lukatrn

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1. Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

   lukatrn replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

   My manager routinely sends out reminder emails that we are to come to work while sick unless we have actively vomited or have a fever within hours of a shift. I had a fever one time and I called in. I got called by my charge nurse and PCC multiple ti...

2. RN with 2 yrs experience

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in Job Hunt

   My NICU is in a regional children's hospital, but basically any neonate in a 150 mile radius needing surgery comes to my hospital. We have two level 3 NICUs in town (one preforming surgeries--only exlaps for NEC and g-tube insertions) and the rest a...

3. RN with 2 yrs experience

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks, that's very helpful! Do you think I should leave in that I deal with surgical patients because only two of the six NICUs in town have surgical patients so I feel like that might be a good thing to include, or should I just include that in my...

4. RN with 2 yrs experience

   lukatrn posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hello all, I've been in working in a level 4 NICU in a children's hospital for 2 years now and I'm trying to update my resume work experience, but I feel like I'm either writing a novel or not including enough information. I just don't know what's ...

5. US RN wanting to do children's nursing in UK

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in International

   I'm a US nurse with a bachelor's degree in nursing. I'm interested in relocating to the UK, but in order to do so I would need some kind of visa as I am American and have lived in the US my entire life. According to the NMC, because I only have a ...

6. US RN wanting to do children's nursing in UK

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in International

   Yes, I currently work in a NICU and so ideally that's what I'd like to continue doing.

7. US RN wanting to do children's nursing in UK

   lukatrn posted a topic in International

   Hello, I've been looking over the registry requirements for children's nursing and it appears that because I have a general nursing degree (as that's all we have here in the US) I can't sit for the children's nursing exam? Does this mean that I'd h...

8. Immigrating from US to UK

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in Immigration

   I didn't even think about the drug differences and I really should have! I recently visited the UK and had a bit of a shock when I tried to find my usual anti motion sickness medicine and discovered it wasn't available in the UK, and the medicine th...

9. Immigrating from US to UK

   lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in Immigration

   That's very helpful to know! I wasn't sure if NICU would be pediatric or not. Mine is in a children's hospital, but a lot of NICUs are located in "women's hospitals" here. I know there will be quite a few differences, and I'll try to do my best to ...

10. Immigrating from US to UK

    lukatrn posted a topic in Immigration

    I've been a RN for about a year now, I've been working in a level 3 NICU the entire time. I absolutely adore my job, and I love my little patients. In spite of this, I am interested in leaving the US for the UK in the next one to three years. I wa...

11. U of Memphis application

    lukatrn replied to lukatrn's topic in Tennessee

    Thanks! And it's really kind of surreal to have the pre-reqs and TEAS finished because it took so long to get here! I'm kind of leaning more towards fall for financial reasons, but I am going to apply for spring (just to see if I can get accepted &g...

12. U of Memphis application

    lukatrn posted a topic in Tennessee

    I just finished all my pre-reqs and took TEAS V and I'm starting to get concerned that I may not have a high enough gpa and TEAS score. I have an overall 3.1 or 3.2 (I'm waiting for my last transcript to arrive) and a 3.68 in my pre-req math and sci...