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  1. How Often Have You Changed Your Mind!!!!

    suzanne7575 replied to curlysin's topic in International Nursing

    I'm only just starting the process and have so far had no change of mind, however i first decided I wanted to do this back in 1999 and have decided against it several times, but it has usually been...

  2. Controlled drug question

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    Temazepam is still controlled here in

  3. UK sterotypes in USA

    suzanne7575 replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    Well knowing the NHS and the wy it takes forever to get the drugs you need for a patient, and the fact things are always running out and having to be borrowed from other wards i can imagine the...

  4. Controlled drug question

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    You see that is what I have always practiced and thought was correct, however i asked to see the policy on the ward with regards not keeping it locked up and single checking and it was there in black...

  5. UK sterotypes in USA

    suzanne7575 replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    I just wishj they would make their mind up where i am ehat they are doing, trolley or lockers? Atthe moment they have some named meds in the locker cupboard and some in the trolley, and being a bank...

  6. Friends made from the allnurses web site

    suzanne7575 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    It's great to see you have all made so many good friends thanks to this site. I have chatted to Silverdragon a few times on MSN, and have swapped one or two emails with belinda-Wales and i hope to...

  7. differences in dialysis between UK and US

    suzanne7575 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been working in dialysis since 2000, and am just starting to plan a move out to the states. I am aware that i will most likely need a 1-2 years experience in a hopsital setting in the states...

  8. Comparison of US and UK pay

    suzanne7575 replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    I certainly don't see the US through rose coloured specatacles, I know it is going to be damn hard and am prepared for that. I also don't hate the Uk with a passion, yes we don't have any prospects...

  9. where to get fingerprints done?

    suzanne7575 posted a topic in International Nursing

    I am in the UK, and have just contacted my local polica station and have been told they won't do them, and they certainly won't sign the certificate as they don't know me, so where on earth else can i...

  10. where to get fingerprints done?

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    I really hope i don't have to go to London to get this done, that is a major holiday for me from scotland and not practical

  11. where to get fingerprints done?

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    I need them for the

  12. Tips on making that ICU bed look perfect after a bath

    suzanne7575 replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    we had this amazing ontraption that we used to wash hair, it was like a soft moulded pillow with a channel to drain away the water, we just laid their head on it, laid the bed falt and washed hair...

  13. the lowdown on unemployment in usa

    suzanne7575 replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    sorry you are having a bad time, and hope you are on the road to recovery and you will be back able to work soon. I hope it all works out for

  14. Car Insurance advice for the USA

    suzanne7575 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    for those going with agencies wouold you recommend looking for alternative medical insurance other than what the agency provides. I have been considering an agency and have asked for details of their...

  15. Shifts in the USA

    suzanne7575 replied to Clarecartwright's topic in International Nursing

    wherabouts in scotland are you, I have never come across any, I'm in Perth so looking at PRI and Ninewells mainly but wouldn't mind going fife way if i could get a night

  16. Shifts in the USA

    suzanne7575 replied to Clarecartwright's topic in International Nursing

    no we generally rotate through all 3 shifts. I would love a night shift contract here in the UK, but there is no such thing anymore you have to rotate through earlys, lates and nights, which is why I...

  17. Car Insurance advice for the USA

    suzanne7575 replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    frightening stuff, thanks Madwife for the thread. I think if DH doesn't get a job straight away i am going to have to work 72 hours per week, let alone bi-weekly!!!!!what with car insurance and...

  18. Good luck to all its a long road!!

    suzanne7575 replied to scotnurse's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for your thread and I'm pleased it is going really well for you. Not so sure about thepay you are quoting for the agencies though, I am being offered a minimum of $22 per hour. I'm sure there...

  19. uk nurse

    suzanne7575 replied to staffnursepenny's topic in International Nursing

    I'm really hoping I have enough, I did practical in all the areas mentioned and i qualified in 1997 from a degree course based on the project 2000. I'm very grateful that i was born when I was because...

  20. anyone heard of this agency?

    suzanne7575 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Avant healthcare based in orlando Florida. Have done a search and can't find any threads on them. They are one of the agencies who pay upfront for all your exam and visa fees, but are not asking for...

  21. having a nightmare getting transcripts

    suzanne7575 posted a topic in International Nursing

    I requested my transcripts about 3 weeks ago from my uni, when i called they only had years 3 and 4 in the examintions office but said they would get the 1st 2 years from the nursing department and...

  22. Banner Healthcare???

    suzanne7575 replied to flaerman's topic in Arizona Nursing

    12 ICU units...OMG! Our hospitals here, even the huge teaching hospitals never have more than one or two. Usualy a general ICU and a neuro ICU, but often they just have one big one. My last unit was...

  23. having a nightmare getting transcripts

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    It's Hull

  24. having a nightmare getting transcripts

    suzanne7575 replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    Unfortunately it is a 5 hour drive away. I may try the NMC

  25. sureseal bandaids

    suzanne7575 replied to LPN2RNBSN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    here in Scotland the unit uses both tipstops and sureseals as a regular dressing on all patients, however the unti i used to work on in England did not use them except for the odd atient and the...