TURKISH NURSES

tinasmall · Mar 1, 2010

Merhaba,

I'm not from Turkiye,but my husband is from Istanbul.:) I'm a RN from the United States.I'm originally from China.I did everything every foreign nurse did to come to the USA.I'm going to Istanbul in April.If you have questions I can help you.:)

Gungor

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2010

New country!!! Hey how is nursing there in Turkey? What do you have to do in order to get licensed in Turkey? How's the educational system in nursing there? How many years would it take you to receive your nursing degree there?

istanbul · Mar 2, 2010

new country!!! hey how is nursing there in turkey? what do you have to do in order to get licensed in turkey? how's the educational system in nursing there? how many years would it take you to receive your nursing degree there?

hi:))

i love being a nurse in my country. like all other country nurses, here we also face issues like autonomy, wages, long working hours,etc.

in order to become a nurse, one needs to complete a 4 year degree at a nursing school.

istanbul · Mar 2, 2010

merhaba,
i'm not from turkiye,but my husband is from istanbul.:) i'm a rn from the united states.i'm originally from china.i did everything every foreign nurse did to come to the usa.i'm going to istanbul in april.if you have questions i can help you.:)
gungor

merhaba,

nice to find someone here who has connections with turkiye:)

in which state do you live in?

i wonder is it easy for a foreign nurse to find a job after passing nclex-rn? do foreign nurses get paid less compare to the local nurses?

ablez · Mar 2, 2010

Hi Istranbul

Also I'm from Turkey from Istanbul :)but I live in New York. I've been living here in the States almost for 3 years. I passed my nclex-rn on December 11 2009 it wasn't easy. Now I'm waiting to receive my License as RN from New York Board. It took me like one and a half year to be able to take the test.

I took my nursing degree from Romania but I worked in Capa Medical Faculty in Istanbul. After I came here I had to study to learn English then I had started to study for nursing.

First of all you need to decide in which state do you wish to work and then you need to contact CGFNS and to see the requirements for which state you are going to apply. I will be very glad to give you more information if you need. When I first came to this country nobody could helped me about my situation because nobody heard about Turkish Nurses and nursing in Turkey. I should say if Silverdragon and Suzzan wouldn't help me I wouldn't been gotten my RN License in this country This forum helped me a lot and I would like to help you too.

tinasmall · Mar 2, 2010

I'm living in New York too.:) It's not easy for a foreign nurse to find a job after pass NCLEX-RN.To be able to find a job, you need to have the eligible working status to work here,which means either you can find a sponsor to help you to get a H1-B visa or you are a green card holder. They are treated equally,but I'm not sure about the foreign nurses who are holding H1-B visa.

tinasmall · Mar 2, 2010

Ablez,which hospital you are going to apply?

ablez76 · Mar 2, 2010

Hi Istanbul

I haven't decided yet to which hospital I'm going to apply. I will send my resume and I will see from where I will get answers. What is your status?

istanbul · Mar 3, 2010

Hi Ablez,

First of all, best of luck to you with your applications to the hospitals. I hope you'll find the best job for you:yeah:

I applied to California board of nurses and I took NCLEX-RN last year but I couldn't pass it:crying2:

I started to study again and I hope next summer I'll pass it:)

At california, the board does not require a CGFNS certificate so I guess it will be enough to pass the NCLEX-RN to be licenced.

Ablez, can you please tell me which sources to use for prepaparation for NCLEX-RN?

ablez76 · Mar 3, 2010

Hi Istanbul

I wish you good luck too. I studied from every book I found and I took kaplan courses for preparation for NCLEX-RN it helped me a lot so I suggest you search for Kaplan. I would like to inform you that I guess every 3 year I'm not sure exactly they are making the exam more difficult I don't remember details you can find here in forums. This year on April I guess they will change the changes.

First I tried to study from books and I went to take the test and I failed at 170 questions.

After I took kaplan I passed with 75 questions.

Which school you had graduated and if you have work experience?

tinasmall · Mar 3, 2010

I used Saunders and Kaplan.Saunders books are very good for reviewing.Kaplan's questions are excellent for preparing for the test.I recommend on those two.