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Requirements for Nurses
Working as a nurse in another country can be a great
way to gain experience and to grow as a person as
well
as professionally. If you are considering to work
in the United States, please read on.
The United States is experiencing a severe shortage of
nurses in all areas of specialization. Therefore,
many health care providers in the United States are
interested to hire qualified nurses from other
countries.
Following is a list of requirements for international nurses
interested to work with us.
Here
is a list of countries we work with:
Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and the
United Kingdom.
In
order to work with us you have to be a citizen of one of
these countries.
If you are a citizen of any other country and you are interested
to work as a nurse in the United States we might be able work with you if
you meet all the other requirements. In certain instances
we might also be able to refer you to another agency for
placement in a US health care facility.
You
also have to meet the following requirements:
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Speak fluent English. If you are from a countries
where English is not the first language you should have
lived at least one year in an English speaking country (as a
foreign exchange student, for example) or should have worked
in a hospital in which English was spoken.
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Preferably have at least 2 years of work experience as a nurse.
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Obtain a US
state nursing license and a
VisaScreen™
certificate.
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Ability to pay all cost to obtain a US nursing license and
the
VisaScreen™
certificate (approximately
US$1,600/€ 1,100
If
you are a European nurse, we do recommend that you take a Medical English language training
course offered by the
Centre for Communication in Health Care
in Frankfurt, Germany. You can find more information
here.
We do not charge any fees for our help and services
to you. We only charge a fee to participating hospitals.
Please
understand that all information we provide is intended for
nurses who want to work with European Medical Staffing to obtain
the credentials needed to work in the United States and to
obtain employment with our help. This site is not
intended as a do-it-yourself guide. We strongly discourage
anyone from attempting to try to go through this process on
their own. Your chance of success is much greater with
the help of our experts.
Legal disclaimer: None of
the information provided by European Medical Staffing is
intended to be or used as legal advice.
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