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Grumpy Old Git and Grandad!

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  1. Buckles

    There's usually loads on Ebay if you really must.
  2. Nursing under threat in the UK

    The private sector is doing no better, dependent as it is these days on the lucrative waiting list initiatives. Numbers of PCT referrals are drying up fast in these straitened times.. One local onsite private unit closed last week, with the remaining...
  3. Working in the UK with a two year degree

    If you have a Psychology degree, you may find that you can transfer that, and practice as a psychotherapist in the UK..
  4. Royal Naval Reserve

    Hi Pete. 30 years ago, the RNR was based in HMS Claverhouse, a building on Granton Square. They also had a MFV, (Motor Fishing Vessel) and crewed the HMS Killiecrankie (a minesweeper) They wouldn't let me join up!
  5. Adn Rn

    Many if not most British RN's are currently Diplomates rather than Graduates, although that route is becoming the preferred one. Keep up the pressure on the NMC to give you a ruling. Good luck!
  6. Registered General Nurse Scotland Pin

    That sounds like a Scottish registration badge (pin) The silver ones were issued on initial registration, to newly qualified RN's. Bronze for SEN (LPN) The English equivalent then was SRN (State Registered Nurse) There should be an ID number, or even...
  7. Oramorph: only one signature (TRIAL)

    I googled around, and can't find anything definitive. The NMC regs don't mention a need for a practitioner's signature to be witnessed; http://www.nmc-uk.org/(ysuupzrd5od4ige5op34yjrq)/aFrameDisplay.aspx?DocumentID=221 It has been custom and practice...
  8. 20 Day "Protected Learning", & Why I Loathe The NMC

    Steve, you should register on their discussion board (with a different name ) the moderators often respond to direct questions
  9. Has anyone ever been assaulted by a patient?

    Bobcat, hope you 're feeling better. It seems like you have identified many of the problem areas.. i.e. being expected to care for a potentially dangerous patient, alone, in a closed room, with an ineffective surveillance system. As there is a protoc...
  10. drug refresher courses????

    I was aware of concerns about covert administration and consent issues, but I would not have put it so baldly as "this is illegal". Crushing a tablet however, changes its form and form is part of a drug's prescription, and its licence for use.This ar...
  11. drug refresher courses????

    oops, double post
  12. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    It's tempting to forestall the "only a Nurse" comment by pointing out that you are not "just" a Dr!
  13. night duty--weekends

    From your manager's point of view, the weekend days/nights are the ones he has to pay you extra/unsocial hours payments to work. Most of the night hours attracting such enhancements are on Sat. and Sun.
  14. US to UK - mental health nursing jobs

    Hello christine, Another link, but a good one! I would say that, being a RCN member, but there's loads of info, and there are further links to the registration body etc. RN is transferable, where LVN/LPN is not, but you may have to do a twenty-day ad...
  15. That's why they call him "The Streak"

    An "elephant" thong might appeal to him?