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Hello Texas nurses, I haven't posted for many, many months but used to be active on the UK forums while I was a nursing student. Have moved to Austin a year ago and been getting organized with family, schools etc. Then went through the bureaucratic h...

Hi all, have read many of the UK->US forums in the last few years but nothing about the exam itself.... Is it difficult to pass if you are a UK trained RN? I see that about 85% of US nursing grads pass it the first time. What about Brits? I alway...

I've been a member here since I started as an HCA and then student nurse 3+ years ago. I've now qualified and got a great job ( I think!) on a respiratory ward. I love the work, the other staff have been incredibly helpful and I'm learning lots. The...

Hiya.. I know there's been lots of talk about agencies, fees, contracts, NCLEX etc. But I'd love to hear from UK nurses who have already made the jump... *What's it like in US hospitals -- just like ER? locker rooms and in-house laundrys? *What's it ...

Thanks Madwife! It's pretty cool. And pretty scarey too. All those chest and bowel sounds are pretty intimidating. I just hope it's as much fun (!) as I think it is here...xa

I've talked to you guys in the past - delighted, expat, to see that I'm not the only US student nurse in the UK??!! (was going to say Yank, but then remembered that you're a southerner :) !) This has been a long and involved thread, but getting back ...

Well, that's all pretty interesting... I've been reading student comments here over the last many months and thinking they all sounded pretty stressed out and high powered, and wondered whether they were just taking things pretty seriously or whether...

How nice to know I'm not Alone!!! I'm a 2nd yr, just over half way, and about to start my acute placements -- ITU, theatre and recovery during the summer. can't wait. What do you mean 40/40 hours? for the UK course I thought we needed something like ...

Hi expat, not sure I understood you correctly...are you a US citizen studying nursing in the UK? I've lived over here for 15+yrs with a Brit hubby, and decided to become a nurse a few years ago after many years in office jobs. I love it, but I'm addi...

Good points, Kay... It's helpful to hear from someone who's on the other side of qualification. I've worked long enough to know it's very different on the inside of any job. Almost everyone I've seen on placements is incredibly conscientious and a re...

Hi again, I posted further up and have been interested in your comments.... As Yank, born and bred, but Brit resident for last 15 yrs (with Brit hubby), I am constantly comparing quality/speed/costofliving/ between the two places.. I'm not sure pace ...

What is a pam? Maybe I've been asleep for the last millennium, but I've never heard the expression? thanks xx :imbar

Please do it! I'm a mature student too; 15 years of office clock watching and now I'm a second year student and I love my new life. Hours fly by; you learn something new every day. some UK nursing schools require an access course, but if you've done...

HEY! As Garfield said many years ago... "....DIET???? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?....IT'S 'DIE' WITH A 'T' ADDED!!!!" I try to remember that, and just try to fit in 5 fruits & veg a day around meals... and go for walks if not up to exercise. Good for ...

Hi again, Well, in answer to Madwife's concerns, I think its always healthy to broaden one's horizons by remembering that all cultures have differences... having lived in a "foreign" place (which does now feel like home) for the last 15 years, I've h...

Hi Fergus and Madwife... I wonder about this US/UK thing since I am a v. weird combo-- American long-term UK resident. Married to Brit. Now training to be adult and nurse and after 15 yrs getting homesick and thinking about returning to US. --Maybe e...

Hi Everyone, I dip in and out too. 2nd yr mature student, mum of 2. I think this forum comes and goes depending on controversial topics and (yes!) sporting successes/failures. Also world politics and how George & Tony are getting along. There w...

Grand Rapids always struck me as one of those wonderful "not too big/not too small" kind of places. "say YES to mIchigan was a big tourist headline in the late 1980s. (ooo dating myself!) -- bumper stickers, billboards and tv ads. The Upper Penninsu...

HI Moffist, Just out of curiousity, where abouts are you in Michigan? I'm an American over here not-so-sunny Surrey, doing my nurses training as a mature student. (yes, I know, odd. but my other half is british and I've lived over here for years) I'm...

Hi Julia, As far as I remember, it's illegal to ask about family ties or responsibilities in ANY field. can't imagine it's different in nursing. good luck

Hiya! I've been up to my eyeballs in the last few months (am finishing 1st year of RN programme plus 2 school age kids and house move and you name it...)and haven't been touching base here much, but I remember you and am delighted to hear that you...

Hiya, 1pm today I'm in the exam room - it's 60% of our mark for the module and one of those "could be 2 answers to the question" kind of multiple choice tests. We've been out on placement for the last 4 weeks working 30hrs/week with portfolios to w...

I'm an UK student nurse (going for adult RN) in the middle of my 4 week "insight" mental health placement. In Britain they can "section" someone under the Mental Health Act and force treatment, including, sometimes ECT. I saw ECT in action for the f...

Thanks Elkpark. I'm American myself but have lived over here most of my adult life. As a result, I'm constantly comparing the two societies. I had wondered whether compulsory treatment was more regulated because of all the civil rights laws in the ...

Here's another executive shooting off his mouth... And he "wants the board to give him support!"... The chairman of an NHS Trust faced calls for his resignation yesterday after saying that agency nurses "kill more people than they save". Barrie Blo...