Kaylesh

This is a query that I am sure does not get often asked. :) I am a Mass. born/bred/trained RN who worked in Mass for 7 years before moving to Scotland in 1999. I have been working as a RN here since then. I am finding myself getting quite homesick a...

Thanks Kel for the explanation. I know from keeping up with Mass news that Milford has grown over the years and was hoping that was the reason. Good to know that is the case.

Thanks Kel I shall keep that in mind when im closer to making the concrete plan. Do you think that is because nurses don't stay at Milford Hospital due to stress/short staffing issues or just normal rates of vacancies?

Thanks for the ideas. I'd have no issue with working on the Cape. I'll keep all your ideas in mind including a travel assignment first. I admit i kind of forgot about the travel assignment idea that just may the best short time solution. Any other i...

Hiya I'm just wondering if the RCN or NMC has any definitive statements on the amount of hours one must have off between shifts? Do they take travel time into account for example shift ends at 11pm takes 50 min to get home then expected to be back o...

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Ohhh she did try to irrigate a foley by pushing the irrigant through the balloon port. Scary part is.. she was actually a RN eeeeek

Was 29 when i graduated n got my RN

Stayed at my first job on a combined Med/Surg/Telem floor for just over 7 years. Loved it. Only left when I moved to a completely differant country :)

Hiya It was called The Scottish Nursing Guild. Not worked for them in about three years as many of the NHS health trusts stopped using them cos they were soooo expensive. Some of the trusts are still using them for specialty areas such as ICU's NICU...

Stacie, You are very welcome. Hope the info helps :).. Aye would be great to be updated with other info. Kay

1) NHS is government run. If you need tests such as xrays,bloods,scans,endoscopy etc. no we don't pay for it at point of service. All working Uk residents pay a National Insurance tax ( National Insurance is a scheme where people in work make payme...

1./2. Well I am going to be a oddball here im sure. :) I am Massachusetts born,bred and trained as a RN. I've lived and worked in Scotland as a RN(Staff Nurse) since July 1999 I love it here and now have dual citizenship.. I've done adult med/surg/te...

Aye what kind of things are you looking to find out? Can you give us a idea of what aspects etc you are looking at? Kay

Hiya I think Nurse advisors are also used in companies that are trying to sell their products to NHS and private hospitals as well Such as wound care products.Incontinence products. Things like that.. Least i think i've seen adverts for them . I've...

Never mind the fact that the nail polish can chip and fall into wounds and such.. Creating more opportunity for infection.. There are reasons for the rules. For both the patients and the nurses protection.. :)

Hiya Im in Scotland and a RN . I know that the trust i work in always has posts on the go. The first step is to register with the NMC which is our licensing body for nursing. You are already at a advantage that you have UK citizenship so don't have t...

Aye I have been shocked during a code many years ago. We were using defib pads and the ICU nurse controlling the defib forgot to yell clear. Well needless to say i was doing compressions and got thrown off the patient into the near by wall. It felt l...

We use SBAR as well for our handovers. I find it makes life so much easier especially after a busy shift .. It helps keep things/thoughts/problems at hand.. For those not familiar with SBAR S= Symptoms (what they came in with/for) B=Backround ( Past ...

Same here too..

Not spent much time in NH.. but as i said i grew up in Mass. so am partial to it :) I love it here in the Fife area.. I first lived up in Aberdeen bloody freezing up there for sure.. Much more temperate here in Fife. Aye it does get cold here but nev...

Hiya Where abouts in New England are you heading for? As i said up above a bit there.. Im born and bred from Massachusetts and emigrated here to Scotland in 1999. Soooo if you need any New England terminology help.. just ask lol.. I have had the opp...

Im originlly from Massachusetts and we called them johnnies too. I've been here in Scotland for just over nine years now and we call em theatre gowns here. :).. Ahhh yes good ole chux.. guess what we call em here in Scotland well at least in my area ...

Hiya.. I work for the NHS.. on a medical/renal ward .. We are next to and rotate through to the dialysis unit next door .

Aye we us fresinius in our hospitals inpatient and out patient dialysis units.. As you prolly guessed yep im in Scotland