Any British nurses recently relocated to the US?
 

Just wondered if there were any nurses who had recently made the move to the US and how you were finding it?
thanks

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in the UK forum on Allnurses.com there are a few UK trained nurses who now live and work in the US and happy to talk about their experiences.

Be prepared for a long and frustrating process :)

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Depends on your situation. My wife is a nurse and she hates the system here. We have had a very rough ride (she was fired because she was off sick).

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Agree depends on the situation, but at the moment still a long wait, I am now in the process on Canada with hubby getting a temp work permit which took all of 4 weeks from start to finish. Have a couple of friends who moved to the US some in Florida and others in Phoenix, the ones in Phoenix have really had a rough time but even then say they don't regret the move

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We regret the move. The US is fine as long as things are going well but as soon as anything goes awry then you are totally screwed.

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Agreed. I've been here since 1983, only saw a doctor a couple times but had to go twice in the last year. What a rude awakening. The doctors and nurses I dealt with only wanted my money and couldn't care less. They even said I should be grateful I was in the US and didn't have to use the NHS. I've heard the same about the NHS but at least you're not paying for the attitude. $750 to take a few x-rays and tell me I had a broken rib - no treatment and waited for 3 hours. Time to move back and face the hoodies.

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I'm UK nurse who wants to move to the US, been in touch with an agency who also confirm about 2yr process. Planning to go to Saudi in the meanwhile. I agree with previous post, the allnurses.com website has very helpful people who'll tell you lots of info - I've been in touch with them and got info that opened my eyes.

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I've also spent a fair amount of time at the doctor here, from running injuries and asthma. Never had a problem. Compared to the UK where one fracture was left undetected for so long because the doctors refused to x-ray that it's been left fractured for life. And being diagnosed with asthma and handed steroid medications without ever having my peak flow checked, or being shown how to correctly use an inhaler. My one ER experience with my 4 year old was also a breath of fresh air compared to what we have experienced at A&E in the past.
Then there's my MIL who had a heart attack and couldn't get seen by a doctor for 4 days.
I guess it depends on the doctor and the insurance you have.

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Tis what the Emergency Room is for :)

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We have good insurance but I haven't been impressed with the medical treatment we have had here....generally.
Antibiotics handed out for anything, no follow ups, dirty old hospitals, waiting ages for appointments, rude staff and in some cases that old attitude of "You are just a layman and couldn't possibly understand and so I won't lower myself to discuss things with you".

We hardly ever go to the doctors and it is perhaps unfortunate that on nearly every occasion we have had a bad experience.
Our two ER visits were dire.

In the UK we didn't go to the Dr's a lot either but we had much faster and better ER treatment and our GP was lovely and followed up and just generally acted like mother hen.

However everyone has a different and personal story to tell and ,from experience, I don't want to start a huge discussion on here v. there.

I think I just expected so much more here. Too many movies:)

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If you don't like a doctor and/or the service, find another doctor whose service you prefer better. That's what I've done (with dentists so far).

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When its an emergency like broken ribs as I had, you don't have any choice.

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Depends or your supplier if you'd been out of network you would have moved hospital

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Oh my god David that's awful!!! I certainly wouldn't expect the attitude!! :(

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I love the allnurses website have spent days on there and still go on there a lot. I have had lots of great advice from SilverDragon and another person who I noticed is also registered on here :D