suzanne62

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1. What type of Automobiles do you drive as a nurse.

   suzanne62 replied to malenursetobe@21's topic in Men

   Just to chill down A bit I drive A Pink Mercedes A160 that I call my Barbie car.:sofahider

2. What's the weirdest baby name?

   suzanne62 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   How about names that when put with second names are awful. My mam when she worked in a maternity unit had an Annette Curtain. Any other good ones out there.

3. pension in new zealand

   suzanne62 replied to ewol's topic in International

   Hi I worked in the UK for 20 years before coming here so I have a superan pension over there I am not sure what to do. Its true you can bring them over here but there pension scheme is not like ours even if you pay into a pension they give them to y...

4. Moving to New Zealand

   suzanne62 replied to Susan 1's topic in Australia

   HI Fran we moved to New zealand 2 1/2 years ago we love it. I went through an agency who were great but they charge the hospital 10% of your first years salary so going it on your own I think they will be more likely to give you a relocation fee. You...

5. For those who use Pentax Scopes

   suzanne62 replied to JEEMA's topic in Gastroenterology

   Thats correct, we use pentax and they don't have to be white balanced like the olympus. You do it once and then thats it unless you have a problem with the colour or you use another light source. Also if you get a loan scope you need to white balance...

6. Colonoscopy prep

   suzanne62 posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   I was wanting to know what prep people use for colonoscopy. We use picoprep 2 pkts one at 8am and one at 7pm. we still tend to get a lot of liquid faeces especially on the afternoon cases. I also think its cruel to give some one bowel prep at such a ...

7. UK nurse trying to get to NZ - help !

   suzanne62 replied to traceyharrison's topic in International

   Hi Tracy I came over to New Zealand Two years ago and have hospital based training, I think this is accepted the same as degree or diploma. Another way to get help if you are defininetly coming is to get in touch with a nurse agency to get you a job,...

8. I want to register to NZ, I have some questions

   suzanne62 replied to All4jss's topic in International

   I applied for registration in nz no bother I sent for the documents, then I all I had to do was send them confirmation of my registration from my school of nursing and get some one who I worked with to send verification on the form supplied by them.

9. Nurses advancing endoscopes

   suzanne62 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   We used to advance scopes alll the time for our docs as like some one said the procedure does go quicker and most nurses have seen enough scopes to know you don't push if you can't see a lumen. BUT after attending study days were they clearly stated ...

10. Any New Zealand nurses from the US?

    suzanne62 replied to nikonos's topic in International

    I trained under the hopital based training system in the UK and don't have any diplomas or degrees and I am working as an RN in NZ

11. Protocols for discharging patients who have sedation

    suzanne62 replied to chrisf1969's topic in Gastroenterology

    I worked in endoscopy in the uk and most of what you have said applied. If they had no one to stay with them they were kept in over night or cancelled. I now work in New Zealand and they don't seem to worry about that here as long as you have some on...

12. Moving to New Zealand

    suzanne62 replied to Susan 1's topic in Australia

    Hi clean Queen its a pity you didn't get my message before you went on holiday as you could of visited us. You said you work in infection control I don't think their would be any jobs in Whangarei in that field, but if you are willing to be flexible ...

13. Moving to New Zealand

    suzanne62 replied to Susan 1's topic in Australia

    Hi We have been living in New Zealand since Sept 2002. I went through an agency which was very helpful, I can't remember the name of it but their are plenty. We went straight for residency as the goal posts change a bit and you never know if when yo...