[letina]

Originally Posted by cariad

I still consider myself a uk nurse even although the nmc, have now put me on hold, as I have been here since 2004.

Has the NMC taken the decision away from you with regards to keeping your registration active?

I was considering renewing my registration (you never know what's around the corner eh?) as I want to keep my options open.

So, if you've been out of the UK a while, can you not maintain UK registration?

.......Anna, so glad to hear you're settled. Your new homeland looks beautiful.
.......Jane, congratulations on your NCLEX success.

[Billy Shears]

SD-looks beautiful in Canada, hope you have found what you were looking for.

Liverpool Jane-NCLEX in 75 questions, I'm impressed, that is one scary exam all that fingerprinting and the booths. You may have passed NCLEX but you will never get Gareth Barry from the mighty Villa!!

[cariad]

letina, they dont give you the option to stayregistered on the active register, as your work has to be in the UK, so it means if I ever went back, then I would have to do the return to work thingy ! and you know how that goes, you have to get a job with the NHS for that.

[bettyboop]

Well i carnt say im missing the UK life out here in Arizona is sweet every day is better than the last, it was definatly worth the 6 yr wait.
I love my new job the staff are 5***** and wow the hospital well lets say if we have anymore food nights i will be as big as a house
My DH now has a job here in Phoenix but for the nxt month he now has two jobs, but am releived he did get one.
My eldest DD and her BF are here again for the 2nd time and DD loves it here two but has a strong bond with her BF abd of course he has no greencard so for the time being they are doing the vacation thing every few months.
Youngest DD now is at high school 5 mornings a week studyingAmerican and Arizona history and i carnt beleive it she love school over here, in the UK she despised school she also has a saturday job as a receptionist so enjoys the freedom of having her own money, she passed her written driving test in August now she has to wait 6 months to take the practical but in the meantime drives my car at every opportunity, so as i say life is sweet

[madwife2002]

My life is very good too, it took me a lot longer to settle down life wasn't easy as first and I am strange I actually love my own country, my friends and my culture.
I had a dream to return to the US a place where I had spent some of my childhood and a place where some of my family lived.
Now I am firmly settled and have made some fantastic friends, am happy to live here for the rest of my life.

I am not financially better off in fact to be truthful poorer than we were in the UK. I miss with a passion vacation time, I begrudge the amount we pay for a Dr's visit. But where I live is so beautiful and life is so good for my 7 yr old. I miss my son who decided to return to the UK.
My life is not a holiday it is real life.

[cheshirecat]

Hiya everyone.

Congrats Liverpool Jane on passing your exam. Sorry to hear about your dad.

I really miss chat on Tuesdays. Maybe we should start an on-line protest to get chat back?

[LiverpoolJane]

Thank you everyone for all your kind words - dad looks as well as can be expected under the circumstances. His mood is bouyant again and his pain and nausea under control, I can't ask for anything more.

Hey Billie Shears - we seem to be doing ok without Gareth don't we??
Yes the exam was a bit scary and you may be impressed but I am stunned, I keep checking the PV & Vermonts site as I am convinced my name will be taken off when someone realises the mistake.

Canada looks fantastic SD and in this weeks RCN bulletin there is an item on working in Canada, explaining how UK nurses are being fast tracked. I can't help thinking that there will be a stampead to other countries Canada, Australia and NZ by people who were considering the US and then the wait won't be so long for us intent on the US - or is that just wishful thinking?

Anyhoo - I have just finished packing my suitcase as I am off to on a weeks hols - somewhere a bit warmer than here I hope, but not really bothered if it wasn't as I will be content with not being in work.

Bye for now

[usawaits]

hi betty
its so nice to here all the positives.i cant wait to come over even though it seems that it would never come.pd mar2007.
you sound so happy im glad for you.all the best.

[Silverdragon102]

Well weather slowly turning and just had some bad new regarding our wood furnace well more to do with chimney and now looking at alternatives, money spending again have to get something sorted before the really cold weather turns in Jan.

Hunting has started and had a couple of hunters cross our land without asking permission, now have signs everywhere telling them to get lost. Must have seen a couple hundred geese fly over plus a couple of large flocks of ducks, never seen ducks gather in large flocks like this but fun watching them fly.

[Fonenurse]

I think this thread is a great idea. I try to keep up with everyone's journals but of late have been working so many extra hours due to the state of the department and short-staffing so have been AWOL a lot!

I am hoping to get to the USA again this year as I have been invited to participate in a conference in Anaheim CA in the summer of 2009. Hope that comes off - am really looking forward to it.

I've no plans to work in the USA - I love my UK job, but I'm definitely falling for the USA ...