mayflower2000

Hi. I am applying for a haematology nurse specialist job.

thank you very much for your ideas.

Can anyone help me on how to make a presentation on this topic " as key worker, how would you ensure that the treatment decisions are based on holistic assessment?" I dont know where to start. Pls pls help me. Thanks.

There is job freeze here all the time. Working visa is not an option. If there is job vacancy, it will be given first to citizens here. If they cant get anyone here then they will hire from the european countries, if still they cant get one to do the job then they will recruit outside Europe. With the ongoing recession here, they wont be hiring outside UK. It has to be someone who has a special skill and badly needed to fill in the job post or a job that no one would really want to do it. At this time, Uk is not your option. Your agency is only after your money. Pls dont push it through.

To all of those who are from the Philippines and are planning to get student visa, pls dont push it through. I dont normally post here in allnurses.com. I only read anything here. Before, i read a post asking about student visa, he/she was from the Philippines. Dint even bother to post my view or what i have learnt. Till i saw the extent of what happened to those nurses who came over here. I am posting now to make you aware.

Pls dont attempt to overstay here. Once yous visa has expired, you will have to go back. They will deport you if they knew you have overstayed.

If one is really intending to learn to acquire knowledge and will apply them once he/she will go back to her/his country then its okay to get a student visa holder. If one has another intention of coming over here then i would discourage. To be truthful i have met filipino nurses and were lured by these agencies that they could process their student visas and can find an employer for them. They were asked £2500- 3000 for their placement fees. When they arrived here there were no jobs. They went once a week to university for their NVQ's. Say they arrived in Leeds and the university that they were supposed to attend is in Birmingham. They were in a difficult situation and yet they cant go back to the Philippines because they owed thousands of pounds just to obtain student visas. Their regrets, no one has told them the reality. Why i am telling you filipino nurses not to come over here because i too am a Filipino/british. I am just concern of what will be your plight when you would be here. As what silver dragon said, it is a backward step for you guys who are nurses in the Philippines and cant even use it to apply for NMC ( which regulates nursing registration here). I will repeat pls dont listen to these agencies. They are just after your money.

Hi. I would advise you all, please dont come over here as a student visa holder and studying NVQ. Everything here is expensive. As student visa holder you are only allowed to work 18 hours /week. This might have changed now, i have heard recently it is only 10 hours/week. Pls think of the money that you will be paying for these agencies, they only want your money. As what silver dragon said, it is a backward step. I would consider it as a quick fix from your part of trying to move away from the philippines by going abroad. Im not saying that going abroad is not okay but please do it as work permit holder not student visa holder. After your visa has expired what will you do, go back to the philippines. You are back to square one. Dont even think about that in the future you will become a work permit holder.There is job freeze here all the time. Plus, a new government has just been formed and they are very strict now when it comes to visas, immgration business. Why dont you try to gain nursing experience and if you have, then you could apply in saudi and singapore. Who knows, by the time that you will be more experienced, maybe the western countries will open their doors again. Pls, pls, dont come here as student visa holder. :crying2:

I know what you mean. That is what i feel everytime i go to see our patients in ICU. I definetely cant be an adult icu/hdu nurse.

Hi everyone. I did go for an interview in HDU. After that, the trust decided to freeze all the jobs. I am still waiting for the result. I received an email, that they will update me but that was in november. It is march now.I still havent heard them. There is still ongoing job freeze in the trust. I am working in hematology/bmt since 2004. Everytime i visit our patients or give chemo who are in icu, it makes me think if i really want to work there. Would i be happy? The answer is no. I love the patients in BMT/Hematology. I love to talk to them. I cant leave my ward. We do have a bit of HDU thing. We set up Hi flow oxygen for our patients who need it and look after them. It is a blessing in disguise that there is ongoing job freeze. It gives me time to decide really of where i want to be.I am going to do a course related to hematology/bmt/oncology hopefully this year. Thank you all for replying.

Silverdragon 102 and sharrie, thanks for your ideas. I have applied for HDU post and MICU/SICU too.I will be having an interview for HDU next week. I havent yet heard for MICU/SICU. The closing date was just 3 days ago. There are another job vacancies for Neuro icu, Neonatal and MICU/SICU in another hospital, still part of the NHS trust where i am currently working.I am going to apply all these posts too. I will keep posted. Thank you both for sharing your ideas.

I have been in nursing for 15 years. This time, I would like to fulfill my dream to become a HDU/ICU nurse. There is a job vacancy for this post and i want to apply but at the same time i am hesitant.I am not anymore in my 20's. I am 38 years old. I am just worried i wont be able to cope or the fear of the unknown. On top of this, i've got also a child care problem but i think i can sort this out. My question is, Am i still marketable? Do you think the employer would still consider to hire me irregardless of my age. I would appreciate very much if you can share your ideas. Thank you.

:loveya:Thank you all for replying. I did take 2 days annual leave because that was what my ward manager wanted me to do. She wont let me take the carer's leave despite my explanation. I didnt want to argue her anymore. I just want to be off to look after my kid. To Sharrie, My little boy is okay now. Had the tamiflu for him but i didnt give it to him because i was so scared of the side effects instead i gave round the clock paracetmol and brufen. Made it sure that he would have plenty of oral fluids. He's back on the mend.

:zzzzzMy three year old boy has swine flu. He got it from his cousins, i usually asked my sister in law to look after him if i am working on night shifts. My sister's in law ( family), they are all ill with swine flu. I am due to work tomorrow for 4 nights. I phoned my ward manager to let her know that i couldnt come to work because of my child who is ill and if possible to have carer's leave but she wont approved it due to the fact that its not tonight, its tomorrow instead she will give me an annual leave. i also couldnt find someone to look after him so that i could work. Who would look after a child with swine flu. Everyone is scared to catch it. Should it be a carer's leave or an annual leave, i just want your opinion before i will ring her again. Thanks.

I was only reading Lippincott's pathophysiology book. You will be fine. I find the questions were very easy. It might change now, I sat for the SNB in 1999. Good luck.