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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. childrens greencards.

    geordiegirl2 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Apologies if every one already knows this but it came as a suprise to me and quite by chance. I had my bag stolen from my car last night, along with my life!!!!!! anyway when looking to report my...

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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...

  17. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    my youngest child has a renal condition and we were told if he became sick in the first 6 months they would have to asess their liability, knowing the syatem a bit better now i know they would have...

  18. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    It certainly isn't the best and it was more expensive than we pay now but the only positive in it for me was that we were covered as soon as I started work, which I know might not be the case now. I...

  19. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    Your right to point that out my health benefits are through my husbands work, though he's employed by the same hospital as I am its much better for us that he takes the benefits as even if I were core...

  20. Comparison of US and UK pay

    geordiegirl2 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    I agree its wrong to convert pounds to dollars but its hard not to at least initially. We I think are probably much better off here but I really miss the protection of sick pay and vacation pay not...

  21. We're finally here in AZ

    geordiegirl2 replied to arys1075's topic in International Nursing

    I'm here just really busy, works ok seems like i get a different proposal of at a job within the hospital each day, working mon -fri means i'm not on here much

  22. We're finally here in AZ

    geordiegirl2 replied to arys1075's topic in International Nursing

    welcome to tucson, where are you living, working

  23. doctors vs nurses

    geordiegirl2 replied to curlysin's topic in International Nursing

    Me

  24. Hopes For The New Year

    geordiegirl2 replied to topscot's topic in International Nursing

    My hope is Claire here in

  25. Christmas off duty

    geordiegirl2 replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    I'm off from today(thurs) until the 30th so thats not bad working new years eve until 7pm then off. On xmas day we've invited to friends but we probably won't go until after lunch given that i've had...