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OMG Marinoh, that is great. I am planning to travel to SA/ Riyadh and hope to be working in the hospital there. You gave great information and exactly what the travel nurse agency stated. What agency are you with and what hospitall are you working in?

Where are you working in SA? I am hoping to get a contract there in the next few months, if everything clears.

I think we all have to keep an open mind about foreign travel and foreigners. Lets not think in our minds that America is perfect in all things. It has it many faults as well especially in the health care such as poor pay, understaffed, nurse to patient ratio is outrageous, lack of empathy from administrative staff of any kind, over worked, nurse to nurse bullying, lack of confidentiality when reporting issues to HR or to management, back stabbing nurses to make themselves look good, and the list can go on. HR blackballing nurses when they speak up on ethical issues, discrimination issues or the like. And as far as America in itself goes, lets look at racism, discrimination on all levels - especially if you are black, laziness of those who drain the financial resources of the country that are there to only assist for a short period, discrimination and racism in the governmental system, bribes in the governmental system, and this list can go on. So my point is that we all have faults in someway or another. No one person or system is perfect. While we had the 911 attack we also have to remember that this country was originally stolen from the Indians, the years of slavery to the black race, 55 million abortions that is legal in this country, and much more. So again Saudi Arabia has it's problems but so does American and the rest of the world. I am however, considering a travel nurse position in Saudi Arabia at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh. I know it is not a perfect country and possibly country but neither is America and the hospitals here. Nurse have no more say (authority) in hospitals in American then women probably do in these Middle East countries. In the South if you mention the word "union", or your desire to start one, you are fired immediately. I was told by an administrator that if we went down to the auditorium to listen to the Union people (who were trying to get one implemented in our hospital) presentation we would be fired for abandonment (even though we were either on lunch or had someone watch our pts). Another facility a nurse was fired because she mentioned that we needed one in that particular hospital. The word got out what she said and she was fired. So just like you have to use common sense or protect yourself in some way with the way you act or say thins in these foreign hospitals so you do here in the USA. Just as they may hate Americans in the middles east so now in America this same hate is transferred to Christians. So you see we are no different or better than anyone in the middle east. We just have different battle grounds and enemies. I concur. I am also trying to go to SA to work as a nurse in the King Faisal Specialty Hospital. The patients here seem to be no different from what is explained there. Here the patients do the same things such as tell the nurse what they want and how they want it as if they are the medical staff. That's just healthcare in itself. That's where we are leaning towards: as system that caters to "have it your way" and not this is what is best for you and your health at the moment. We are no different or better than any other country in many aspects. I hope my assignment is approved - God willing. It will be fore 1 year and I think it will be great to experience working in a foreign country. Sad to say no country, yes even America who stole this country from the Native Indians, had slaves for hundreds of years, and whatever other evil is out there is any better in morals and ethical issues than Saudi Arabia or Muslims.

I concur. I am also trying to go to SA to work as a nurse in the King Faisal Specialty Hospital. The patients here seem to be no different from what is explained there. Here the patients do the same things such as tell the nurse what they want and how they want it as if they are the medical staff. That's just healthcare in itself. That's where we are leaning towards: as system that caters to "have it your way" and not this is what is best for you and your health at the moment. We are no different or better than any other country in many aspects. I hope my assignment is approved - God willing. It will be fore 1 year and I think it will be great to experience working in a foreign country.

Hello everyone, I am considering taking a travel nurse assignment in Saudi Arabia. Does anyone know of anyone who has traveled there as a nurse and work?