My Journey as a New Nurse in the Midst of COVID-19
Hello, my name is Saul Villalobos and I am originally from Mexico. I moved to the U.S. with the intention of becoming a health care professional, not knowing exactly which path I would take, yet ve...
Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
Most states require nurses to complete some form of continuing education every two to three years as a condition of licensure. Even if your state board does not require any education for continuing...
Premium Processing: Is it Worth it?
We are often asked by nurses if we will file Premium Processing for their Priority Date (PD). We often give a lawyer-like response and say, “it depends,” because it really does. U.S. Immigration la...
History in the Making: How Naturalized Immigrants make up 1 in 10 U.S. Voters
The 2020 U.S. election is a week away and a record-shattering turnout is expected to vote. With more than 58 million Americans already submitted their ballots, it is clear to see that people are de...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is breast cancer awareness month, and people are wearing pink to raise awareness of breast cancer, and to raise money for further research and treatment of the disease. Breast cancer i...
The Visa Bulletin for Nurses: Your Place in the Line
With the October 2020 Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year set to be issued in the coming weeks, we thought it would be a good time to recap what the Visa Bulletin actually is, how it works, and...
Where Have All the Certified Nursing Assistants Gone?
Where has the ancillary support for our healthcare facilities gone? Ancillary support includes the critical position of Certified Nursing Assistants, or CNAs. These positions are vital to our staff...
Karina - International Nurse Graduate on OPT
Like many international nursing students, Karina was worried about her future as a nurse in the U.S. after graduating. Karina, from Venezuala, had been looking for a job on her OPT but with very li...
The Registered Nurse: The most trusted and celebrated profession
The results of this year’s Gallup poll show that nurses are the most honest and trusted profession in the U.S., marking the 18th year in a row that the nursing profession has topped this list. To...
COVID-19 Story: I am a Second Liner
This fight against COVID-19 hits closer to the heart for us as medical professionals. My friend in the Philippines has been in the hospital for 3 months now. He is an ICU nurse and followed all pro...
COVID-19 Lockdown: What will Return to Office look like in the coming weeks?
It seems like we all have our groove going working remotely. We have the technology, communications, metrics and reports, and a work routine, and then we hear: return to the office. What does thi...
Nurses Week Discounts 2020
This year, the American Nurse Association-designated recognition week will begin with National Nurses Day on May 6 and conclude May 12, on the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ...
American Nurse Jobs: Nurses Week 2020
This week sees the start of Nurses Week 2020. From Wednesday 6th May through Tuesday 12th May, people all over the U.S. will be celebrating the amazing work that nurses perform on a daily basis. Nu...
Healthcare Conundrum: An Honest Account from a Registered Nurse NOT on the Frontlines of Covid-19
Conexus MedStaff's Vice President of Operations, Cathy Vollmer, RN, shares an honest account of how it feels to be a Registered Nurse not working on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic, and ...
Our requirements to work in the U.S. as a Registered Nurse
We employ registered nurses from all over the globe to continue their nursing career in the U.S. If you are a registered nurse from abroad or a recent nursing graduate from the U.S., you can apply ...
What is Stress Awareness Month? April 2020
April is Stress Awareness Month. There is no set definition for the term stress. There is even debate as to whether stress is the cause of a problem or the result of one. Look at the following defi...
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