Savonian

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  1. surgical VS aged care

    I've never worked in aged care, so can't say much about that. My first job was at trauma ward and then ortho ward. I worked at the ortho for 11 weeks after graduation and then started to work at ED. So, what I'm trying to say, is that hadling presure...
  2. Need speaker on skype for nursing class

    If you can't find anyone else I can help you and talk about the topic from Finnish perspective. Although, the timing is little harsh, as the 3.30-5.30 PM Pacific means to me very early morning on 27th.
  3. Nursing shortage??

    Dear Ceridwyn, As far as I agree with you many times, this time I have to disagree with your point that foreign nurses would work under lousy conditions aka lower salary, lower grade or nearly illegal shifts and bad management. Maybe some do so, but ...
  4. unsatisfied with ielts results

    Well, basicly there will be four weeks in between tests, since it takes two weeks for the results to come and then the sing-ups close two weeks before the test date. So, if you don't know right after the test that you didn't make it, you'll have to w...
  5. unsatisfied with ielts results

    Not yet. I think I have to call there (or visit) tomorrow.
  6. Just to few things for you to think about: - In Europe in order to get a licence you have to speak the local language, wether you work in English or not. - United Kingdom and Ireland are not hireing new nurses, since the economics sucks. - Living and...
  7. unsatisfied with ielts results

    I'm also waiting the results of the EOR, have been for almost nine weeks now. It says at the Finnish co-operative's web page that the remarking can take up to six weeks after the Head Office receives the EOR-form. Wonder how long it takes to mail the...
  8. US to UK transition, pls help.

    http://www.nmc-uk.org/Registration/Joining-the-register/Trained-outside-the-EU--EEA/International-English-Language-Testing-IELTS/ So, as I thought, they do require the academic-level. The difference is that the general level is, as the name says, gen...
  9. Speaking foreign languages

    I don't mind that our minority nurses (Russian and Estonian) speak their own language amongst themselves. It bothers me, that they don't speak/understand proper Finnish. Of course I'd expect them to speak Finnish while giving a report, while taking c...