Chiffon

Chiffon has 5 years experience.

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1. UK Nursing Reference books?

   Chiffon replied to Chiffon's topic in UK

   BOOM! Bought 5 pounds ( inc shipping ) used copy from Amazon! Thanks a bunch for this suggestion! I missed out on a used royal marsden paperback (older edition) they sold on our library for just 50 pence the other night.

2. UK Nursing Reference books?

   Chiffon replied to Chiffon's topic in UK

   Well, I've given them a heads-up not to expect too much even though I did years of nursing back home as I've already been struggling to keep up with them, good thing is that my colleagues are all very supportive and they're not really rushing me into...

3. UK Nursing Reference books?

   Chiffon posted a topic in UK

   Hi, so I haven't posted for ages (I've started doing 14hr shifts now)...again and I've managed to slug it out with the NMC's overseas nursing exam in an intense do-or-die battle and I'm now a newly qualified band 5. Thing is, much of my nursing from ...

4. Lost NMC requirement

   Chiffon replied to Chiffon's topic in Registration

   Yes, sorry for the late post, it's been a very busy 2 months adjusting, working and prepping for the osce. This was the reply to my query "In response to your query, we require to see the original NBI which was uploaded and accepted by the assessment...

5. NMC Test Online

   Chiffon replied to alfredpower's topic in Registration

   Hi, do I need to present a copy of my converted TOR for the osce? I recall my school sending over the originals to the NMc for the registration so I don't have a copy of that anymore. (PH nurse if this info helps thanks!)

6. Lost NMC requirement

   Chiffon posted a topic in Registration

   Hi, last I posted was that I was asking about how nursing was in the UK. That was 2015. Apparently, I gave up on the offer and stayed off it for awhile since my old man didn't really have anyone to stay with him if I went ahead and took it. Fast for...

7. A Nurse's Hands

   Chiffon replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   6 years into working as a nurse in the emergency and I'm now at the point where I started questioning whether there's a point at all in everything I do at work. It's safe to say, I may have been disillusioned by my calling. This article made me look...

8. Student Nurse with a poop problem

   Chiffon replied to Grrrse's topic in Men

   I'm not sure on the country your practicing on, but are adult diapers not allowed by the institution? (provided the client is geriatric). I work at the ED and we get these types from time to time. I ask the client AND the relatives if they would be w...

9. About working in the UK

   Chiffon posted a topic in UK

   Hi! I've been registered here in Allnurses since 2008 and I believe this will be my first real post here. I've been working for 5 years now as nurse in the Emergency Department. I've somehow nailed a job offer bound for the UK last week, about 40% of...

10. Nuclear related nursing?

    Chiffon replied to Chiffon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not so sure what I'm getting at here as well hahaha! it's just that my dad keeps on insisting I study something in relation to radioactivity if possible. That link's definitely going into a book mark. I'll have to scour some more info once I get ...

11. Nuclear related nursing?

    Chiffon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm still down on my luck to having my first job as a nurse, things are still pretty tight here in my country and things are about to go from bad to worse since another huge batch of nurses took the local board last november. My dad suggested ...

12. End of the Nursing Shortage

    Chiffon replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    Here in the Philippines. You'd be extremely lucky to get hired in a hospital within the year your applied =/ I've been having the same problem with hiring. Thing is I don't really want to work abroad, I want to get in the hospital, work and then en...

13. Hints for Interview Success?

    Chiffon replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm fresh off nursing school, also just passed the local board this June, I'm being offered a job as a company nurse somewhere...well nothing's for certain whether I'd get hired or not but when I think about interviews, I tried thinking of what the e...