Will my nursing degree carry over to the states?

FLnurse11 · Nov 18, 2011

hello, my name is stan and im currently studying in the Phillippines for my nursing degree and i was wondering if i would have any problems transfering my degree to the states. Im originally from Hawaii but im getting kinda worried that they will not accept me as a nurse in america(people have been scaring me) does anyone have any idea on this? as to what i would need do or if this is a big waste of time. any help or or advice is appreciated. thanks

Stan:

1. Is the moon/sun/earth round ?

2. Is the Pope Catholic ?

3. Is water liquid ?

Of course, your nursing education will be accepted in the USA (as long as the school you go to is accredited and approved by the CHED (Commission on Higher Education) and by the USA.)

Jazzy777 · Nov 21, 2011

Flnurse 11.....you are just one lucky person to get hired immediately. I have coworkers and they're US citizens who graduated here in the US and it took them more than a year to get hired. Maybe there's an urgent need in the unit you applied to that's why you got hired right away otherwise, it will be a different story. Nowadays hospitals want nurses WITH experience as they don't want to spend at least 5 grand on orientation and all that stuff that goes with training a new RN. My current employer does not hire nurses without experience, you gotta have at least 1 year experience to be considered. So if you got hired with no sweat at all then good for you, very lucky nurse.

Daly City RN · Nov 26, 2011

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Hi Stan,

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I've visited Hawaii 5-6 times on vacation. In one of my visits to Oahu, I inquired at the Queens Hospital in Honolulu. I was told then that that is one of the largest, if not the largest hospital on the islands. You may want to apply there someday. Another good place to work is Kaiser Hospital. (No I did not submit any job application, it is very expensive to live in paradise!)

As some of the posters have mentioned here, hospitals now have the luxury of picking only the best from the hundreds of applicants. Who can blame them? I would do the same. In fact I do. I worked in a big county-owned medical center for over 27 years. Now I work for a private nursing agency as a nurse educator/supervisor/telehealth RN. I love the job. We used to hire almost any RN who applied for a job. Times have changed. We only hire whom we think are the best.

If you can't get a job in one of the big acute care hospitals, I'm pretty sure the SNFs are still hiring. You will have to do with the lower salary, benefits, work conditions and prestige for a couple of years. Just be persistent and you will get that much coveted $50/HR job someday.

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