Dreamanddoit

I'm not sure. I did a search online and it said under working visa and it was E1 to e5 or something and pursing came under E3. It didn't say you had to be Australian

mikelincs

That rules out the E3 then. As to the comment about marrying a US citizen 'worked during the war', yes it did, and it still does. Many on here have done it, some even found their partner through on-line dating agencies, and that still, for the OP, remains her best choice. There are just no categories that a visa for nurses from the UK falls into, especially a second year student nurse.

The OP should read the Pulaski's ways from the BE wiki and see what, if any, visa she could get..

Pulaski's Ways: How to Live and Work in the USA : British Expat Wiki

Dreamanddoit

I suppose it's questions like..
What's the usual nurse to patient ratio? I know most days where I'm on placement its one nurse and one health care assistant to 10 patients.. Which is t great!
How does she like it eg working conditions, breaks etc. do your employers actually support you?
Would she says the wages are fair? I know I will have a salary aroun £21500 when i qualify.
Just the general working environment, work stress etc?
Anything she would like to share really... I know nothing about working over there, only what it's like here.

Dreamanddoit

I know I'm not going to get anywhere as a student nurse.. This is for when I qualify in 2016. I'd rather do research etc now that mAke the process longer then. The only other visa I can seem to find would be the Hb1 then

christmasoompa

Nurses don't normally qualify for H1-Bs though (search 'nursing retrogression' for more info).

As the others have said above, nurses generally don't have a visa route to the U.S., how about Canada or Oz maybe?

Good luck.

Pulaski

Me too!
Like me. It can work, it really can I don't know about "best choice", that is a bit subjective, but certainly her best chance.

Silverdragon102

OK starting point would be answering this question. Does or will your transcripts show clinical and theory hours in Paeds, Mental Health, Obstetrics and Adult. If yes then you have a chance on meeting BON requirements and receive eligibility to sit NCLEX. If the answer is no then you will have difficulties meeting BON requirements. US training is general and covers everything. Unfortunately UK training is more specialised.

Nurses generally come under EB3 and currently there is a wait however there also have been difficulties find employers willing to pay $$$ when there are many US nurses struggling to find work. H1b is generally specialist and a new grad usually doesn't meet requirements.

Also to add Canada has similar requirements to the US

christmasoompa

The wait's reduced massively though hasn't it? I haven't checked it recently, but it was down to about a year or so not long ago, versus the several years it used to take. Not that an employer is likely to wait even one year for an employee to be able to start, but still it's an improvement!

Englishmum

Flame me if you like, but I am quite cross that a newly qualified UK nurse can just decide to swan off overseas without spending a few years working post-qualification for the NHS.

The NHS (ie. the taxpayer) pays for all the tuition fees for the degrees for student nurses and I truly believe that after investing in a vocational degree, the graduate should at the very least put something back into that investment (perhaps there should be a bond, repayable if the NHS sponsored grad chooses to emigrate soon after qualifying).


NHS Student Bursary: a quick guide [England] - Which? University

Dreamanddoit

As you rightly say the NHS does pay for your degree.. However, we do work throughout the degree with all the placement, we work full time as well as attending university full time. We don't get paid for any of this work, we don't get paid any extra to do nights, weekends, or unsocial hours. So in effect you do get your money's worth. I'll potentially do two years post qualification work here yes. But in reality if I was your child would you stop me doing my dream? Would you turn around to your child and say no.. Don't live your life, don't travel, don't try anything different. Stay here.
I've also not said I'm definitely going to do this, I don't see the problem in someone having options and looking into this in advance.

Pulaski

I agree with you D&DI, indentured servitude was outlawed a long time ago in the UK.

Dreamanddoit

Im doing the adult nurse degree, which does mean I have to cover the areas of mental health, child, maternity and learning disability. But this is covered by 4 essays etc and not many clinical hours in these areas at all. Being an adult nurse and with the placements I've been given, ive probably got more clinical hours related to these kind of patients than my counter parts, but clinical hours are just clinical hours and arent broken down into categories as such.

sir_eccles

Why this specific area? Probably narrowing your already very slim chances.

Dreamanddoit

Its just the area in Florida I like the most, there area lots of jobs in that area at the moment to

Englishmum

My daughter lived with us for 5+ years in Singapore so went on lots of trips in SE Asia/Oz/NZ, went to boarding school in England for her 'A' levels and then took a Gap Year, spending a few months in India before going to uni and is a qualified Occupational Therapist, working for the NHS.

You could perhaps take a Graduate Gap Year and work for an NGO in a developing country....