Neo.Nurse

Neo.Nurse has 1 years experience and specializes in Neonates - level 2.

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1. How much is your pay?

   Neo.Nurse replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   In the UK all new grad nurses (like me) get just over £10 an hour - round about $20 - although there's a higher rate payable for London nurses because of the higher cost of living. We all start with 28 days paid holiday plus 8 days public holidays. A...

2. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   Neo.Nurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, I've just remembered one of the patients I met 3 years ago on my first ever placement (on an elective orthopaedic ward). I admitted a very pleasant, fully mobile and self-caring woman in her early forties who strode onto the ward for a small oper...

3. making up hours- you may be interested

   Neo.Nurse replied to english_nurse's topic in UK

   Hi everyone, I emailed Andy Worden at Staffs Uni and asked about a course that would enable me to gain paeds, mental health and obs/gyn eperience and he replied as follows (he gave me permission to quote him): "Yes, I've seen the same message on the...

4. Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

   Neo.Nurse replied to Imafloat's topic in New Nurse

   This article is exactly what I needed. I graduated in Dec '07 and somehow managed to impress an interview panel enough to offer me my first job - in a NICU. It's what I've wanted for so long but I've never felt so small and frightened in my life. ...