geordiegirl2

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1. bed baths in hospital??? is 5am too early???

   geordiegirl2 replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

   In the hospital I work at in the US patients are woken between 3-4am to have labs drawn so there ready for the docs when they round in the morning, not exactly patient centred care! so I think most of...

2. differences in moving and handling

   geordiegirl2 replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

   i agree nurses here really don't know any better and think of back injury is part of the job. there also seems to be a mind set that you have to give 'yourself' to be a good nurse which translates...

3. Flexible working hours

   geordiegirl2 replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

   My understanding when I left the NHS in 2004 was that all jobs were open to job share and not strictly 18.75. I believe if you get the right combination job share is a great option and the literature...

4. Have u got a call from O G P?

   geordiegirl2 replied to vermountindia's topic in International Nursing

   I did talk to her initially about it and since, given that its so far away don't think she's that concerned yet but I'm sure as the time gets closer she'll wonder whats going on. I'll get the name of...

5. Have u got a call from O G P?

   geordiegirl2 replied to vermountindia's topic in International Nursing

6. Newbie heading for AZ (hopefully)

   geordiegirl2 replied to AZ hopeful's topic in International Nursing

   I worked as a Health Visitor and came here three years ago with OGP they stipulated I had to get some more recent hospital experience after I passed the NCLEX,( I had done surgery for a lot of years...

7. Have u got a call from O G P?

   geordiegirl2 replied to vermountindia's topic in International Nursing

   My manager has just interviewed international nurses with another company to OGP and they told her retrogression would be over April/ May but not to expect the nurses until feb 2008, to allw for the...

8. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   geordiegirl2 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

   i'm glad its sorted its frightening how little knowledge some of these people

9. uk nurses who have come to the usa

   geordiegirl2 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

   its the sales tax you can claim as apposed to the actual furniture costs but it adds up if you've bought a lot of big items, i would call and ask about it

10. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    geordiegirl2 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    you can claim all sales tax but obviously its only worth it on bigger items so all three years we've filed we claimed sales tax on our big purchases which has mainly been furniture. this year she...

11. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    geordiegirl2 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    we went to h&r block and when was the telephone tax backdated

12. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    geordiegirl2 replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    i know what you mean about taxes, we just did ours yesterday and like you its varied a lot, the first year as we hadn't worked a lot we got a substantial rebate, much more than we'd paid, last year we...

13. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    Not a chance we were travellers so not subject to any of that, I did get an extra dollar an hour each year I was with

14. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    At our hospital there was also two bonus checks, one if you recieved an outstanding evaluation and a small incentive bonus based on how the hospital had

15. childrens greencards.

    geordiegirl2 replied to geordiegirl2's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks both of you, today has been a long day as its bad enough stopping cards etc but I had me nursing license, greencard, driving license and cpr licence in my purse too and with all this identity...