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| Finnish Nurse Student Join Date: May 2007 Location: Finland
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| Hello everyone, I am a 21-year old nurse student from the beautiful country of Finland, far up north.. :houra: I chose to "join your team" because it would be exciting to meet nurses from other places, but also because I am in desperate need for advide here! This is the case. I am very interested in doing a five-week field practise in California during my final year in nursing school. (Itīs like the biggest dream Iīve ever had..)Sadly, my school wonīt help me since they have no cooperation with any place in CA. (only in Florida, on the Finnish-American Rest Home located there, and you have to stay there for three months!!) This means that I have to arrange everything myself, somewhere to intern, place to live, scholarships a.s.o. Where do I begin?! *sweating already* Anyone in here from California? Do you spontaneously know of any place (hospital, rest home...) that is nice and maybe particularly open towards nurse students? What are the U.S. requirements?? Do you need a licence to intern? Do nursing schools pay the hospitals for having students there doing their field practise there? Do nurse students get paid for doing field practise? And what is the best way? To simply call to any place and say "Hi, this is me..." or should I contact a U.S. nurse school first to get help? Aaand... tricky question!! Is it even possible to rent an appartment for five weeks only or do you know of any other options? If anyone can help me.. at all.. I would be thrilled... Sorry if my questions seem simple/naive Hoping for a response. Pleased to meet you all. Tottis |
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| Administrator | Re: Hello from Finland! :waving: Welcome to the site, Tottis! I am glad to meet you. I would first say to contact the State Board of Nursing; we have a list of the States and their Boards of Nursing. I would figure you'd need a Visa, of course. Good luck, keep us updated, and I hope you drop by often! 'Cat' |
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| Finnish Nurse Student Join Date: May 2007 Location: Finland
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| Re: Hello from Finland! Thank you so much for your reply and for the information! I should contact the board of California then. Visacard? Haha, I guess... "When you wish upon a star..." |
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| Finnish Nurse Student Join Date: May 2007 Location: Finland
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| Re: Hello from Finland! Oh no.. bad day... I guess my big dream is crushed... This is the answer I got: "Dear Charlotta, California does not have out of state nursing students, only those approved in nursing programs in California. You would need to apply to an approved nursing program in California and get accepted" I guess this means that I would have to study in California to be able to intern... gosh... Iīm so sad! What do I do now? *tears of disappointment* |
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