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USA Nursing
Posted on : 03 May 2010 05:05:54
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Registered nurse in USA makes $ 35,000 - $ 85,000 annually depends of the State of employment and work experience. As a foreign nurse you will get the same salary as an American nurse. The nurses wages in the United States are the highest in the world roughly two times higher if compare with Australia and Western Europe.Salary and benefits package that you receive as a nurse in the USA can vary significantly from state to state.You will come to the United States with a permanent residence card (green card) in your hand and after five years being in USA you can apply for American citizenship if you wish to do so. When you come to work as a nurse you can bring your family (spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old with you).
You
must have a nursing diploma.
At least one or two years of work experience as a nurse.
Be a Registered Nurse in your home country or present evidence
that your country does not have a nurses registration system.
Pass English and professional tests.
Each USA state has a nursing board. Each nursing board has its own set of regulations for overseas-trained nurses. To work in the USA as an RN, you have to be licensed by the relevant state board of nursing and the license is only valid for that particular state. IELTS- Academic Module or the General Training Module 6.5,
Overall Band Score, 7.0 Speaking.
TOEFL-Paper-Based 540; TOEFL Computer-Based 207; Test of Written
English (TWE) 4.0; Test of Spoken English (TSE) 50
TOEIC - 725; plus TWE: 4.0 and TSE: 50
Registered nurse in USA makes $ 35,000 - $ 85,000 annually depends of the State of employment and work experience. As a foreign nurse you will get the same salary as an American nurse. The nurses wages in the United States are the highest in the world roughly two times higher if compare with Australia and Western Europe.Salary and benefits package that you receive as a nurse in the USA can vary significantly from state to state.You will come to the United States with a permanent residence card (green card) in your hand and after five years being in USA you can apply for American citizenship if you wish to do so. When you come to work as a nurse you can bring your family (spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old with you).
urses Requrements.
Each USA state has a nursing board. Each nursing board has its own set of regulations for overseas-trained nurses. To work in the USA as an RN, you have to be licensed by the relevant state board of nursing and the license is only valid for that particular state.
Language Competency Requirements.
For nurses who have not undertaken their professional training in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada or the USA, the American immigration process requires you to sit either the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or the TOEFL/TSE (Test of English as a Foreign Language/Test of Spoken English) tests.You have to take one of the following test and achieve the indicated scores to pass:
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