hanna-beacon

hanna-beacon specializes in medical/surgical.

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1. Back to School!

   hanna-beacon replied to hanna-beacon's topic in International

   thanks peeps i broke the news to my ward manager yesterday and she is hoping to keep me on the books so that i can do the odd shift here and there which will be great! i've to go shopping next week for books and pens and stuff... oh and i'll have ...

2. Back to School!

   hanna-beacon posted a topic in International

   I had an interview today to do my midwifery training and they accepted me SO I start in September! The only down side is that I'll have to leave my current job which I really enjoy

3. nursing in England

   hanna-beacon replied to nataly3's topic in UK

   39 hour week at the minute! We were fighting for a 35 hour week but have settled for 37.5... for now Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is a little over 30,000 Euro, so about £20,000 sterling. Conditions aren't too bad either depending on whe...

4. nursing in England

   hanna-beacon replied to nataly3's topic in UK

   Plenty of jobs here in Ireland! I think the pay scales are slightly better than the UK and we're getting the 37.5 hour working week soon too!

5. Daft things you've done after night shift

   hanna-beacon replied to cheshirecat's topic in International

   I brought the MDA keys home after a night shift a couple of weeks ago, and I live about 35 miles from work I'm not even working night shift this week but I turned up at work today and had completely forgotten my uniform! I felt like a school chil...

6. Need Irish registration QUICK!!!!

   hanna-beacon replied to pinkliz's topic in International

   Yes An Bord Altranias are very good, its the NMC that slows things down! It took weeks for the NMC to send my verification to An Bord Altranais but once they had it I had been given my pin number within a week. Did you both get job offers for the Be...

7. Dublin anyone??

   hanna-beacon replied to hanna-beacon's topic in International

   We have a lot of international nurses working here, I'm not sure if the hospital sponsors them or not. The best thing to do would be to get in contact with the human resources dept here and ask them

8. Dublin anyone??

   hanna-beacon posted a topic in International

   I work in a brand new private hospital in Dublin who are currently recruiting nurses in all areas, from ICU, CCU, Theatre, Recovery, Ward managers.... the list goes on! Its a fantastic hospital and would be a great opportunity for anyone who has cons...

9. Las Vegas

   hanna-beacon replied to hanna-beacon's topic in Nevada

   No kids yet so I guess the schooling system isn't going to put us off coming! Sistermike, which hospital do you work in there? I've been reading in other threads that working coonditions aren't that great? Also what are shift patterns like there? ...

10. Nursing Shortage Where YOU work?

    hanna-beacon replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Definate shortage here in Dublin! Alot of Irish trained nurses travel to Australia as soon as they qualify

11. Do you love your managers?

    hanna-beacon replied to NoeIssa's topic in Relations

    My manager is just brilliant! She's very fair and approachable. She's driven by her staff and patient care and not by budgets and targets. Our ward is very well run and we have great communication with her and each other. She is also a very good j...

12. violence in the work place

    hanna-beacon replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    We did a 'violence in the workplace' training session during orientation, went on a bit about personal space and making sure that you are in a public area of the ward should you encounter an aggressive patient/relative etc... I personally feel quite ...

13. "Bread & Butter" ?

    hanna-beacon replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in CRNA

    Ooh you learn something new everyday :)

14. Dream job: Where and Why?

    hanna-beacon replied to cwinlv's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to be a community nurse, somewhere warm, and preferably near a beach. I'd travel from patient to patient in a soft top, something cheeky like a new VW Beetle, and my patients would offer me iced lemonade and coconut macaroons! In between pa...

15. What is in your lunch box?

    hanna-beacon replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I have yoghurt with added fibre and chop up a banana in it! When I'm working nights I find I could eat literally non stop all night, so I chop up apples, melon, strawberries, kiwi, mango, banana and pineapple and pick away at it all night! Yummy