suzanne7575

suzanne7575 specializes in ICU, Haemodialysis, acute medicine and s.

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1. student midwife to be...

   suzanne7575 replied to english_nurse's topic in International

   congratulations EN great news

2. footwear -- what's the exact requirement?

   suzanne7575 replied to 4fifteen's topic in International

   our shoes have to be either white, black or blue, closed toe, low heel etc. we are allowed to wear trainers also. I don't think we are supposed to but a lot still wear crocs (me included) but eventually they will ban them properly.

3. Elderly Care ward...

   suzanne7575 replied to xAmyRose's topic in International

   I work in a community hospital which I would say was primarily elderly patients, our hospital is slightly different in that we do not generally have such acute patients as we are stuck out in a rural village with no medical cover out of hours, howeve...

4. interview next week!!!!-help needed

   suzanne7575 posted a topic in International

   I have an interview next week for a band 6 post in general surgery. Ive been reading the info on here and have a good idea what to read up on, however i also have a presentation to do on 'how do we know we are delivering a high standard of care to ou...

5. National Nurse Uniform

   suzanne7575 replied to Texas Tornado's topic in International

   scotland are also getting a national uniform http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/uniform it has started to get rolled out and so far our SCN and CN have theirs. They are quite nice and certainly are comfy and cool. although a little...

6. Looking for RN job options in England

   suzanne7575 replied to skoorb112's topic in International

   if you read the news you will see that the NHS is actually cuting nursing jobs so there will be less job vacancies rather than more, in my health board alone it has been announced there will be approx 500 jobs lost, most of which will be nursing. The...

7. Question About The Term "Sister"

   suzanne7575 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in International

   in my health board no-one is called sister anymore. The band 7 are called senior charge nurse, and the band 6 are charge nurses and registered nurses are staff nurses. My SCN hates being called 'sister'. In fact for the most part everyone is on first...

8. is it worth still bothering

   suzanne7575 posted a topic in International

   as you may remeber i was started on the process of moving to the states but then came the massive stumbling block of not being able to get my transcripts from my uni or anywhere, so i had kind of come to the conclusion it wasn't happening. Now all of...

9. question about registration

   suzanne7575 posted a topic in International

   I've been looking into emigating to canada (us now off)and understand the basic steps needed to take. I am going to apply for the registration (with BC) and was just wondering if i get approved to take the exam/get a temp license how long will that a...

10. what to do if no transcripts available

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International

    thanks everyone At the moment because my agency uses New Mexico for licensure they are saying that they need a full set of transcripts and nothing else will do, however if i cannot get them and my agency decide they cannot help me, then it looks like...

11. what to do if no transcripts available

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International

    I am waiting for the NMC (UK BON) to see if they have a copy of the transcripts, but they don't always seem to have everyone's and i'm not sure what to do if they don't. I don't have any transcripts myself as we were never given any, all we got was o...

12. what to do if no transcripts available

    suzanne7575 posted a topic in International

    I have posted about this on the UK forum but tought i would ask here too. Basically I have been trying for 6 months to get my transcripts from my nursing course from which i qualified from in 1997. It appears my uni has misplaced them or destroyed t...

13. Please Help - regarding getting transcripts

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International

    what is this letter you are referring to AZhopeful? At the moment i have just requested my transcripts or any records they have relating to the hours i did in the various areas. If there are no transcripts should i be asking for some sort of letter t...

14. re:fingerprinting and notary

    suzanne7575 replied to michaRN's topic in International

    i have had some good news, i can get my fingerprints done in Edinburgh at the police headquaters and it will cost me £30 for 2 sets. They didn't even question it like all the other police stations I have contacted.

15. Please Help - regarding getting transcripts

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International

    well i have contacted the NMC this morning and spoke to the lady responsible for doing transcripts. I have to put my requestin writing and she will send any information she has to me, if they have any. I am presuming that they should have something a...