were do you live?

[bettyboop]

Hello out there

were do you live? thought it would be nice to see were and what everyone was doing etc.

Just plane nosey i suppose:idea:

Heres a few of my details I am a RN qualified in 1997, working and living in the north of england. Have worked in many areas including acute medical, ortho, ICU/HDU now work on a ENT unit. Work perminant nights now, because it gives me more tome at home also i love night working:p i know a lot of nurses find this strange but it suits me.

I am married with two children who, despite their age still dive me mad at times.

Just started along the long path of going to the US, just started sudying for NCLEX:eek: Filling in the endless forms (feels like work).

Go on let everyone know some info about yourselves, i'm sure i am not the only one who is curious.

[Mira]

Hi,I qualified `94.done endosocpy,theatre,and now NICU.I`m in London,married,my babies are all in NICU.:) :)

[homesick honey]

Hi All. well i am down in the South just outside London in beautiful Berkshire.

I am originally from Ireland and came over to train in 1987 and never left.

i am qualified RGM and Midwife but for the last year have been working in Health Informatic with the occassional day in labour ward.

i am happily married (the reason i did not return to Ireland) and have 2 cats and a dog (unfortunately no children).

enjoy this website and hope we can increase the UK membership.:)

[britmess]

To those of studying for NCLEX - don't worry. Been there and done that. If you trained in UK. you are more than ready.

[bettyboop]

To britmess,

How long since you took the NCLEX, I do a lot of studying especially Kaplan books they give an awful lot of exam strategys which most are good. How is or did everyone study and how many times did it take you to pass?

Nice to hear how and what everyone is doing out there in nurse cyber land. Keep in touch everyone.

Bettyboop

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Im an Oldie but a goodie

ER RN Plano Texas, just north of Dallas.

Surronded by Republicans.

May the Democrats rise again

[mageean]

I trained as an RMN and EN(g) in N.Ireland qualified in 81. (I am sooooo old!)

I came to England, (Canterbury) in 83 and have spent all the intervening years in Mental Health Services for Older People. I am currently the Service manager covering East Kent.

Living here gives me the opportunity for quick, cheap trips to France for duty-frees all of which helps to reduce stress levels!!

[medic98]

Hi I live in good old New Zealand... what a place to live...

Hey we are always looking for top line nurses here... if you have ever thought of moving to NZ to work, let me know. Have all the contacts to make it happen. Cool place to live.

Qualified in 96, and have done a bit of everything since.

[catz]

i am northern irish born n bred. trained in england, work in england now. will eventually get my nclex (but oh the paperwork n red tape) and move to the states.

qualified in 2001 as rn child and worked in daycare unit and as agenct nurse on various other wards.

[EvilJen]

Im 19 from Bucks and still training. I will hope fully qualify in 2006 which seems ages away unless I get chucked off the course before.

[celticqueen]

Hi i am due to qualify in Feb '06 (not long to go :uhoh21: ). Before i started my training I was a care assistant for 10 years. After leaving school at 16 i got a job in a nursing home; after that i worked at chelsea & westminster hospital on the childrens ward, and then to a community hospital. Nursing is all i ever wanted to do, but it's taken me ages to get here (hopefully i won't get kicked off the course :rotfl: )

Emma

[AllenJ]

Hello all,

I'm based in London, i qualified as an RN in 1998, prior to that i did Maths in University, so i did the accelerated RN course. I worked in PACU straight afterwards and did both the Recovery and Anaesthetic ENB courses.

I left full time Nursing in 2000 to go into IT and I currently work as both an IT consultant in the city and a part time twilight PACU nurse. Oh.. i'm loving it too.:)

Forgot to say i'm 33 going on 34, feel free to call me old. LOL

[chrisrob]

whoops seems like i'm really old qualified in 1979, did lots of things mainly ended up acute medicine then cardiology, live just outside glasgow now i'm an occ health nurse work in a shipyard. Would never go back to the NHS. Have two girls 18 and 24 years both sorting out their own careers, love hill walking and at the moment sleping cause i'm so tired............