debbieuk

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 need money don't go to GPLand, the unions don't care ...

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 here.

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 never gets boring... the constant change in knowl...

my fIrst day on clInIcals I was advIsed to run away as fast as I can by my preceptor! I dIdnt and I am now a clInIcal OR nurse who loves havIng students and grads! I have formally preceptored 3 students and they have all become OR nurses...well done...

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 onshore permanent visa later.

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 have changed !! I have shite days as does EVERY J...

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 i was in the anaesthetic room and was an ODP adm...

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 in all... my worry is that as an ortho nurse will i...

sorry about that....bit of local slang debbie

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.. debbie

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 through but all i can say is stick with it it WILL...

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

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: :reindeer:

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 something different every day.... i would not do anythi...

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 machines and are responsible f or the anaesthetic 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, sorry i mean one surgeon who thinks he is but that...

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) aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have finished my 6months in general ...

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 induction and if you pass you get to wear a pink hat. ...

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 wanted to do the degree and didn't because she was told...

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 nurse pipes up ' dont forget the such and such' or 'he...

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 THE SAME!!! there are people that don't speak to...

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 sisters!!!!! they are cutting sisters posts so th...

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. the only problem with being an ODP is that is all yo...

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 areas. at my hospital the students got a week in ...

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 diploma 14 as opposed to their 8. we covered mental h...