Benefits of Working as a Nurse in the U.S.

Katie, why is it so important for an international healthcare worker to understand about employment benefits?

That's a great question. So when we talk with international employees and domestic employees, the amount that they may be required to pay for certain benefits is really something that they want to consider in their overall total compensation.

So when we say total compensation, we're not just talking about the amount that you are earning in your salary that gets deposited into your bank account. But it's also the benefits that your organization is paying for you to be able to afford certain things like health insurance, like housing and other things that you would otherwise have to pay for on your own. So if you have a couple of employment opportunities, and one maybe is providing you have a very robust benefits package, and the other one is not, that's really something that you want to consider.

Because if you up to go with the one that's not for maybe a higher salary, a portion of that salary that you're earning, will still in turn wind up going towards benefits if you need to prepare those independently.

Okay, so that's a great answer to why it's important, and also to why it's important to try and break it down and understand all of it. Because if you don't even understand the basics, it's really difficult to be able to determine if one offer is better than another in terms of the employment benefits.