Thanks silverdragon102 - do you think it would be easier to join a nursing agency as opposed to looking for a permanent full time job? I'm soon to be dual Adult and Paed trained (although I know it is a general qualification in US) but should cover e...
Oh Lovely thanks XB9S - there's a lot of information there... I will begin to sift through it when I don't have my nights shift head on I'm a bit shocked as to how difficult it seems to be for a UK nurse...
Hi Everyone, I'm looking to move to and work in New York from July 2013 most likely. I currently work in London and have 6 years post qualifying experience - mainly in cardiothoracic critical care and most recently in peadiatric cardiac critical care...
anurseuk replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Relations
As an ICU who has worked in a few different hospitals.... Why are the ward nurses always so rude to us when we transfer our patients to you? If you feel intimidated by us then I am sorry but this does not correlate to us thinking that we are better t...
No definitely do not mention that you are looking for lower stress... You'll learn that everyone believes that their environment is one of high stress (although not true) if I were you I would say that you enjoy the ER environment but feel ready for ...
anurseuk replied to Sun*shine's topic in International
Hi, I am a trained adut nurse and currently work as a band 6 in a peadiatric cardiac critical care... I think it depends on the hospital and previous experience. I would reccommend getting some experience in your adult field and then you will be able...
It sounds like the patient needed possibly more suctioning. Suctioning alone will not cause hypoxia... unless I suppose you're a little to vigous and rupture something while your down there? And when a patient is drowning in their own secretions ther...
The only time I've heard of a member of staff contracting MRSA from a patient was when he had an open wound on his hand. If you're healthy, no open wounds then the chances of you contracting MRSA are very slim. Bare in mind that some healthy people c...
Side effects .....tachycardia, vasodilatation, chest pain, palpitations. Did a quick search in BNF.org and couldn't see any post cath (or even cardiac) indications? hummmm