Well for undocumented students who have gotten into competitive nursing programs and completed it and now find yourselves not knowing what to do, here is my story... I was brought to the U.S. at the very young age of 7, did great in school, high school, and got a full ride scholarship to college. Knowing that I was good in school, I was attracted to "hard" classes and programs. I took my pre-pharm classess and my prerequisistes for nursing school. I got into nursing school right away and managed to get into hospitals w/o any problems. The moment came where I had to take NCLEX and I couldn't bc of lack of proper documentation. I ended up doing construction under Arizona's hot summers for 2 years looking for ways to get a visa or even take NCLEX but all was a dead end. I prayed and fasted for 21 days asking Jesus Christ for that opportunity to take the exam; I was exponentially forgetting the material. I began searching again, fixated and not willing to give up when I found a state that was willing to give me the chance, the chance we all worked so hard for. I took NCLEX after 2 years and only 3 wks revewing. I took all 6 hours trying my hardest to answer ALL questions correct. I left the testign center feeling like everyone else, nauseous, worried, thinking of the two long years that have passed by and all the struggles I had to face just to take the exam. I did the PVT and got the good pop-up, I didn't tell anyone until I was 100% certain, paid the 8 dollars and there it was, a humble "PASS." To you, the undocumented student or graduate, there is hope. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, give up, it's not a nurses quality.
I will hopefully have the chance to renew, it can only be renewed 3 months in advance so hopefully they will still take renewal by this time next year but idk.
Specializes in Progressive Care, Sub-Acute, Hospice, Geriatrics.
3 minutes ago, Mrecalde12 said:
I will hopefully have the chance to renew, it can only be renewed 3 months in advance so hopefully they will still take renewal by this time next year but idk.
I remember from my clinical they only need my ID from school and that was it. They did not require my SSN
Dani_Mila, BSN, RN
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Renew if you still haven't. What they will do probably is to let the current DACA expire. This will give you at least 2 more years