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  1. General Practice Nurse

    debbieuk replied to KyAnRN's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Practice Nursing is a different stress to hospitals- you maybe the only nurse there and have to use your own judgement. For me (a practice nurse/ ex hospital nurse) the pay is appalling!!! If you...

  2. Perioperative Nurse Surgeon's Assistant

    debbieuk replied to Happy Wombat's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    We had one from the UK come to our hospital and it wasn't recognised. A bit like ODPs. Didn't even get him a CN position I would thing a post grad cert in peri op would be more beneficial

  3. What do you LOVE about being an OR nurse?

    debbieuk replied to usnwbama's topic in Operating Room

    I love the teamwork..I love the fact that my patient has come to us with a problem and we fix it..no long stays. The AMAZING things that surgeons can do.,still have my chin on the floor some days!! It...

  4. Work Experience

    debbieuk replied to reshin's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    It all depends on what visa you are after.. you can get a job and a 457 visa with a years experience but a permanent visa wants 2 years experience ...many get jobs on 457s and then apply for an...

  5. Is becoming an RN still worth it?

    debbieuk replied to round12tko's topic in International Nursing

    YES YES YES.. Nursing is worth it!! On my very first prac years ago a nurse told me to run away..i was horrified..i was there to help people..to follow my vocation/ passion ect ect...hahaha..oh times...

  6. ODP's and administering drugs

    debbieuk posted a topic in International Nursing

    i don't know if anyone here works in theatres , i looked on teh OR nursing site but they were all from the USA and Canada and i don't know if they have ODP's (Operating room practiciioners). last week...

  7. will i be ok

    debbieuk posted a topic in Operating Room

    hi all, i am an OR nursein the UK, scrub and circulate and i have broken my ankle..i have a fractured fibula and a bimalleollar fracture i had an ORIF and ended up with a 10 hole plate and 12 screws...

  8. will i be ok

    debbieuk replied to debbieuk's topic in Operating Room

    sorry about that....bit of local slang

  9. will i be ok

    debbieuk replied to debbieuk's topic in Operating Room

    thanks for that...just been and had my pot off...chuff it feels strange start physio end this week and i have to wearan air splint for the next 6 weeks..

  10. Stick it out in the OR or not?

    debbieuk replied to Chloe07's topic in Operating Room

    hi, i have been qualified for a year now and i also went straight into the OR. we had a 6 month induction and 6 month consolidation and by God you need it! i went through all the things you are going...

  11. Use of TKR cement with a pregnant circulating nurse

    debbieuk replied to eloborn's topic in Operating Room

    hi, in the UK we also don't have pregnant women anywhere near cement

  12. Happy Christmas Everyone

    debbieuk posted a topic in International Nursing

    i would like to wish you all a wonderful christmas and a happy new year. good luck in whatever ventures you are undertaking next year see you all in 2007 :smiley_aa :loveya: debbie :santa3:...

  13. Positives and Negatives about working OR

    debbieuk replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Operating Room

    blood, guts, bones, smells, aching feet, a bad back, lead gowns, never finishing on time, and politics......... great team work, fasinating surgery, good pay, patient care like no where else and...

  14. Do you have Anesthesia Tech's?

    debbieuk replied to laneyRN's topic in Operating Room

    hi, i dont know if this is the same thing as i am not sure of your terminology but in the UK we have operating department practioners whos main job is to assist the anaesthetist. the maintain the...

  15. no longer at the bottom of the pile

    debbieuk posted a topic in Operating Room

    hey all just had to post this ..... as yoou know if you have read my other posts that i was joining the ortho or team and was very nervous .... BUT I LOVE IT!!!!!! the team are great (apart from GOD,...

  16. How do you develop thick skin?

    debbieuk replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    think i am gonna have to try and take my own advice now, i was told yesterday that i have to go to orthopeadics (or awfulpeadics as it is commonly known here)...

  17. How do you develop thick skin?

    debbieuk replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    hi i agree with everything that has been said and it is the same over the pond. i think it must be a universal thing. at my hospital as a new nurse you have to wear a white hat, you have 6 months...

  18. training for foreigners?

    debbieuk replied to olivedrab's topic in International Nursing

    hi can i just say that Degree courses also get a bursary and are paid for by the NHS, i keep hearing that degrees have to pay their own way and i was talking to a diploma student only today who...

  19. Stupid little mistakes....

    debbieuk replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    i am also the same . my pet hate is not only the inconsistancy of what your taught but when your finally getting to grips with a proceedure and you are just about to pass something and the senior...

  20. Just venting

    debbieuk replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    hi everyone i was reading these messages and they made me feel alot better. i fell in love with the OR as a student and went back as an RN and i have to say that even in the UK the staff in the OR are...

  21. Jobs in UK

    debbieuk replied to uk_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    hi, in my department (theatres) under agenda for change 12 months ago we were all assessed and staff nurses were given a 6 and sisters a 7. now we are being down banded to 5 for staff nurses and 6 for...

  22. Theatre nursing

    debbieuk replied to CornishAye's topic in International Nursing

    ODP's at my hospital circulate and scrub as well . they have to do six months post reg in each area and then choose which to work in. the RN's do this also between scub/circulater and anaesthetics....

  23. Just accepted my place for Adult nursing course.

    debbieuk replied to magichands's topic in International Nursing

    i think i did that wrong!!!! anyhow good luck with your training, if your course offers an elective placement (mine did 2) then you could request to try both areas as not everyone gets to go to these...

  24. Degree or Diploma- the difference

    debbieuk replied to lisa1's topic in International Nursing

    hello can i just say after reading this post that i did the degree and for my course (dont know about any other unis) we did 3.5 years of hard slog. we did more practical placements than the local...

  25. Theatre nursing

    debbieuk replied to CornishAye's topic in International Nursing

    i love nursing an d theatres. i qualified and went straight into theatres. if you want to just work in theatres the adcise about ODP (operating department practitioners) is a good choice, it was a two...