ayla2004

ayla2004 ASN, RN

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  1. Any Irish Nurses?

    oh define what you mean by irish descent, the Eire/republic of ireland (ROI)has changed its citsenship laws to eman you need to be the child of an irish citzen who birth was recorded as a citzen by an...
  2. Nursing school didn't prepare me for reality

    their is plans by the Nurse and midwifery council NMC which is the UK professional regulator in the UK like BON in the states. To have new nurses work for a year post academic qualification and...
  3. Tylenol overdose and the public's ignorance.

    its called paracetamol in the UK and limited to buying 32 500g tablets at any one time for shops. their is a chemical that can the added to paracetamol at manufacture that stops it destroying the...
  4. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    The common thread across many areas of nursing and even countries is that terms and condtions orf work can be bad to appaling to be in. Some like the UK have unions however even here its bad most are...
  5. UK sterotypes in USA

    madwife have seen a computer system in A&E for controlled drugs each nurse gets a account and pin. but pharmacy hates it as it takes ages to fill up and they still have a controlled drug cupboard...
  6. UK sterotypes in USA

    #Oh and the ward in question in the show is a Medical Assesment UnitMAU pt in my trust who come in via the A&E (ER) are commonly placed their sometimes for observations sometimes until thye ca n...
  7. Private hosptial nursing

    short staffed in the nhs i except, and they love students we are cheapar then hca, which is kinda true at times. However my placement is in neurosurgyical ward. whole differnt kind of reading....
  8. neonatal nursing- where do i start?

    cadbury some of my cohort had not taken the right exams when at school and had to do an acess course, whereas i was accepted on my btec national that i took 10 years pervious. but the acess course is...
  9. UK sterotypes in USA

    rgn1 thats whats happens with self medicate and its mainly diabetics they get a sticker on the drug cardex and we have a code and nurses initals also can work for inhalers for COPD. If we had indivual...
  10. neonatal nursing- where do i start?

    the advanced diploma in nurisng whatever branch u think is most suited to your end goals adult or child are pre-reg courses which as zippygbr will allow you to be on the Register as a RN. i'm a...
  11. UK sterotypes in USA

    nursing times has reported the tabbard is a good idea can't trust anything. drugs tolleys tend to be the side opened ones and olny one trust current one uses patient lockers how much are patietns Self...
  12. Private hosptial nursing

    update contacted by my uni placements arranger, placement changed due to private hosptial saying they haven't enough staff, so i'm back in the
  13. Is it professional??????????

    worked in a NH with 2 different groups of non english speaking staff. managment had to remind ppl to speak in english while at work including breaks because i think some of the famillies or staff...
  14. ODP's and administering drugs

    is that not the new or Making a Differnce (MAD) programe which is the current
  15. Emergency Nursing in US and UK

    had a placement in a&e agree with most of the posters doesn't mention the manic rush on mondays due to everyone thinking the w/e are bad to come in and they wait was this just us i wonder. also...
  16. Affectionate terms

    worked as a care assistant in a NH in belfast for 6 years got told by the charge nurse that hugs and terms of affection etc where not allowed by the board but not their first names, left their 3 years...
  17. Nursing Students in the UK

    We do it using a dummy arm in the 2nd half of 3rd year. some of the trusts don't recognise the training whilst in the clinical areas of those that do it depends on finding someone who is iv trained...
  18. The Circumcision Discussion

    during a student placement my pre-op 19yr day surgery patient fainted before his circumison and came to the nurses station to tell us. also had a 22yr old seem ver nervous not surpisely but in the UK...
  19. A Different Approach to the ADN vs. BSN Debate

    this to me sounds like the current UK degree over diploma as the only entry for registration if you choose the diploma program u can advance to the degree after it just a case of making up the extra...
  20. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    in the UK the any practiconer undertaking an activity that is outside their skills knowledge and experince(NMC), skills not practiced often perhaps due to personal abilities and where they work....
  21. Nursing Students in the UK

    hi though i'd introduce myself i'm a 2nd year adult student in manchester doing the diploma my uni starts all of us on it for years 1 and 2 with the smarties having an option of the degree. oh a...
  22. UK sterotypes in USA

    i suppose in comparison with the USA the UK is a small place, however so densly populated that we have wide rantging accents and even nationalities(sp). For instance i'm irish, good chance i speak to...
  23. UK sterotypes in USA

    Do expand since we have such a high inport of usa films and television what do they not portray about the usa that creats such sterotypes in
  24. Private hosptial nursing

    ill try and give feed back if the essay don't take over my
  25. Charting Bloopers

    suction caths that i've seen can't be inflated to stay