Posted by: thapar20 January 3, 2012
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Hi Nepali-nurse,
Here is my experience,
I also did BSN this year on May 2011 and got my RN license on july but didnt get any job for 3 months. Had 2 job interviews in hospitals but they didnt hire me coz I didnt have any experience as Nurse aid or CNA and one Transitional care unit didnt hire me coz of my OPT. So, end up working in home care and trust me they would treat you as second class citizen if you dont have any experience in home care. didnt liked it N gave up the job. So, got fraustated and end up doing pediatric home health N now working in nursing home as a supervisor as well.
what I am trying to show from my personal experiences is, getting RN job is tougher than before. Most hospital doesn't do H1B. So, technically you have 1 year to work with any where you got job. I heard that nursing home will do H1B but i havent talked with my employer yet. But I am planing to ask after a month though.
So, once you graduate N have RN license, you have 2 options to think off:
i. Is H1B important or experience?
--- If you need H1B, it is very difficult that hospital will do for you. But if you get job, its a best experience. If you think H1B is important, many nursing homes does N i have heard in texas they did. But trust me, nursing home job is like you are jeopardizing ur nursing license beacuse its crazy to work in nursing home and its not the good experience unless you get job in transitional care unit which is like a step down unit and mostly like med-surgical experiences. N remember, Nursing homes hire RN becz they have to have minimum 8 hr RN coverage 7days a week.
ii getting Masters after ur OPT ?
--- getting masters is expensive. But i also prefer and suggest to do public health nursing or community health nursing or MBA which i believe is not that much expensive. I have a friend from kenya who did public health nursing (LVN) and worked 10 yrs in WHO.
So, here is my suggestions:
i. finish ur undergrad N get ur RN license.
ii. search job before u graduate, go to open house, apply for nurse residency program or nurse intern program which most medical hospital provide. or where hospitals where u have clinicals.
iii. search jobs in nursing homes also specially transitional care unit.
iV work where you get the job and keep in mind: you are doing this becz u dont have any other options
V. Prepare for ur masters applications N tat the same time talk with ur employer especially DON (director of nursing) abt H1B. If s/he likes u, definately, s/he will do for you
finally, gud luck ahead.. Any questions, u r free to ask.. sorry abt my grammer N spelling..
Here is my experience,
I also did BSN this year on May 2011 and got my RN license on july but didnt get any job for 3 months. Had 2 job interviews in hospitals but they didnt hire me coz I didnt have any experience as Nurse aid or CNA and one Transitional care unit didnt hire me coz of my OPT. So, end up working in home care and trust me they would treat you as second class citizen if you dont have any experience in home care. didnt liked it N gave up the job. So, got fraustated and end up doing pediatric home health N now working in nursing home as a supervisor as well.
what I am trying to show from my personal experiences is, getting RN job is tougher than before. Most hospital doesn't do H1B. So, technically you have 1 year to work with any where you got job. I heard that nursing home will do H1B but i havent talked with my employer yet. But I am planing to ask after a month though.
So, once you graduate N have RN license, you have 2 options to think off:
i. Is H1B important or experience?
--- If you need H1B, it is very difficult that hospital will do for you. But if you get job, its a best experience. If you think H1B is important, many nursing homes does N i have heard in texas they did. But trust me, nursing home job is like you are jeopardizing ur nursing license beacuse its crazy to work in nursing home and its not the good experience unless you get job in transitional care unit which is like a step down unit and mostly like med-surgical experiences. N remember, Nursing homes hire RN becz they have to have minimum 8 hr RN coverage 7days a week.
ii getting Masters after ur OPT ?
--- getting masters is expensive. But i also prefer and suggest to do public health nursing or community health nursing or MBA which i believe is not that much expensive. I have a friend from kenya who did public health nursing (LVN) and worked 10 yrs in WHO.
So, here is my suggestions:
i. finish ur undergrad N get ur RN license.
ii. search job before u graduate, go to open house, apply for nurse residency program or nurse intern program which most medical hospital provide. or where hospitals where u have clinicals.
iii. search jobs in nursing homes also specially transitional care unit.
iV work where you get the job and keep in mind: you are doing this becz u dont have any other options
V. Prepare for ur masters applications N tat the same time talk with ur employer especially DON (director of nursing) abt H1B. If s/he likes u, definately, s/he will do for you
finally, gud luck ahead.. Any questions, u r free to ask.. sorry abt my grammer N spelling..