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Here is another way to look at it , which would you address if the patient presented with all three? so obviously it would be B, because the haemorrhage would need an immediate response.

Thanks for your quick response. I have already contacted the school for the transcripts, and have sent them the packet. They messed up the last time with Vermont, instead of giving hours of practice/theory they gave weeks. The whole process took nearly a year! my school kept on insisting that they sent them, a nightmare going back and forth. A letter to the head of the dept ended up sorting that out. So i called them to make sure that they do it right this time. Did livescan finger prints this afternoon $71 , my dh needed smelling salts. I'm expecting having to wait 4-6wks, i'm sure that i read on here that it can take 6 months for a permanent license. So it's a good idea to pay for the permanent and temp license?

I am endorsing my license from Vermont to California. I trained in the UK. Do i have to do Nursys and send verification of license packet to Vermont, do i have to do both? I'm willing to do both if that is what i have to do. I am a green card holder.

I am endorsing my licence from Vermont to California. I trained in the UK. Do i have to do Nursys and send verification of license packet to Vermont, do i have to do both? Edited to post on International forum, just saw the sticky.

What did the hospital do ? We were always told that in the event of getting a needle stick injury to let it bleed wash it and go to ER and contact Occupational health, then you would be tested for all related infections. ( This was in the UK)

This is an example of restraints gone wrong and poor observation on the nurses part http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080730-9999-1n30sharp.html Taken from article........... Jeffrey Christopher, 25, of Bonsall was playing cards with his mother on April 11 and became agitated when visiting hours ended at the hospital's psychiatric unit. Christopher had a history of becoming unsettled and then falling to his knees, resulting in wounds to his knees and feet. The unit's workers took Christopher to his room and had him lie down on his stomach. They secured him to his bed with restraints at the wrists, ankles and waist, keeping his head and neck above the mattress. They also gave him several medications for his schizophrenia, including ativan and thorazine. Although nurses continuously monitored Christopher, they did from a chair facing his feet instead of following the standard practice of checking a patient's face. One nurse assigned to his room said she saw him "scoot and wiggle himself lower onto the bed until his face was on the mattress," according to a report by the county's medical examiner, who conducted an autopsy on Christopher. "He then began violently hitting his face against the mattress and metal frame of the bed," and held his breath, the medical examiner's report said. During a staffing rotation, another nurse entered the room and saw that Christopher had turned blue. The Medicare report said a nurse tried to resuscitate Christopher, but did not follow American Heart Association guidelines because he had not been trained adequately. Christopher died that night. At least one-quarter of the federal report, which did not mention Christopher by name, is devoted to chronicling the series of errors that resulted in his death. "The staff did not intervene by repositioning the patient onto his back so that he would be unable to bury his face in the mattress," it said. Gross and Tarbet, the Sharp executives, said a licensed vocational nurse who was watching Christopher didn't notice that he had suffocated. "The (nurse) assumed that since the patient had been sedated, he was resting quietly," Tarbet said. ............................ I worked in a Nursing Home 22yrs ago on a youth training scheme in Scotland, and they would use bandages to restrain the residents with dementia to their chair in isolation in their room. When the authorities did checks, we had to sit with the patient and as soon as the y left we had to put the restraints back on. I was only there for 3 months, i 'm not sure if they had the whistle blowing proceedure back then and now i really which i had complained.

It was not my intention to embarrass you. I happened to grow up with learning imperial and metric. I have a hard time remembering temperatures metric normal body temp 36.9 c = 97.8f , see i'm the stupid one now.

a kilogram is 1000 grams or 2.2lbs 1gram is 1,000,000 micrograms 1gram is 1000 milligrams 1kg is 1,000,000milligrams

Body weight not to be applied to affected limb. I don't know what 2, 3, 4 point means I worked in Orthopaedic Trauma in England and they do not use underarm crutches due to injuries i think rotator cuff injuries.

Do not obtain a throat culture if a child has acute epiglotis as it can cause an obstruction. Rule of nines, 9 = head, 18 = arms, 36 = torso, 36 =legs, and 1= perineum = 100%

Scrubs are provided to staff who require them, and they all have to wear the same colour, example Theatre Staff (Operating Room), laundry service is provided for them. You do not have your own set of scrubs. When i worked in Theatre, i had to change into my Nurse Uniform, wear the cap jacket etc and then change into scrubs, same ritual when leaving Theatre.

I remember back in the eighties when we were wearing white dresses and we had to wear white moccasins. I remember it was hot one year, i was a student and we decided that it was far too hot to wear our tights and we were told off, and were told that we had to wear tights for the prevention of perineal droppings.

I meant that we had Df118 in the trolley. We used Co codamol, and Co dyramol. If they were given as TTO's they were not allowed to have a repeat prescription, but over here you can get refills, it's no wonder that people get addicted.

Here's another one Tylenol and Codeine3, i think that is Co Codamol 500/30 with 30mg codeine. I worked in Orthopaedic Trauma before we moved over to the States i do remember we had it in the trolley but we never used it.

I had a feeling that it was df118. do they use that much in the UK. My husbands family use that a lot. I had toothache and the dentist gave me a prescription for that and it left me feeling hungover all day, i don't know how anyone could get addicted to that feeling.

When i trained and worked as a Staff Nurse in Scotland all staff, Trained nurses and students wore the same white dress, our hats, jackets and name badges were blue, if you were a staff nurse or student, green if you were an EN. If you were an auxillary nurse your dress was grey with a white hat and red jacket. We were not allowed to travel to work in our uniform and we had changing facilities on site. Looking back that was so good, i didn't have to wash my dress and starch and iron it, and you did not have to take the hospital smell home with you. When i was living in Winchester i wore the uniform that is pictured. I only had two tunics and one pair of trousers. ( i worked part time)I had to wash them at home, wear it to work and come home in it as there were no changing facilities, the staff toilet was not always a good option as it was shared by two wards. I think nurses in the South of England have always washed their own uniforms, i could be wrong, but one of the Sisters on the ward had been their for a over 20 plus years and it had always been that way.

Thank you so much, i can't pronounce most of the drugs that I'm supposed to remember.

I was thinking about revels the other day yummy, but alas have not seen them but just as well i'm on a diet anyway. I haven't seen Ribena, or even blackcurrant jam. I'll have to look out for it now.

I'm sorry to disappoint you but you are really going to miss your bread over here, i'm still to find bread that i like , toast tastes weird. Plain bread is wonderful especially the outsiders. You'd have difficulty getting square sausage in England although i did see it in Lidls in a pack with black pudding. You will be able to make tattie scones. There are plenty of shops that carry British food at a price. they now stock large bags of salt and vinegar 'chips' in the supermarkets. No fish and chip shops.

She would not say what she was. She took a blood sample from him.She did not wear gloves or did she wash her hands before the procedure or afterwards.I told my husband to complain, if he doesn't i certainly will. He told me that she would not let him see what his blood pressure results were. She acted like she was in a position of power, like she was "the decider " Prehaps she had considered being an RN a long time ago, she looked like she was between 45-60yrs old. and prehaps she considered it difficult for her. I do believe the exam was difficult, our state boards were no cake walk either, or are the current exams today. Thanks for listening. I think it's just the different culture thats just getting to me, my husband has said to me 'now you know what i went through" America is just happens to be a foreign country that speaks the same language. my husband told her 'shes done her research" .....:) thanks suzanne and everyone else on here. I usually lurk.

My dh likes the biscuits and gravy, i don't like it. My son refuses to let me buy the tetley tea in Ralphes as he thinks it won't taste anything like british tea. Our kettle takes age to boil and i joke that i can boil the kettle, make the toast , have a shower and be finished before it stopped boiling . My kids miss their squash but i'm not paying $4-6 a bottle. they tolerate the koolaid but say it's not the same. I buy the crystal lite brand

Intro about me first... I completed my training in 1988 in Scotland. I have been married to an American for 20years. We considered moving over to the US many times and we ended up settling in London and then Winchester. Last year we finally decided to move, my husband got a job transfer and we were able to move over with a spousal visa, i still had to jump through all the hoops to get the visa. I moved over in November. We are in San Diego. I have a 19yr old son, 17yr old daughter and a 10 yr old daughter. I am awaiting my approval from Vermont to sit the NCLEX exam, i didn't apply until the end of October, and i have tried to study :trout: , at the moment i am not working, well can't as a nurse anyway i think i can work as a care assistant, not really looked into it. I have my green card. Moving on to today........ My husband wanted to get Life Insurance and they invited themselves over to do a health check.The woman was so rude. We live in an apartment in a gated community, so you have to park on the road and obviously press the buzzer, my husband ended up having to help her get her stuff out of the car and she was anoyed that she could not park, i mean she had to walk a 100yards , heavens above;). So when she came into the flat she was so rude to us. My husband asked her if she was an RN or LVN, she said that she was not. My husband told her that i was studying for the RN exam. She started to say how difficult the exam was in California. I explained to her that it was a national exam. She argued back and i just lost it. I shouted at her, one exam then you endorse your licence for the state you want to work at. Not once why she was working with my husband did she say please or thank you. I just get annoyed when people think they know it all. Disclaimer, i'm not trying to say that all americans are rude just venting about this one. I miss working, but i knew things would change on the ward i worked in as wards were closing, and i miss my colleagues that i worked with. Just needed to vent.

Thanks Suzanne , i just don't want to be breaking any laws. Is it a good idea to work as a care assistant while i'm waiting to sit the NCLEX, i'll need to do something while i'm waiting. I'll get my ss no a few days or weeks after entering the country.

I tried to search for answers before i posted the thread but didn't come up with much. I downloaded the application form for Vermont and i noticed that it asks for your social security no and says that it is manditory also asks if you are willing to pay tax in vermont. My husband is in California now and i am awaiting my visa, he feels uncomfortable about me applying to Vermont and is worried that i'm doing something dodgy. California says that you'll get a fine of $1000 if you don't put down your SS no.

I am about to apply for my ATT in Vermont and then afterwards after writing NCLEX plan to transfer my licence to California, do i have to always pay licence fee to Vermont and California for the rest of my days, or just the state i live in. Will Vermont kick up a fuss if i do it this way as i have no intension of living in Vermont.