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Don't make a quick judgement on your collegues... May be they don't have time for it... or may be I did that when I don't have time for it! ... not because I don't want to do it... These are things that can be wait... it doesn't have to be done right that minuite... and you have to prioritize especially.. when you have new admission coming to room... or emergency like patien say I can't breathe.... you need to make emergency phone call ...bla ..bla..bla... And CNA did not get pay to sit on their butt while we're running around like a dog........ If they are busy, I help them... we have lots of thing to do.........If I changed every patient and acted like a food service... I would get nothing done, no med passes except to keep patient clean and positioning patients... haha..

I don't have problem wiping people from behind or body fluids.. haha... I would love to get to get my salary just to wipe people from behind... It's an easy jobs that everyone CAN do.. It more difficult to log-rolling obese patient and get them to bed side commode... or getting punched and beaten by confused patients... Just wiping is nothing comparing to the PHYSICAL torture we have to deal with... The problem is we're running around and don't have TIME to do so.. haha... To me, Rude and demanding family members, CONFUSED patients who are trying to get out of bed, INCOMPLIANT patients make nursing very difficult.. haha... wiping is very minor part of nursing

Well... I just graduate last year... I want to leave the profession too. But to be realistic, I can't quit now.... I have to work for while to save money for school for learning skills next careers or other area of nursing... The nursing job gives me the flexibilty and the saving needed for school... we are underpaid for what we do but there are many job that one has to work harder and get lower pay.... nursing is not the worst.. But from emotional point of view, I just want to quit and stay home.. haha... So... I would just put up with it for now... and enjoy my time off... one thing I know for sure... I am not going to spend another 40 years in nursing and become a retired nurse.. at least not bedside nurse ..haha Life is short... Looking at the sick and dying paitents, especially younger one, make me even think of this... but to be realistic, I can't quit now... just go to work... on my day off just put my job completely behind and enjoy my time... As the one of the previous posts mentioned, one of the way of coping is laughing at the stress at the job... how ridiculous it is haha...

If I were you, I would get the degree that you can graduate faster unless you really like nursing and want to pursue graduate school of nursing. I doesn't matter for just sponsorship purpose. I know people who has ADN and got sponsored.. and I got BSN and got sponsored... NO differences... For entry level job opportunities, no different at all.. I know some ADN who work in ICU and ER. The difference in pay is .50 cents. Not worth it to study longer for that. Just my idea... Make your own decision. If it take the same time to finish... then.. I would go for what cost less... I know Out-Of-State tuition in 4 years college cost more... remember that you have to work to pay it back.. If you don't want a life-long career in nursing or want to go to graduate school at the same field, I would go for ADN.

I was in the exact same feeling with you before... I went home and feel depressed Fortunately, I work nights though... so I can avoid craziness during the day shifts... but anyway..you will have more patient at night and less nursing assistants to help you... I can't quit...I just have to be practical... just like you.. but I worked through it until I got my greencard..and I am still working at this place... though.. I feel much better now though... I look at the job with another perspectives like "I am here for the patients, not to please anyone", "I'm here to get experience so that I can move on to different help care setting and units in the future" now I have confidence to be assertive for myself... It's just your decision.... I recommended you continue to work there and try to look for other jobs at the same time if you don't really like your job... I think for employment based visa, you can change jobs after 6 months... Don't just quit unless you think the working environment is really unsafe for the patient and/or your license is really at risk due to high workload.

They don't need the Visa screen for EAD. But please submit it ASAP or begin applying for VSC as soon as possible because they process application fast... and you have to make sure that you will have it by the time they request for it.. Especially, you will be fingerprinted soon, which is a sign that you're near the end of the process. I think I know a person whose process got delay because of failure to turn in Visa screen in a timely manner.

Before I graduated from nursing school, I am so nervous about the job that I contacted an agency from new york... Their contract is up to 3 years and it kind of imply that foreign nurse have to do work any hours and any place they want them to go for.. When I called them, they refer to nice place in NY that I would love to stay. I am glad that I didn't sign it.. NY cost of living is too high for 45,000 they promised in contract. They even say that they may even pay lower than that due to the fact that I am new grad.. They even said that they can only put my in Nursing home, instead of hospital setting, due to the fact that I am a new grad.. Lucky me... I found a job in a local hospital in GA in hospital setting, not nursing home... I paid the legal fee (you can afford it if you can find a job) but NO contract. With a little overtime, I can as much as or even more than the above amount with lower cost of living in the south If you graduate from US nursing school, there should be local hospital that is willing to sponsor you. Try them before going for Agency. You just need to explain them the process..

Just wonder 5 TO 1 is day shift ratio or all-day ratio.. In Georgia, in the hospital where I work, we have 6 and rarely 7 patient per nurse for day, and 6-7 or occasionally 8-9 patient per nurse at night... Moreover, there is only ONE nursing assistant for the whole floor. I work night shift.. I know there are less things to do at night but extra patients and lack of nursing assistant will make up for the lower workload.. It is up to the point that some days I don't even want to go to work. Not becuase I don't like what I do.. but the workload disappointed me and consequently affect patient care as well.. I just can do as much as I can It would be great if we can have 5:1 ratio like in California..

Remember... To get greencard is two step process.. 1. approval of I-140 and then 2. approval of I-485... Who know? California may process I-485 faster than I-I40... and on top of this, processing time of each service center changes all the time... I think California used to be the fastest.. I think if you have filed the petition for months already, I wouldn't bother to change it... just go to the hospital you like is more important...

I think this guy won't do that. I think her husband will be in trouble, too But sides will be punished if marriage is fake, not just the foreigner.

Well... Sometimes they don't even call you for the interview.. Moreover, you can even come and apply to take some ESL courses first and then apply to nursing school later. That's what many people do. It is hard to get accepted when you are out of country.. I guess.. and most of the time you have to pass general education courses and prerequisites before you can be accepted in nursing school. May be you can just tell them.. that you come here to take English courses then will decide later what field you will go into later... that way they won't know that you are going to nursing school But as I told you, sometimes, depending on the countries and your situation, they don't even call you for interview. So you won't be asked anything.

i applied for travel document at the same time with other document. as i mentioned before, i filed everything at the same time. i received my travel document 5 day after ead card. only about 3 weeks after filing the documents. the most important thing is to send medical document in asap.. i don't know whether they will process your application without it or you will get rfe for it. i don't know about h4 visa, though. sorry... a person i know recently went out to asia with h1 visa and she didn't have any problem coming back to usa. just make sure your visa is not expiring soon.. i guess... i think the best thing is to just wait for travel document... i should not be long before you recieve it...but since you use vermont service.. i don't know about timeline for this though... hope this helps.. good luck..

starbin, if you look at the uscis website. medical exam document(i-693) is a required document at the time of filing i-1485 .. please submit it asap..look on uscis for approved medical centers which will provide you medical exams... .http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-485.htm

hi dominion, my case was approved "three" weeks after fingerprinting... so i think you are in good shape.. just wait for approval.. i guess.. good luck.

thanks nursemango. if you haven't got yours, you will get yours very soon. i remembered you used tsc. tsc is very fast.