Daking0825

It really depends on your degree (ADN vs BSN) and the country you are trying to go to. I know that for me, I would love to go to Italy and have researched it extensively. My wife is Italian and I have considered obtaining my dual citizenship and being a nurse over there. They would recognize my license (you have to jump through some hoops to have it validated) but then I would have to take a language proficiency exam. Luckily, I speak Italian (my wife doesn't speak English). The problem there is (as with many other European countries I would assume) is that it is socialized medicine and therefore the pay is not very competitive with pay here in the States. Also, there just aren't as many jobs there. So unfortunately it looks like we will be staying here for a while. So long story short, it is possible, but it depends on where you are going and where you got your degree. Good luck!

I understand that, but don't nursing students typically start applying (and are then subsequently hired) shortly before their last semester ends?

So I posted this over in the PCT section (since that's my current title) but after nearly 200 views and not a single response, I figured I would try my luck over here! Hey guys and gals, quick question. I graduate in December from an ADN program, and am currently working as a PCT at a hospital here in Texas. My manager said she has to wait to hire me on as a new nurse until I pass my NCLEX-RN, but the TX BON states that after graduation you are issued a GN permit to practice nursing until you take the NCLEX (or 75 days, whichever comes first). The job description for Nurse Clinician 1 here at my hospital says it requires a GN/RN. Should I bring this up? Should I wait it out and keep PCTing even though I have a GN permit? Should I start looking at other units or even different hospitals?