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Current Lawsuit Against Health Carousel reported by MSN Click here for the case - Carmen v. Health Carousel, LLC Please see the above links before signing on. Make sure you have all the information before signing. Advent Health currently sponsors nurses to come to the USA. I wish I had known about them before Health Carousel.

First of all, I would have questioned the fact that I am giving Versed to an unmonitored patient. I would have honestly asked the physician for something less potent! Midazolam is more likely to have respiratory side effects than say, a low dose Lorazepam. The whole thing is just one massive dumpster fire. I feel terrible for RaDonda. I feel terrible for the patient's family. I cannot stand Vanderbilt for trying to cover it all up. She should not have been charged, but I agree with Beth that she needs to find another career. If I was her, I don't think I could trust myself to take care of another patient again!

I have a sciencey question for y'all. ? This morning I submitted a CBC (one purple top) and BMP/Mag (one green top) for my patient - I drew them all from the same spot at the same time. Now, I did draw them from an PIV. I am aware of the increased risk for hemolysis when drawing from a peripheral, but our hospital policy allows this in the ICU... and to save a stick, it's always a risk I'm willing to take for the patient's sake. That being said, lab were able to result the CBC with no problem. Then, they resulted my Mag--no problem. But then they call to say that my BMP specimen hemolyzed--it's the same vial from which they just managed to result a magnesium. Can someone explain to me why this happens? How are they able to get some results from the same vial that apparently hemolyzes minutes later? I have never understood this phenomenon.

I'm going to recommend to anyone who chooses to leave their contract early - get a lawyer to give your notice and negotiate the breach penalties for you. Threatening to deport because you decide to take a different course for your life is not a deportable offense. The burden of proof is on them to prove that you did not intend to live and work as a nurse in the USA. I may or may not speak from experience.

Hey all, I am an International RN working in the USA. I emigrated from the UK via one of those popular international global healthcare staffing corporations. While it was a good way to get to the USA and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so, if I could do it all over again, I would! I didn't know about the program or opportunity at the time, but now that I am aware of it, I want you lovely international nurses to know that you have more options than what we think is out there! I started working for Advent Health in February this year. I actually didn't join Advent Health BECAUSE its Advent Health - I chose to work with them because they are a local and convenient place to go to work based on where I live now. However, if I could immigrate all over again, I would go through Advent Health. Advent Health offers an international recruitment program for nurses that requires a three-year contract (much like all of these other programs). However, the difference is, you will be working DIRECTLY for the hospital rather than working for a staffing company who contracts with the hospital! You would be eligible for all the benefits, extra pay, and bonuses that the full-time employees get rather than being separate and "not really" a true employee of the hospital you're working for. I'm not doing this to get a bonus. I don't get paid to share this information. That being said, I COULD get a bonus if my name is put on your application but I'm not doing it for that reason. I want y'all to know that there are OTHER options if you are considering moving to the USA. For more info, go to www.adventhealth.com/careers/international-recruitment Right now, they are hiring in these states: -Florida -Georgia -Illinois -Kansas -Kentucky -North Carolina -Texas -Wisconsin Good luck!!

Hey, Anyone work for Amedisys as a Case Manager in the DFW area? I have a phone interview on Monday. I can't find much information about them in this area. I read Indeed reviews about other states... I read some great things, and some bad things. I read about micromanagement and things that are specific to their office in whatever state. But I can't find many reviews on working for them in Dallas-Fort Worth on Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. The one review I found was a good one and that was a case manager in San Antonio. Anyone have anything to say about them in Texas?

All of your coworkers you left behind in Bismarck still miss you, Vince. :P But they're happy for you!

I think it would be easy to explain, as as long as you have worked as an actual nurse in the last few years. Its such a pain getting into the UK. Have you considered applying to work in another country? Australia is pretty straight forward. I know for a fact that let you get a license there with a 5 year maximum gap. There's some paperwork, but I got my license in 6 months and then I applied for a working holiday visa (if you're under 30).

Thanks!! I had the interview before I got the embassy interview, as it was pretty close to the interview date. I was actually interviewed with a Long Term Care Facility in Maine, and even though they offered me the job, I begged PPUSA to not make me accept it, because I really didn't want to get into LTC. They said they can make an exception this once, but as per my contract, I MUST accept the next job offer and I said thats fair enough. They also said they would try to get me interviews for the areas I'm interested in, which was Progressive Care or Telemetry. And they kept their word! Actually, I got an interview for the Oncology floor at the hospital in North Dakota, so I looked at their jobs page and saw they needed Tele nurses and Med Surg nurses so I asked to be interviewed for those (I have a background in Med Surg) and they said that would be fine. The interview went well, even when I couldn't remember a medical term and I felt so embarrassed! It was a skype interview and they told me about the different floors, how the scheduling works, what kind of patients they see, asked me if I have any questions for them. They were super nice. They ask you what kind of experience you have, where you have worked and a little bit about yourself. It was a nice conversation. In answer to your other question about breaking contract, have you signed a contract with PPUSA? If you have, check your contract. You may have to pay damages depending on how far into the process you are. They spend a lot of money on us so I guess they expect to be compensated for it if you change your mind. MelodiusDreamer, congrats!! Don't worry, the hardest part is over. I know waiting is hard too, but it will be worth it!

They've changed some of their regs, but I think its something like 5 years is the maximum gap but you have to prove that you have had some sort of nursing employment in that time. I would check their website just to be sure. I have a friend who was licensed in the UK and we were in Australia together for a year working as nurses and they got super picky about her renewing her license when she came back (I've never worked in the UK as a nurse myself - LONG STORY), but I know there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Good luck.

Well, you apply for a work visa, and your employer sponsors you for it. You have to get your Visa Screen completed with CGFNS, which can take a few months to get the paperwork together and then submitted. Once that's done, its like you're "pre-approved" for a visa. You need to do the obvious things like background checks etc. It took me about a year and a half to get myself ready to move Stateside. However, I dragged my feet for a few months as I was working and travelling around Australia at the time and I was having second thoughts (your typical drama - you meet someone and think you're going to be with them for the rest of your life - thank the LORD that didn't happen!). It all depends on which country you're from too and the waiting periods for work visa sponsorships for permanent residency. If you're from say, the UK, there is no waiting period. If you're from the Philippines or China, there is a couple years waiting period for your number to come up Its called priority dates and the date that you file for your visa. Its pretty straightforward - go to the USCIS website for more information on priority dates. I'm from the UK, so as soon as I applied, my priority date (date of filing for work visa) was current as there isn't a backlog for my country. All this being said, once you have done all the paperwork, you become "documentarily qualified" and you just have to wait for them to contact you for an interview at the nearest US embassy. I become document qualified in March this year (2018), about 9 months after I applied. I didn't get my interview until August this year, and then as my visa was approved at the end of the fiscal year, my priority date actually got put back due to so many visa applications. I had to wait until October (this month) for my work visa to be issued. I picked up my work visa 3 days ago. I am now waiting for my agency to book my flights to the USA which should be in a couple of weeks. Once you arrive in the USA, the border agent looks at your visa and stamps you through and they issue you the forms to apply for your green card. Your work visa permits you to enter the country and work, but you don't get your green card until you apply for it on US soil. Once you fill out the forms they give you, it takes approximately 6 months to get your green card. Thats according to the information that the US government gave me in my work visa package. In all, its going to take me about 2 years to go from signing the contract with the agency and beginning the application process to getting the green card in my hands. A year and a half to reach America, but 2 years to actually be permanently residing in the United States. I would say that's not too bad. You get a lot done in that time. I could be faster, like I said, if you're pro-active. If you're already stateside and applying for the green card, I'm not sure what the process is. Since you're still a student, you wouldn't be able to apply for a work visa and get your CGFNS visa screen approved until you had your degree. I'm not sure if they require a Bachelor's or they're okay with ADN, that's something else to look into. I know that when I was on an F1 visa, I was able to apply for an extension of my F1 Visa for 12 months after I graduated, its called the OPT visa. It lets you work and gain experience in the USA in the field you trained for. I got offered a job at the hospital that I precepted at, and it came at no extra cost to the hospital and I was there for a year. It's a good opening. I would recommend you apply for the OPT visa once you come to the end of your program, and then speak to hospitals that might be willing to sponsor you. Good luck, I hope this helps!

I mean, I know its not the RN, but have you tried taking the LPN exam? I know someone that did that. He couldn't pass the NLCEX RN, but he works as an LPN now. We went to school together and graduated with a BSN. Its maybe something you can consider.

I doubt you'll find anyone willing to sponsor on the H1B as the government has cracked down heavily since a lot of people were abusing the system. H1B is usually not an option for nurses. However, look at getting sponsored for permanent residency. It takes longer, but there are agencies and maybe even hospitals that will be willing to do that. I've gotten my greencard with Passport USA/Health Carousel. They've been fantastic.

Did you end up going with Passport USA? I'm English, and I signed with them. I wanted Texas where my boyfriend is, but I'm going to North Dakota, where its cold! But I have heard so many good things about that hospital, and I got the unit that I wanted - they're so desperate for nurses! Plus, PPUSA has good pay.

I just realised how old this post was, haha. Nevermind!!!