irishicugal

irishicugal has 16 years experience and specializes in ICU, Med-Surg, Float.

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1. It Ain't Like The Movies!

   irishicugal replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

   We have a company here called happythreads and they actually advertise the scrubs as "as seen on tv" you can pick the scrubs from greys anatomy or from nurse Jackie

2. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

   irishicugal replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic... At least I hope

3. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

   Hey there! So many pros/cons with both systems, I'll tell you what I know of either... Private healthcare is the closest to the American system. They are starting to develop ED's but they are only...

4. Tattoos?

   irishicugal replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   THIS!! Also, they quoted bloody Leviticus lol, we can't wear mixed fabrics either, bear that in mind next time you want cotton blend scrubs [emoji23] Proud owner of 16 tattoos and counting, I'm lucky...

5. A Headache is not an emergency

   irishicugal replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

   Lol, I thought you got the sarcasm, and were responding with sarcasm too!!

6. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

   I'm from Ireland and trained here so I didn't use one [emoji3] you should be fine and because you trained in the EU then getting registered should be easy enough. In terms of finding employment,...

7. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

   Where are you based? You can apply directly to HSE at publicjobs.ie but you need your registration with NMBI first. Is there a reason you don't want to use an agency? They would make your journey a...

8. Ireland application pack please!

   irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

   Registered General Nurse... We have 5 divisions on the nurse scale, General, Children's, Mental Health, Intellectual Disabilities and

9. Code Question?!?!

   irishicugal replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

   You can't get any deader than dead... Push it all in,

10. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    I found this too...

11. Going to ICU after working ER

    irishicugal replied to nursingnugent's topic in General Nursing

    I worked ED for several years before transferring to ICU, as did several of my colleagues. ICU is like the Resus bay of ED, only a lot more organised lol (think organised chaos rather than chaos). I...

12. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Sorry about that! I suggest you give the NMBI a ring, I don't think it entails that much, particularly if you are US trained. They may want you to do an unpaid 6 week adaptation course before issuing...

13. Heat stroke & DIC????

    irishicugal replied to angle71054's topic in Emergency

    What's DIC? Sorry, not a US nurse, sometimes your abbreviations and acronyms baffle

14. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Did you train outside the EU? If so, this is the link you need... NMBI - Trained outside Ireland Group 3:

15. St. Vincent's hospital dublin

    irishicugal replied to chernt88's topic in International Nursing

    Before you can apply for a visa you need to get Irish nurse registration - NMBI.ie. I would advise you to find an agency who will both process your visa and help you find a job, but you will need to...