I do not understand why people try to give wrong advice when they have no or little information...@ crazynep...Do you have any idea what is going on with nursing in US nowadays...if you dont know then please do not give any wrong advice...
Okay now back to the topic...rightnow there is retrogression in visa for the nurses....that means nobody in USA can sponsor any nurses......not even for the H1b...forget about green card...it is not like it used to be 6 years ago...In your case the only option left is applying for the F1 visa and graduate from the universtiy. After graduation, work for one year using your OPT card. Once your OPT expires then you will have to go back to school again if you want to maintain your legal status or leave the country......There is just no other option left...Also remember in order to legally work usign your OPT card, you will have to graduate with nursing major...you can not gradaute with some other major and do the nursing job while being in OPT......Also nobody wants to hire the OPT nurse...because it expires in a year and they need almost a year just to train them...so my advice will be try to find something in Australia...Coming here will be like strarting from the scratch....please let me know if you have some other concerns...and good luck....