resume acceptable? work w/out license?

[shot_z]

I'm not sure where to put this posting, New York, International,......

Bottom line: I'm German, have a 3-year degree in office management and a 3-year degree in nursing, came to NY in 2002 to be w/ my husband whom I met while he was stationed in Germany, stayed home to raise my daughter who's now in school all day so I'm ready to go back to work. BUT I don't have my RN license and can't afford the licensing process so I can't get my license w/out a job and can't get a job until I get my license! So I thought I'd start working on a resume and just go to hospitals and nursing homes and post it on websites to see if they have anything for me. But I have no idea what an American resume is supposed to look like!! And trying to find out online didn't do me a lot of good b/c I found so many different versions it just confused me.... CVS, Chronological, .... what are they?

Basically my questions are:

• Can I possibly hope to find any kind of work in health care without my RN license?
  
• Can anyone check my resume or tell me where I can get it checked to find out if it is half way acceptable, if I'm on the right track or completely off? I wasn't sure if I should post it online since it has a lot of personal info, but I could always email it.

Thank you for your time and for reading this far, I know I can get a bit wordy sometimes....

Susanne

[Altra, BSN, RN]

:spnngwlcm:

I sent you an allnurses.com private message (PM) ...

[AprilRNhere]

I used a chronological. If you have microsoft word- you can just use the wizzard..and fill in the spots- it puts it together for you.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

I used the chronological as well.

I would talk to a human resources person in a hospital or other health care facility to see what you are eligible for without a license. You have a lot to offer. Physician's offices are another good choice. As long as you are not doing anything that requires a nursing license you should be safe, but you would want guidance from the NY Board of Nursing to be sure. Talk to surgeons. They often train their own techs and can do that because the tech does not work unsupervised. There are still limits to what the tech is allowed to do, however. If you worked as a tech for a surgeon with the intent of getting your license later, the surgeon might like the idea of paying you less while you are training. Win-win situation for all. Good luck!

[shot_z]

I used a chronological. If you have microsoft word- you can just use the wizzard..and fill in the spots- it puts it together for you.

thank you april, I'll try to find it, can you tell me how to get to this wizard? isit the office assistant? the only wizards I found are for mail and letters....

[shot_z]

i used the chronological as well.

i think the one i managed to put together is chronological, i have no idea what the difference to a cvs is though.

i would talk to a human resources person in a hospital or other health care facility to see what you are eligible for without a license. you have a lot to offer. physician's offices are another good choice. as long as you are not doing anything that requires a nursing license you should be safe, but you would want guidance from the ny board of nursing to be sure. talk to surgeons. they often train their own techs and can do that because the tech does not work unsupervised. there are still limits to what the tech is allowed to do, however. if you worked as a tech for a surgeon with the intent of getting your license later, the surgeon might like the idea of paying you less while you are training. win-win situation for all. good luck!

it's funny you mention the surgeon part - my last position was as an or nurse wher i started out assisting anaesthesiology and then the surgeon - until i got pregnant and wasn't allowed in the or anymore...

thank you for your advice,

susanne