I, too, am a Philippine BSN graduate and had problems with applying for California RN license just like everybody else, but believe it or not, I am a Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California and I...
I finally got my final job offer last Thursday! I'm boarded as Nurse 1, Level 2, Step 4- $88,368/year at the VA Greater Los Angeles with BSN and 1 year of nursing experience. Orientation on Monday. So...
I'd just like to share my hiring experience at the VA. I can't remember exactly when or if I applied for the position. I say "if" because I don't see the RN position(MedSurg) that I accepted on my...
Hi! I wanted to ask if there's anybody here who's had their Florida RN endorsed to California? I graduated from the Philippines and because of the concurrency issue, I didn't try to apply to...
Well turns out passing the NCLEX is just the start of a long journey. I have now moved to Tampa, Florida and got hired for a nurse residency program at Tampa General Hospital. I'm 2 months into my...
I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting more out of your career. We are, after all, humans with everyday wants and needs. Bedside nursing is fine, but why would you exhaust yourself taking...
Also, if I were to give you an advice on what to memorize, I'd say memorize your lab values, insulin time and duration of action and immunization. I did not study pharmacology at all because it's...
I think it's fair time to say that the NCLEX RN is not as hard as a lot of people play it out to be. In fact, the hardest part about the NCLEX RN are the negative thoughts you accumulate in your head...
I told myself I'd come back here whether or not I passed the NCLEX RN. This has been my source of encouragement through the entire process of applying for the NCLEX RN. Let me tell you that my journey...
Hi everybody! Just in case some of you, specially Philippine graduates, are out of hope to ever be licensed as a RN in the US, I have good news. I, too, had the same worries since graduating in 2009....