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Hi all:

i am an American married to an Irishman. We are thinking if moving our family to Ireland. I am a RN with a bsn and am Wound Ostomy and Continence (CWOCN) certified. I have five years experience. I would be very thankful if anyone could answer some questions for me...does ireland have wound ostomy nurse specialists? Am I kidding myself thinking I can get any nursing job??? I see a lot of nursing home jobs posted...are they horrible? What is home nursing like there?? We would like to move to sligo...I know I have to petition to the board. Thank you to anyone who can give me any information!

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I am unsure where Silgo is ? Ireland is split up kinda ? Northern Ireland is part of the UK and you would need to apply for your nurse licence with them . Am sorry I don't know who you would need to apply for Ireland that is not part of the UK ?

In regards to your other question .. There appears to be plenty jobs in nursing homes , it's not very clinical and you have a lot of clients /patients. I know I could walk into a nursing home job tomorrow but I like the clinical and acute side of nursing, I hope that helps. Your speciality I have not heard of but am still relatively newly qualified . Good luck

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Ps .. I mean to apply to NMC and also just to add there are stoma nurses here , usually a band 7

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Hi :)

I am unsure where Silgo is ? Ireland is split up kinda ? Northern Ireland is part of the UK and you would need to apply for your nurse licence with them . Am sorry I don't know who you would need to apply for Ireland that is not part of the UK ?

In regards to your other question .. There appears to be plenty jobs in nursing homes , it's not very clinical and you have a lot of clients /patients. I know I could walk into a nursing home job tomorrow but I like the clinical and acute side of nursing, I hope that helps. Your speciality I have not heard of but am still relatively newly qualified . Good luck

Sligo is Ireland so different board of nursing to NMC. Jobs I think are not good for Ireland but only real way to find out is register with the board of nursing and then look for work. http://www.nursingboard.ie/en/homepage.aspx

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Thank you for the info - we are still in the beginning stages of discussion of moving etc - just trying to get an idea of what nursing is like there

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First of all congratulations on marrying an Irishman.

Second of all I've heard the Irish nursing market is in a bad way right now, but you have experience in a specialty surely that gives you some sort of a chance.

All the best! It's such a beautiful country!

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Lol - we have been married ten ears - the novelty has worn off ;) thanks for the reply!

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good luck! Ireland is a beautiful country.

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