Employment Information

Facts:

Grid of Placement Options for Foreign Nurses

Level of Clinical Experience	Site where Experience Obtained outside USA	Hospital Med-Surg	Hospital Critical Care	Home Care/Agency
None/new graduate	none	yes	no	no
1 - 2 years	Hospital	yes	no	yes
3 or more years	Hospital	yes	yes, with critical care experience	yes
1 - 2 years	Home Care	yes	no	yes
3 or more years	Home Care	yes	no	yes, with experience

Example of pay variations for a Registered Nurse (Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 2005 Integrated Health Networks Compensation Survey)

	2005 year, example of median hourly base pay
All US	$27.00
By region:
North central	$26.63
Northeast	$28.02
South central	$25.77
Southeast	$23.94

Example of variations in nurse hourly pay

Urban Community Hospital	Rural Community Hospital	Urban Teaching Hospital	National Average	Home Care/Agency
$26.84	$25.03	$26.68	$27.00	$24.17 - $33.53

US Nursing Shortage Snapshot:
- Average age of Registered Nurse - 48 years.
- 38 000 Registered Nurses in USA will retired in next 5 years (25% of all workforce).
- Average shortage of RNs in 2005 was 9%, shortage will increase to 21% by 2014 year.
- Departments with the largest shortage of RNs: Operating Room, Emergency Department, Critical Care.
- Average annual salary of RN in 2005 was $57784, in 2006 is now $63000.
- Average number of visas issued to RN annually by INS is 12000-14000.



Sample resume:


Irina Kotova
123 Main street, apt. #13B
Brooklyn, New York 11238
Home: (555) 555-1234
Cell: (555) 555-1235
asmith@sample~resume.com


OBJECTIVE

Stuff Nurse – Health Care Provider Unit

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

Homecare attendent (5/05 - current)
KSA Home Care Agency, Brooklyn, NY

General Surgical Nurse - (1/95 - 3/05) Central Moscow Hospital, Moscow, Russia
Served as a staff surgical nurse while providing health care education classes to schoolchildren.
Provided optimum health care checks for a wide-ranging demographic of patients. Managed all aspects of blood pressure tests, women's health clinic services, elder care services, and sports medicine needs.

Intern - (10/93 - 1/95)
Clinic #3, Moscow, Russia
Manager of infant care in the neonatal nursery.
Assistant to the Pediatrics Head Nurse in support of infants and children.
Assistant Manager of research projects for the pediatric intensive care unit.


LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

#12345, Russian Medical Association. Nursing, Maternal/Child Health


EDUCATION

B.S., Nursing - (6/87)
Nurse College #4, Moscow, Russia
Specialized in surgical nursing.
Graduated with honors.