swedishnurse

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1. Salary in the US vs salary in Sweden

   swedishnurse replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your replies, I do understand that the salary varies a lot in your country, In Sweden it´s almost the same everywhere. And the government does take good care of us, so far. But this is slowly changing since we got a new government 1 1/2...

2. Salary in the US vs salary in Sweden

   swedishnurse replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

   This is before taxes, and that´s 27%. How much tax do you have?

3. Salary in the US vs salary in Sweden

   swedishnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I am curius. I´m a nurse in Sweden, been working for one year. My salary is around $35.000/year. Nurses in Sweden who has been working for 30 years make around $43.000/year. That´s pretty bad, I think. So I´m wondering, how much is your salary i...

4. Do you have this in the US?

   swedishnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I´m a nurse in Sweden (small country in Scandinavia for those who dont know :))and I work in an emergency care ward. I was wondering if you have that in the US too? Its a ward were the patients stay for a maximum of 3 days and we get patients fro...

5. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

   swedishnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   This week a man was admitted to the ward where I work with waterintoxication. When I heard of this I was like what? Apparently he suffered from some kind of psychiatric disorder and he wouldn´t stop drinking water. His electrolytes were waay low.. Ev...

6. 7 weeks off orientation: First death. (Need support..)

   swedishnurse posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi! I´m just 7 weeks off orientation and I really like my job. Most of the time I feel I´m doing ok, eventhough I´m still anxious about going to work every day. So last night it happened, one of my patients died! I admitted her from the ER at around ...

7. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

   swedishnurse replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Relations

   I haven´t been a nurse for very long but I have had two nice thank you´s. I´m working in an emergency care ward and a woman was admitted with multiple rib fractures and a pelvic fracture, claiming she fell down the stairs. Her 10 year old daughter wa...