an accent and our writing is not perfect. I think that the biggest fear for me is that examiners will make fun of me and my self-esteem will just drown to the bottom of the ocean. I want my family to be proud of me but I have so many doubts and concerns. Another part is the practical part of examination with all these skills observing with a timer. It is not too much left-2 GE and 3 NE and FCCA. So it is getting closer to the final step.

Hello! I am a new person here. I would like to get some help. I am a nursing student doing well at Excelsior college. I wonder is it real to graduate from Excelsior, being a foreign MD? I have many years of practising internal medicine in Russia and I was a very successful in my field, but it looks like it means nothing here. The scary stories about failing CNPE made me frustrated. Any inspiration would be a big help for me. Thank you. Irina.