Posts Tagged ‘Employment’
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 why it’s important for international nurses and international nursing students in the U.S. to understand how it…
Read MoreWhere 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 staffing models, partnering with Registered Nurses to take on certain ratios or acuity of patients. Nurses rely on CNAs to support their work efforts and to support quality…
Read MoreThe 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 many, this comes as no surprise. Nursing in the U.S is not only one of the most trusted professions, but it is now also one of the…
Read MoreUSA OPT: Nursing students and optional practical training
As an F-1 nursing student or new graduate, you’re likely to be aware of Optional Practical Training (OPT) – the 12-month employment authorization that enables you to work in the U.S. after graduation. However, as a partner to colleges and universities across the U.S., Conexus regularly works with students who are still in the dark about…
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