BetterBursary

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1. Do you work at Vancouver General Hospital?

   BetterBursary posted a topic in International

   Hello all, I've posted up on here a few times and once again I am calling on your help. I'm a student nurse studying at Liverpool John Moores University in England, UK. I'm wanting to spend my elective placement over in Vancouver namely on a surgical...

2. UK Student planning a placment in Vancouver - HELP PLZ

   BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in International

   Oh right! My bad for assuming you had the same system as the US. So is it funded by taxes? We all pay a tax here straight from our wages called National Insurance (NI). I was hoping to do my dissetation on that kinda area - the social/cultural influ...

3. UK Student planning a placment in Vancouver - HELP PLZ

   BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in International

   Hey, I'm not entirely sure how your health system runs over there, but by private I mean ones that provide stuff you have to pay for (insurance etc) and state by those who provide free care paid for by the state. It's very different from here where e...

4. UK Student planning a placment in Vancouver - HELP PLZ

   BetterBursary posted a topic in International

   Hello all, I'm a 3rd year nursing student at Liverpool John Moores university in England. I'm planning to have a 6-8 week hospital placement over in Vancouver BC next march-july. I'm looking for information on: - the local hospitals both state and pr...

5. Websites...

   BetterBursary replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in General Nursing

   hey, if there are any british students out there then check out this website, the name speaks for it's self: iink removed as no longer viable yes, allnures does have its list of top nursing sites, here's a link: https://allnurses.com/topsites/topsi...

6. Websites...

   BetterBursary replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in General Students

   hey, if there are any british students out there then check out this website, the name speaks for it's self: iink removed as no longer viable yes, allnures does have its list of top nursing sites, here's a link: https://allnurses.com/topsites/topsi...

7. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   BetterBursary replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Hello all! So many of us! Well, my name is Katie, I'm 19 and from sunny England! Just in my second year @ university doing a BA (bachelor of arts) honours degree up in Liverpool. I'm due to qualify in Jan 2005, after starting in Sept 2001. I'm in a l...

8. US Student's incomings > what u get?

   BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in General Students

   Hey, Thanks for the info. Big difference in funding, probably cos there's a big difference in our health systems! Good luck! :)

9. Canadian nursing

   BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in Canada

   $1.29 is just over 50p which is about right for england, well that's if you're buying it in a shop, otherwise it's about 39p. Thanks for all your comments, I'll let you know how the future goes and maybe see u in Canada! :)

10. Any UK Nurses?

    BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in General Students

    Well, nice to meet u few fellow UK ppl... :) You like my name, then go to my website (see signature) and join the campaign! Cheers,

11. US Student's incomings > what u get?

    BetterBursary posted a topic in General Students

    Hiya :roll Well as a UK student I'm curious. US RN's are meant to earn more than us UK RN's, so I wondered what you guys got whilst you train? The funding system is all over the shop in the UK, u get various amounts depending on a) where you live, i...

12. Atheist Professers

    BetterBursary replied to Nurse Ker-Ker's topic in General Students

    Hello all, I heard about this sorta thing when I was in college before starting uni and my nurse training, how some teachers had been sacked/stopped teaching Darwin's theory of evolution n all that in the US. Quite shocking really. I say grin n bear ...

13. Canadian nursing

    BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in Canada

    Hey disher, Thanks for the info, Anyone else care to offer anything else? :) Cheers

14. Canadian nursing

    BetterBursary posted a topic in Canada

    Hey, I'm a student nurse in England. When I qualify I am thinking of emigrating to another country for a few years and I think I'd quite like to move to Canada. I've been there on holiday and also have some relatives over there (Vancouver & Maine...

15. Any UK Nurses?

    BetterBursary replied to BetterBursary's topic in General Students

    :) Right bed time! It's 02:53 here! ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz....