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if marriage happens it happens...this id rather do on my own, reduces the dependancy rather a lot i guess we'll just go wherever the wind carries us until things are processed....theres worse lives to lead! thanks for the info :)

hi silverdragon, im a tad confused,is it quicker to get an immigrant visa through marriage than work then? and thanks for the canada info!

Thanks for the extremely quick response! No we are not married, but he is american. i know theres a massive wait, but i still have around 18 months left here, and he wants to live in london for a year also, so that covers around 3 years of the wait a...

hi there, im a uk trained nurse currently working in saudi, ive applied for cgfns and believe i have to wait for their certification before applying to the state i want to work in? My partner can pretty much work anywhere.....Where are the least 'com...

Thanks tearmaiden :) Im heading out there in Aug to work in Riyadh. Anything else i should know?! Your post was very informative :)

we work on an individualised basis. cares and feeds are done with each baby in accordance with when their parents/carers are in (within reason). To be honest we dont really have 'scheduled' times for babies, its up to the nurse in charge of that baby...

giving a long term diagnosis is not an easy thing to do as a NICU nurse. I care deeply about not only the babies in my care, but the parents and carers that find themselves there, and try to give them as much information and as much of my time as is ...

personally i detest cup feeding, and feel that finger feeding is even more barbaric and confusing (not to mention hard work!) for the baby. baby friendly should be about informed choice, not guilt tripping the mother! rant over

hi all, any help on this would be appreciated!im moving from a level 2 to a 3 unit, so have no experience of nitric or oscillation. any tips on basics, resources, what to watch out for would be fantastic! have 6 weeks before i start, so have some tim...

thanks every1!

we give iv caffeine also as oral if we're out of oral suspension, but wouldnt give oral as iv

thank u! one thing-im uk, what is an RT?!

we use alaris asena, for both drugs and enteral feeds. our drug infusion pumps are labelled for drug use only, and have a special pressure set attached to the side, so again, you couldnt give a feed through them if you wanted to! im not too sure if t...

Hi everyone! im a bit of a lurker here, have posted a few times, but not much. I would have to say i agree with everything said, and even though im not 'new' anymore (being 2 years out of university), i still find allnurses a massive source of suppor...

i just had my first trisomy18 baby a few weeks ago, and couldnt watch this until now...... amazing parents, he was so incredibly lucky to be born into a family like that. i just feel so glad that he had as full a life as he was able to.:heartbeat

hi tanya dont know if this will be of any help, but i've just applied to queensland nursing board, and thats all i had to apply to, didnt need my course transcripts evaluated or anything, so didnt apply to anmc for anything. i just went onto the appl...

hiya, im a neonatal nurse, and dont know if its the same down south, but in scotland part of the reason neonates can afford to be so choosy in those they employ is cos there is very little staff movement. usually once ur in, u stay. midwives are bein...

Hi, first off, its not a huge deal to take the training and run! something which i have learned very rapidly in my first year of nursing is that no one looks out for you- you do it for yourself! (bar a few amazing people that have helped me out fanta...