vandiola

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1. Culture of blame in the UK

   vandiola replied to babyNP.'s topic in UK

   No nurse in the UK would give a non prescribed medication. He had a lot of heart problems and took the medication regularly. Many think the mother gave it to him, which is why it wasnt discussed in the courts

2. Culture of blame in the UK

   vandiola replied to babyNP.'s topic in UK

   I live in Leicester and have worked at this hospital through my agency. Firstly to note, this doctor was the only registrar covering 6 different areas with a consultant who was off site. The patient had been noted for previous deterioration and was r...

3. Nottingham university hospital

   vandiola replied to WanderGirl's topic in UK

   There's definitely a Filipino community in Notts! I was commuting in from Leicester for my shifts which wasn't a big problem, but Leicester hospitals aren't that different to Notts, so I just transferred out of convenience

4. Nottingham university hospital

   vandiola replied to WanderGirl's topic in UK

   I used to bank at NUH, but mostly in QMC so can't say much about City Hospital. It's a nice trust, very big with pretty much all the specialties. It has the regional trauma centre, so if thats your thing then you'll enjoy being at Notts. Lots of oppo...

5. HELP!!! Non clinical jobs UK

   vandiola replied to Cinders88's topic in UK

   The nurses that I know who have become reps, usually just looked up rep companies and checked out if they have vacancies. Why not consider a 9 - 5 nursing job, like a GP or community or outpatients. Much less burnout but still very patient orientated...

6. Elective in the US

   vandiola posted a topic in International

   Hello, I'm going into my final year of nursing in the UK and we are allowed to do a 4 week elective which can be national or international. I really want to do my elective in the US but a lot of the places I have contacted won't provide short placeme...

7. Advanced Critical Care Practitioner interview

   vandiola replied to sthomas80's topic in UK

   Do you not need to go through the ANP masters degree before applying for ANP posts, and would it not help transitioning from a band 7 NP role to a band 8 ANP role, unless the ANP role is band 7?

8. NHS bristol hospitals

   vandiola replied to francescaf88's topic in UK

   I did some agency shifts at Southmead a few months ago on mostly medical wards and I found them to be really pleasant. Nurses and doctors were nice, lots of students, management a bit haphazard but not dissimilar to many places I've worked at. Very r...

9. Are UK nurses underpaid and overworked?

   vandiola replied to Unreliable's topic in UK

   They've removed the bursary so students will have to take out loans of up to £50,000 to get paid £18,000 after tax, so I don't think the future looks excellent for the NHS

10. Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    vandiola replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I wish I was a doctor. I'm a nurse in the UK and we don't have anywhere near the same level of pay, career advancement or responsibility that our US counterparts seem to have. Doctor's do work long hours here in the NHS, but probably nowher...

11. What do you think will be the impact of bursary removal

    vandiola replied to vandiola's topic in UK

    Don't worry Phil, I'm sure the introduction of nursing associates will fix everything!

12. What do you think will be the impact of bursary removal

    vandiola posted a topic in UK

    The title is really self explanatory. I was a mature student when I started nursing (at age 22) and one of the main reasons I did nursing was because I knew I would leave uni without debt and I very proudly have no debt to my name - university wise. ...

13. Usual cases in the AMU?

    vandiola replied to rjkirk's topic in UK

    It's like A&E, but with less staff and more documentation.

14. Working in the UK as an OFW

    vandiola replied to mcurie's topic in UK

    I totally understand. If my circumstances were different I would have stayed in London. Best of luck in your career.

15. Working in the UK as an OFW

    vandiola replied to mcurie's topic in UK

    Lincolnshire is in the Midlands, so it's a reasonably affordable place to live. I assume you'll be working at Grantham hospital? I've not worked there myself but did meet a Filipino nurse in London who worked there originally who said it was a nice p...