AZ hopeful

Congratulations! My kids have POTS, I've probably got it too but not as bad as my kids, it makes life tough, so way to go you!!!!

I passed NCLEX 4 years ago so my license is due for renewal, which I am unable to do online because I am still in the UK. Has anyone else renewed their licence from overseas? Is it possible to renew if you have not been able to start the visa process...

You should apply for family based visa as soon as he gets his greencard, with the way things are for nurses, it may be a quicker route!

Yes, have emailed them and awaiting a response, was just wondering if anyone knew. Luckily I have a good contact within the BON because of all the issues I had first time around! Just hoping that you can renew from abroad, my RN status says inactive ...

The lengthy visa process time is the least of your problems, it is a very rare occurance for US hospitals to recruit overseas nurses now, I passed my NCLEX 4 years ago and my original job offer was withdrawn because of retrogression, so 5 years on f...

I sat my NCLEX back in 2007 and at that time you could get an ATT from AZBON without US SSN once you had met CES requirements, not sure if it has changed. An inactive licence doesn't prevent looking for a job, it's the effects of retrogression that h...

Oh and no AZ hospitals have recruited in the UK since we started the process in 2007!!!

The AZ BON do require you to have an affadavit signed by a notary to issue a licence without US SSN and then your status will be listed as 'Inactive, living abroad'

Just to complicate matters some Kent hospitals also pay London Weighting! The hospitals located on the London /Kent border get 'outer London weighting' up to £4,351 then hospitals in North Kent get 'fringe London Weighting' up to £1,616, then within ...

The cost of living varies widely in Kent, depends on if you are NW Kent, mid Kent or coastal. Many nurses from further down into Kent travel closer to London to work for the extra salary

Sorry SD, just catching up and was a 'little' insulted

hmmmm.... shall i admit to being an older nurse proud of my uk training and i didn't need to make up any hours in any area and i passed nclex first time in under an hour .... just 75 q's :yeah: :yeah: and i did it with a couple of boo...

wow what a statement, I have jumped through so many hoops for emigration. I wonder if the original OP understands the emotional rollercoaster involved with emigration. I am a little surprised with OP as one of the reasons for my family choosing to mo...

Mayflower I would love to know if you got a job in ICU/ HDU I've been nursing since my 18th birthday and started in ICU 5 months ago at the grand old age of 41 and am absolutely loving it!!!!!

Yeah, we've escaped it too down here in the south east, lovely day earlier but rain setting in now. They have it really bad all over Ireland too, my Dad is probably going to have to leave his car there and fly back as there are so many road closures ...

We have 28 pts on a VERY busy ward, worst in the hospital! 3-4 RNs (3 RNs have 9-10 pts each & 1 RN in charge when available), 2 Healthcare Assistants who are allocated to each ' end' of the ward to help with 14 pts each so we have to fight for ...

Guess everyone's experience is different then, they always answered the phone when I rang and I rang a LOT, they always answered my emails promptly, they didn't lose my documents, quite the opposite in fact, ALL the copies they requested were in my f...

I had problems with CGFNS but I certainly didn't feel I was being scammed, I was just frustrated with their mistakes. It can be a pain but they have to make sure everything is correct I guess.

I work on a surgical NHS ward and have 9-10 pts on days and 14 on nights, terrible ratios as just about get time to do drugs and hands on care but no time to do care plans and writing

some basic models do not have cigarette lighters! Others like my car have cigarette lighters, 2 x12v points for kids to plug in consoles and a AC glove box!! I would say to email the car rental company before you leave, failing that buy a cool bag &a...

oops- should have said I was staying in the East Valley and it didn't take long to drive in and get them done

I got my fingerprints done at the office next door to the AZBN, in the same building for a couple of bucks donation, that way I knew they were ok and I handed them in there and then

hope everyone had a great christmas and best wishes for a fantastic new year, hopefully it will be a more mobile year for some of us lol i worked mon night and was supposed to work tues night but my hospital shut so i had to take time owing, be on ca...

Funny enough at my interview 2 weeks ago, one of the scenarios was how would I deal with a family who complain that their mother has not been washed. By the way understaffing is not confined to the NHS, I work in a private hospital and could rant all...

Oh My Gosh I can't believe I didn't see this post before ..great to hear from everyone, I miss the weekly chat. Hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a lovely time:tree: Quick catch up from my corner: did my NCLEX in Aug- passed 1st time @75 Q's...