irishicugal

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

Latest Activity

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 lol

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

   irishicugal replied to nikkole318's topic in Relations

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

3. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International

   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 open certain hours and result in very few admissions ...

4. Tattoos?

   irishicugal replied to heronurse's topic in 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 to live in a country where it doesn't matter what ...

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!! Doh!!

6. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International

   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, particularly with HSE, you need to be here in person if...

7. Working in Ireland without agency

   irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International

   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 lot easier!

8. Ireland application pack please!

   irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Registration

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

9. Code Question?!?!

   irishicugal replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

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

10. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Registration

    I found this too... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/registration-nurses-nursing-board-ireland-aba-nmbi-nicolau-costa

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 love ICU, and feel I've found my niche. However, re...

12. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in 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 a PIN number. Have you contacted **********? They ...

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 me...

14. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Registration

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

15. St. Vincent's hospital dublin

    irishicugal replied to chernt88's topic in International

    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 be registered as a nurse first! HTH [emoji3]