US immigrant wants to study nursing in the Philippines

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I will be graduating from high school this school year 2014 and I made up my mind that I'm going back to the Philippines to study nursing there but I don't know anything about the processes that I need to undergo and all the requirements. I'm 16 and have been staying in US for 2 years. I'm a green card holder. I just wanna finish college for 4 years and go back in US to work. I do know that I need to take the NCLEX to be able to work here. I really want to study in Phil because it's more fun and cheaper. Any advice guys? I need the cheapest way to study there. My family wouldn't afford to buy tickets for me every year just to maintain my residency in US. It's too complicated and I'm so confused. Please help!! :dead:

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

If you plan on working in the US as a nurse you should go to school in the US. You need to have a good read on here about the difficulties foreign educated nurses face when trying to get a Us nursing license. Many states are enforcing the concurrency requirement and nursing programs in the Phil tend to not meet these requirements. You may think that it will be more fun and cheaper but in the long run it will not be neither.

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I agree with LoriAngel, study hard in the US, get great SAT scores and you will be qualified to study nursing in the USA. That way you will become a nurse in the USA.

If money or grades are an issue, go to school to become a LVN.

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Specializes in OR-ICU.

Like what the previous posters said study hard and stay here in the US. If you are in California look at community colleges that offer nursing programs. It will be easier to get a job if you were educated and did clinicals here. There are a number of hospitals here in California that offer new grad positions especially to those that did their clinicals at those hospitals. Lastly if you do the community college route it would be infinitely cheaper than going to the Philippines. Average cost of for community college programs range between $3000-5000 dollars spread over the 3-4 years you it will take you from the first general ed class to the actual nursing program. But you do need to get almost perfect grades otherwise your chances of getting accepted into a competitive program will be slim.

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Thanks for the suggestions guys! Btw I'm not from California. I live in Louisiana so I think the rules are not that strict compared to California.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! Btw I'm not from California. I live in Louisiana so I think the rules are not that strict compared to California.

Due to the current financial climate in the country and the oversupply of nurses in the country, 4 years from now, you may be in the same boat.

I agree with the other posters-you want to be a US nurse, then become a nurse in the US. :yes:

If you need money or funding, seek out resources and become a CNA, or like another poster suggested, go to VN (or PN) school, then bridge later.

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