ZippyGBR BSN, RN

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    Controlled drug question

    ZippyGBR replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    the real reason for controlled drug policies in hospitals is to reduce the abuse potential which also leads to all sorts of drugs being treated as CD such as codiene phos and Df118
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    Controlled drug question

    ZippyGBR replied to suzanne7575's topic in International Nursing

    10 mg in 5ml oramorph is only PoM although many places treat it as a CD ... the cut off is something like 14mg in 5 ml edited to add there seems to be a problem over medicines management knowledge...
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    Banning Crocs?

    ZippyGBR replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    has been known to see zippy wearing his steel toes magnums with usinform in hospital, usual to see zippy in steel toe magnums in the pre-hospital
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    Comparison of US and UK pay

    ZippyGBR replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    the pension discussion excludes UK standard state pension - which people with sufficient NI contributions will get anyway , SERPS/S2P doesn't apply to people in the NHS pension scheme as it is a...
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    neonatal nursing- where do i start?

    ZippyGBR replied to cadbury's topic in International Nursing

    cadbury pre-reg as in pre -registration i.e. the course you have to complete before you can enter the register which for any EU national seeking registration in an EU state is a 4600 hour course...
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    UK sterotypes in USA

    ZippyGBR replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    generally yes, where uniform is worn it is issued by the employer some is good , some is bad some is indifferent ... generally on the way out if not gone, although 4 - 6 bed bays are still quite...
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    Why the fanny packs?

    ZippyGBR replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    perhaps is cultural man thing ... men get used from maybe 11- 12 years old to carrying stuff aobut their person - wallet, keys , pen ... given them something with too few pockets and they are in...
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    You know you're a male RN when......

    ZippyGBR replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    LOL (apparently that was too
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    You know you're a male RN when......

    ZippyGBR replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    or the sensible big brother who prepares them for the telling off they are about to get from 'mum' ( aka Ward manager /
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    Comparison of US and UK pay

    ZippyGBR replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    pay is not the be all and end all just as a question how much are US based nurses paying finto their pensions ( and for what final outcome e.g. NHS pension equals 1/80 of final salary per year...
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    Nurses get raw deal again

    ZippyGBR replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    using last years (2006- 2007) pay rates entry level salary for band 5 staff is 19166 basic (i.e. excluding unsocial hours) this is for a 37.5 hour week 37.5 * 52 = 1950 hours 19166 /1950 = 9.83...
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    Warning to UK bound nurses

    ZippyGBR replied to JK7777's topic in International Nursing

    depends on your employer... certainly as a UK trained RN i've never had problems transferring extended role between employers as long as there is some documentary proof of competence... firends...
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    ODP's and administering drugs

    ZippyGBR replied to debbieuk's topic in International Nursing

    no i trained post p2k but pre MAD we still had had 18 month cfp but with placements from week 6 ... 1st year was 2/3rd college 1/3 placement, 2nd year 1/2 and 1/2 ish third year slighly more than...
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    Emergency Nursing in US and UK

    ZippyGBR replied to marion12's topic in International Nursing

    good entertainment , nothing like actual clinical
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    ODP's and administering drugs

    ZippyGBR replied to debbieuk's topic in International Nursing

    sorry, you are wrong there, the CFP in P2k did include clinical placements, IIRC 1/3 of the CFP was placement and the remaining 2/3rds of placements were brnach specific and in the second half o...
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    ODP's and administering drugs

    ZippyGBR replied to debbieuk's topic in International Nursing

    well given that ODPs are registered health professionals ( registered with the HPC) and their training / education does include drug adminstration / medicines management ... however it seems theat...
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    whats the difference ?

    ZippyGBR replied to susanrae's topic in International Nursing

    diploma of Higher education = 2/3rds of bachelors degree. EU regulatiosn for pre-reg nursing programmes 4600 hour programme , 2300 theory , 2300
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    Accelerated BSN degree from a UK or other European nursing school?

    ZippyGBR replied to looking4ABSNprogram's topic in International Nursing

    well other than the PGDip programmes some schools of nursing offer for people with life sciences ar psychology type degrees - they are heard work as they compress the theory down but still have...
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    Difference between nursing in the UK vs nursing in the US?

    ZippyGBR replied to Skwidward's topic in International Nursing

    it's a wierd and wonderful, primarily the not has been becasue of urology docs worried aobut their patients and the difficult catheterisation that soem of their patient's pose most male RNs in...
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    Difference between nursing in the UK vs nursing in the US?

    ZippyGBR replied to Skwidward's topic in International Nursing

    but it doesn't take account of the unsocial hours payments + 30% for night shifts, hours worked after2000 hrs if not part of a night shift and any hours on saturday +60% for sundays and bank...
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    Difference between nursing in the UK vs nursing in the US?

    ZippyGBR replied to Skwidward's topic in International Nursing

    not everyone cannulates my clinicla background is Emergency Department / assessment units - nearly all of us cannaulte in both those settings, same in critical care / CCU opther areas it depends,...
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    neonatal nursing- where do i start?

    ZippyGBR replied to cadbury's topic in International Nursing

    from a UK point of view there is a mixture of adult / general nurses often with adult ITU experience before moving to neonates or Child branch nurses... silverdargon - Sheffield Uni no longer has...
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    Cardiac intensive care unit?

    ZippyGBR replied to AdelaideChic's topic in International Nursing

    you will generally find cardiothoracic ITU in hospitals with cariothroacic surgety, , elsewhere cariology patients requiring ITU care are cared for on general ITU , none ITU levle critical care...
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    Practical Nursing in the UK? Plz help

    ZippyGBR replied to owlette's topic in International Nursing

    you won't necessarily need a Bachelors, but the UK no longer trains second level nurses, in temrso fthe degree thing, most UK Nurses on entry to the register don't have their Bachelors ( as ENgland...
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    Anyone NOT use prefilled flushes?

    ZippyGBR replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    we don't have prefilled flushes we just have ampoules of 0.9%nacl which when the top ois snapped off fit quite happily on a luer and will fill the syringe without a needle quite