MavWreck

I'm bumping this to ask if anyone has tips for dealing with eczema and alcohol based sanitizers. I was a tech 5 years ago and a month after starting my job, my hands were cracked and bleeding. I had to stop using the hand sanitizers all together and go to soap and water. It helped a lot, but was massively time consuming. I never really found a solution. I got lucky and my hospital switched to a CHG foam which actually made my skin softer. But now I'm starting my first job as an RN and I noticed the facility uses alcohol sanitizers. So what are your tips? I used Eucerin lotion the last time, but it didn't help much.

So that is accurate then. So looking at the numbers, nurses make about 5-7k (GBP) less than the average salary in the UK where as in the US they make about 5-7k more.

I'm curious about the salaries. I've seen that NHS RNs average around 17GBP per hour (around $21). Is that accurate? I know health care professions in general don't pay as much as the US, but that seems significantly lower. I have some debt so I'm just wondering if I'd be able to afford living there on an RN salary.