rob5252

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1. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   rob5252 replied to cariad's topic in UK

   ps can't we be friends? - oh and 'good one' kay :)

2. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   rob5252 replied to cariad's topic in UK

   Hey OG the welsh - we are, as i speak with my charlotte church lilt, a lovely 'race' of people. i just don't choose to live there. it's too bloody cold and wet. and can be terribly unsophisticated :) - the village where i grew up has a pub and pos...

3. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   rob5252 replied to cariad's topic in UK

   well matey, your unsophisticated mouth proves my point exactly. cardiff born and bred here with a sense of humour to boot. sorry OG to disappoint you. and what's with that name? :)

4. US Embasssy immigration interviews

   rob5252 replied to novb33's topic in International

   Hi Suzanne I had chicken pox as a kid, and have some test results to suggest that i have immunity. however, recently i had a blood test which suggests that i don't have immunity anymore (??) - unsure why. what are the implications of this? i can't...

5. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   rob5252 replied to cariad's topic in UK

   are you kidding!? the thing to learn about the nhs is that they are so understaffed that if you have any vague nursing skills (bedbath; ability to wear a tunic; a pulse) they'll hire you!! my advice is to contact the charge nurses on your chosen un...

6. NGT placement

   rob5252 replied to SHALIMAR's topic in Emergency

   Hi. I work as an enteral feeding nurse specialist in the UK. It has recently become UK law that NGT placement can only be verified by either x-ray or pH testing. Because x-ray is obviously not possible each time to check the possition, we recommend...

7. CA RN NCLEX result?

   rob5252 replied to ZZTopRN's topic in California

   hello it can take a long time. i passed my nclex for california in april. eventhough i have a license in theory, in practice i don't. You need to verify your nclex result (along with your all other educational certificates and english language tes...

8. what kind of jobs does a RN do

   rob5252 replied to pritampaulsingh's topic in General Nursing

   wow, so that told me! when people say that americans have no sense of irony, i always leap to 'your' defence. after all, my other and better half purports to have been born and educated on your fair shores (though has lived here in the uk for ten y...

9. How long until burn out?

   rob5252 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   good for you and i hope that you do! i thought that nursing in the uk was bad, but the americans sound just as crazy if not worse. i wonder how much of this altruism is related to nurses frightened of what the others will think of them and how it w...

10. sorry...another stethoscope question

    rob5252 replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

    don't worry... i remember listening out for squeeks and hisses and just getting ear ache from the pressure exerted by the ear pieces themselves. then, out of the blue, eureka, i heard what i was supposed to! practice and practice. but do not desp...

11. How long until burn out?

    rob5252 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    i don't get up each morning to nurse the sick and needy out of the goodness of my own heart. mother theresa i am not. i get up, like everybody else, because i have bills to pay and a dog to feed. you guys make it sound like you are going for your ...

12. what kind of jobs does a RN do

    rob5252 replied to pritampaulsingh's topic in General Nursing

    is this a serious question? what do you think that nurses do? mop a fevered brow? wear a little white hat with a red cross and read bedtime stories waiting in vain for Dr Death to ask for your hand in marriage? you've been reading too many romance...

13. CA RN NCLEX result?

    rob5252 replied to ZZTopRN's topic in California

    This doesn't work for those abroad - I am still not on the California website despite passing the NCLEX in March '05. To be a registered, licensed nurse you need a social security number. And the snail pace at which your beaurocratic backward count...

14. Funny Names for Nurses

    rob5252 replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

    working in london, most hospitals are staffed by a very diverse multi-ethnic mix of nurses from far-off lands. unfortunately (for them) nurses' names can cause amusement for hospital staff. i remember once working with a nurse called candida and on ...

15. Took Nclex Today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    rob5252 replied to nivek21's topic in NCLEX

    i took my exam here in london yesterday (monday 4th april) - for california state board of nursing - apparently pearson vue say that Ca do not participate in the quick results scheme so i may have to wait forever!!! like you, the questions became har...