situation: need hospital experience and willing to spend

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if you were in this situation:

- no experience and training. but passed NLE and NCLEX.

- accepted that there's no way you could get experience without money if you have hundred thousand nurse competitors

- have all the money you need

- need experience now since nclex license will expire soon

- don't want to leave for US without any hospital experience

- prefers a good hospital in metro manila

what would you do? which hospital will you apply for? requirements? and how much?

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I totally agree silverdragon that why if he would have planned to come here with his tourist visa, if he had one, I would absolutely discourage him. Im here in the US right now and I know the current situation here. The recent visa bulleting shows JUN01 2002 and I am well aware of the retrogression =)

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i actually applied for maryland. not california. i passed the nclex. does anybody know if maryland gives license without SSN?

also heard from a friend's friend that your local experience will not be recognized in the US. is this true?

i guess this means you just work in your country to have some confidence and some sort of exposure. but you have to train again if you arrive there.

that friend also told me you'll have a chance of finding a job with a working visa instead of an immigrant visa. do you need to apply for visascreen if you get a working visa?

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i actually applied for maryland. not california. i passed the nclex. does anybody know if maryland gives license without SSN?

also heard from a friend's friend that your local experience will not be recognized in the US. is this true?

i guess this means you just work in your country to have some confidence and some sort of exposure. but you have to train again if you arrive there.

that friend also told me you'll have a chance of finding a job with a working visa instead of an immigrant visa. do you need to apply for visascreen if you get a working visa?

For work or immigrant visa you need VSC.

It will depend on the hospital to whether they accept any experience you have or not. The hospital I had a job with did except my experience.

For a work visa you need to be a specialist in an area and the hospital needs to a) prove that they can not employ a USC or LR in that job and b) the job is a specialist job and you are experienced in that area

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@ mr miyagi,

i dont think Maryland requires SSN. just wait for your license. it will be mailed to you, or if they do require SSN you will receive a letter stating that you passed NCLEX but they cant release your license until you have your SSN. You can contact Maryland BON for more information about this.

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For work or immigrant visa you need VSC.

It will depend on the hospital to whether they accept any experience you have or not. The hospital I had a job with did except my experience.

For a work visa you need to be a specialist in an area and the hospital needs to a) prove that they can not employ a USC or LR in that job and b) the job is a specialist job and you are experienced in that area

I agree with silverdragon on this. Be careful of recruiters that offer H1B. Its not for general nurses. The USCIS is now more vigillant about these applications. I have friends who were recently denied of H1B applications. I am here on an H1C visa which unfortunately will expire come December 2010. I mean the program will expire on December 2010 so you will probably not find any of the 14 hospitals allowed to petition through H1c to be hiring through this program. And again, as of now theres no hiring here because of the economy.

As for the hospital experience(employed), they do recognize the hospital experience that we get there. My hospital here recognized my work experience and that was a factor in determining my hourly rate. As to volunteer experience, I am not sure about that. As what silverdragon said, it depends on the hospital

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New Mexico, and Vermont are the only ones who I know will issue a license with out a ss#. I thought I heard someone say that Connecticut does too, but you will have to check that one out because I'm unsure about that one. If your local experience was volunteer, then I don't think it's accepted. But check, because you never know maybe someone will accept volunteer experience. Most places that I know of will say "great you have volunteer experience, but where's your paid work experience?" Good Luck

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Maryland should release your license since you are an NCLEX passer as long as you have fulfilled all of their requirements.

I'd reccomend getting a job in a US-based hospital in Dubai or Saudi Arabia for a year or two while you are processing your visa and waiting on retrogression to come around to your filing date.

DO NOT PAY TO WORK!!!

This is a scam and it is illegitimate

Additionally, the "work experience" you gain while paying to work won't mean anything to a US employer!

You worked for 4 years to get a BSN and now you are going to pay to use it? that's ridiculous.. it makes your degree worthless.

Don't do it.

After living here in RPH for more than two years I definitely have an appreciation for how little the government cares for its people; but paying for experience is not the way. Nurses need to boycott this practice.

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thanks for the reply guys. i'm currently looking for a job in a hospital in manila(capital of the philippines). it's harder to get a job here due to the volume of nurses in manila. i'm thinking of trying to get hospital experience from one of the provinces if i don't find a hospital in the city.

does it matter if my hospital experience is from the city of from the province?

does it matter how big(bed capacity) the hospital is?

thanks.

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thanks for the reply guys. i'm currently looking for a job in a hospital in manila(capital of the philippines). it's harder to get a job here due to the volume of nurses in manila. i'm thinking of trying to get hospital experience from one of the provinces if i don't find a hospital in the city.

does it matter if my hospital experience is from the city of from the province?

does it matter how big(bed capacity) the hospital is?

thanks.

i think it doesnt matter as long as its paid work. im from way down south in cagayan de oro city. as to the bed capacity, it does matter. some hospitals require at least a 300 bed capacity. Again maybe it depends on the employer. my current employer accepted me even if i came from a 100 plus capacity tertiary hospital.Its a tertiary hospital though. Even in my city, the fresh grads are having a hard time looking for a job.

Good luck on the job hunting! =)

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Maryland should release your license since you are an NCLEX passer as long as you have fulfilled all of their requirements.

I'd reccomend getting a job in a US-based hospital in Dubai or Saudi Arabia for a year or two while you are processing your visa and waiting on retrogression to come around to your filing date.

DO NOT PAY TO WORK!!!

This is a scam and it is illegitimate

Additionally, the "work experience" you gain while paying to work won't mean anything to a US employer!

You worked for 4 years to get a BSN and now you are going to pay to use it? that's ridiculous.. it makes your degree worthless.

Don't do it.

After living here in RPH for more than two years I definitely have an appreciation for how little the government cares for its people; but paying for experience is not the way. Nurses need to boycott this practice.

Does US hospitals require their trainees to pay? I'm curious because some big hospitals here in the Philippines have Basic Nursing Training? It seems likes it is a must for these hospitals to require their future employees with training that...again...involves a fee.

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thanks for the reply guys. i'm currently looking for a job in a hospital in manila(capital of the philippines). it's harder to get a job here due to the volume of nurses in manila. i'm thinking of trying to get hospital experience from one of the provinces if i don't find a hospital in the city.

does it matter if my hospital experience is from the city of from the province?

does it matter how big(bed capacity) the hospital is?

thanks.

It doesn't matter where you get it in the city or in the provinces. What matters is that you're getting experience as a nurse in a hospital setting. I know that hospitals also hire RN's who worked in a nursing home and have no hospital experience. IMO, if you can work in the nursing home, then you can adjust working in the hospital. Good Luck! :up:

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It doesn't technically matter about the size of the hospital as long as you are getting paid clinical work. You should keep account of your Nurse:PT ratios for interview purposes in the future. Bear in mind that US hospital admins don't always understand that in RPH it can be just as hectic in a small rural hospital as it can be in a large city hospital due to the sliding ratios.

Additionally, DOLE is opening up more slots for the NARS program so you can try to get into that for a good, solid 6 months to a year of clinical experience that is both paid and unique for your resume'.

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