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I work in a brand new private hospital in Dublin who are currently recruiting nurses in all areas, from ICU, CCU, Theatre, Recovery, Ward managers.... the list goes on! Its a fantastic hospital and would be a great opportunity for anyone who has cons...

I had an interview today to do my midwifery training and they accepted me SO I start in September! The only down side is that I'll have to leave my current job which I really enjoy

thanks peeps i broke the news to my ward manager yesterday and she is hoping to keep me on the books so that i can do the odd shift here and there which will be great! i've to go shopping next week for books and pens and stuff... oh and i'll have ...

39 hour week at the minute! We were fighting for a 35 hour week but have settled for 37.5... for now Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is a little over 30,000 Euro, so about £20,000 sterling. Conditions aren't too bad either depending on whe...

Plenty of jobs here in Ireland! I think the pay scales are slightly better than the UK and we're getting the 37.5 hour working week soon too!

I brought the MDA keys home after a night shift a couple of weeks ago, and I live about 35 miles from work I'm not even working night shift this week but I turned up at work today and had completely forgotten my uniform! I felt like a school chil...

Yes An Bord Altranias are very good, its the NMC that slows things down! It took weeks for the NMC to send my verification to An Bord Altranais but once they had it I had been given my pin number within a week. Did you both get job offers for the Be...

We have a lot of international nurses working here, I'm not sure if the hospital sponsors them or not. The best thing to do would be to get in contact with the human resources dept here and ask them

Hi Nevada Nurses! I've just returned from the most amazing holiday of my life in Las Vegas. There's something intoxicating about the place! Now I'm back home where the sun doesn't shine so brightly, and life just seems alltogether a bit dull! Welco...

No kids yet so I guess the schooling system isn't going to put us off coming! Sistermike, which hospital do you work in there? I've been reading in other threads that working coonditions aren't that great? Also what are shift patterns like there? ...

Definate shortage here in Dublin! Alot of Irish trained nurses travel to Australia as soon as they qualify

My manager is just brilliant! She's very fair and approachable. She's driven by her staff and patient care and not by budgets and targets. Our ward is very well run and we have great communication with her and each other. She is also a very good j...

We did a 'violence in the workplace' training session during orientation, went on a bit about personal space and making sure that you are in a public area of the ward should you encounter an aggressive patient/relative etc... I personally feel quite ...

Ooh you learn something new everyday :)

I'd love to be a community nurse, somewhere warm, and preferably near a beach. I'd travel from patient to patient in a soft top, something cheeky like a new VW Beetle, and my patients would offer me iced lemonade and coconut macaroons! In between pa...

I have yoghurt with added fibre and chop up a banana in it! When I'm working nights I find I could eat literally non stop all night, so I chop up apples, melon, strawberries, kiwi, mango, banana and pineapple and pick away at it all night! Yummy

I would recomend at least spending some time gaining gerenral experience. Although if you know for sure what you want to do then you may as well apply for it! There will always be a Med/Surg ward if your chosen field doesn't work out! I'm finding M...

Of course you always get the odd one who is up his/her own jacksy and will on no grounds be spoken to on first name terms! Sometimes theres too many to remember and its easier just to call them Doctor :)

Very good point! On our ward here we ensure that we give a brief report to whoever will be your patients. We try our best to ensure that breaks don't coinside with patient returning from theatre etc... I really do have a problem with people who 'ni...

Oh yes, you get poo in every area of nursing, but like bopps said, its one of the most challenging and exciting careers out there. No 2 days are ever the same! Its so diverse and there are so many different career paths that you can persue, there's...

One of our elderly gentleman patients asked for my granny's phone number which did make me chuckle

How are you supposed to take care of others if you don't take care of yourself? We encourage rest and nutrition in our patients, practice what you preach is what I say! Seriously though, you shouldn't feel bad about taking breaks and if anything, ade...

Are these a good agency to go with when moving to America? I'm also looking into a working holiday in Nevada? I'd love to talk to you about the process! I only sent an enquiry form to them yesterday. Sure I'll send you a PM and hopefully you can shar...

I'm sorry this has probably been asked a million times! But what is the difference between an RN and a PN? Here in Ireland and the UK I am a RN so I ussume I would be the same should I relocate to the states? I look forward to finding out anyway! T...

Thank you for your help :) I understand that the US training is quite different to that in Ireland. After coming to Ireland to work straight from my UK training, I feel that my standard of nursing education is considerably higher than what is given ...