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babyNP. APRN

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  1. Registration with NMC

    babyNP. replied to ewen's topic in United Kingdom

    There is a red-hot topic about foreign nurses trying to get to the USA, so it goes both ways: https://allnurses.com/nursing-news/new-bill-eases-626579.html Like Zippy said, jobs from overseas are very...

  2. Should I have turned the LVN in?

    babyNP. replied to PlasticsRN's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP-don't get so upset. Folks get riled up around here for various things. In particular, people don't like other people reporting people as this is not "minding their own business." The whole...

  3. Nurses and Dream Specialty?

    babyNP. replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I have the best job in the

  4. wish to work in the UK but....

    babyNP. replied to texvelvet's topic in International Nursing

    Well, it is a little confusing when you consider that during the world cup, for example, England gets its own team instead of the UK as a whole. I still don't quite get that...And I think it goes both...

  5. May 2012 Graduate Looking for Job Abroad - ANYWHERE!

    babyNP. replied to kar396's topic in International Nursing

    I would caution about working in China. One of my friends from school moved there after school and then came back and worked for a hospital. The hospital and his later graduate school would not count...

  6. USA trained nurses who have registered with the NMC as a mental health nurse

    babyNP. replied to grebearen's topic in International Nursing

    Somebody else had asked this awhile back and the result was that they weren't allowed to practice. You should look into if you can still be licensed as a general adult nurse (as this is what the US...

  7. I have a large soft watery lump on my back

    babyNP. replied to mummysteph's topic in General Nursing

    I can only recommend that you see your doctor as we cannot give medical advice on this

  8. Just said "yes" to a travel job and a prestigious hospital wants to hire me

    babyNP. replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    They are trying to play you (the travel agency). They don't care about the integrity, they just care about the bottom line. Seriously, don't lose a wink of sleep over it. They'd probably hire you...

  9. Neonatal Nurse Interview please??

    babyNP. replied to thsbswtlynn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think you'll find that most people are reluctant to post their employer, real name, and phone number on an internet board... Most of your other questions can be found through using the search...

  10. wish to work in the UK but....

    babyNP. replied to texvelvet's topic in International Nursing

    Like Silverdragon said, it's pretty difficult to get a job in the UK if you don't have an EU passport. The only shortage occupations in the UK are NICU and OR right now... As far as the masters...

  11. May 2012 Graduate Looking for Job Abroad - ANYWHERE!

    babyNP. replied to kar396's topic in International Nursing

    Most places (if not all) will not accept you as a new grad. It costs a lot of $$ to train a new grad and nursing as a shortage isn't so much in the world right now--it's even really difficult for...

  12. young spring chickens or career changers?

    babyNP. replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    I won't flame you, but I'll just say that what you wrote does not encompass all new grads. I was a fresh 22 year old new grad and moved to the other side of the country for my job 3 years ago and felt...

  13. From Austria to America to England

    babyNP. replied to redheadnursetobe's topic in International Nursing

    The benefits are definitely better in the UK, hands down. But the salary is quite different...I've compared on the Band 5 scale with a few points, plus the extra London $$ and I'd still be taking...

  14. Preceptor Pay

    babyNP. replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, $4 an hour. And we totally earn it, IMO. It can be mentally exhausting at

  15. Neonatal Education Questions

    babyNP. replied to sarahk825's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Both degree programs allow you to sit for NCLEX, which is a national board for earning your nursing license (which you need in order to practice). NICU can be hard to get into, especially in this...

  16. NICU/SCN Staffing Questions

    babyNP. replied to RN*mommy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's a big problem with the floating. It's a good thing that management is telling the new nurses that they will be floating so that they have a realistic idea...I would never work at facility that...

  17. CNA in Hungary, moving to USA

    babyNP. replied to Callidora's topic in International Nursing

    You could always try to get into school here in the U.S. When you come over with your green card, you'll be eligible to apply to schools and receive federal funding. CNA courses are about 8-12 weeks...

  18. Good opportunity...so why the teacher backlash?

    babyNP. replied to RKRobbins's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, once I finished my last med-surg clinical in the winter of my senior year in nursing school, I never (and hopefully will never) touch an adult ever again. Got my dream job in the NICU as a new...

  19. Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    babyNP. replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. Seriously. It was inappropriate of her to remark upon that since you are at a place of business, but I'm a little shocked that you would risk that. But, it's not my family...to each their

  20. Training with Nurse who apparently doesn't like to train

    babyNP. replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That sucks, I'm so sorry. I just did my own precepting of a new nurse and I made sure to introduce her (as well as letting the nurse know) who would be precepting her

  21. Should this be reported??

    babyNP. replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ going to bed now whether I feel like it or not! (think it was the caffeine I had this afternoon) but I will say that it really hasn't been an issue for me as far as reporting goes because...

  22. Should this be reported??

    babyNP. replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    Alright, I will bite. I am wide awake and it is midnight and I can't seem to get to sleep... When I was a tech on a nursing floor, there was a sentinel event in which a nurse gave another patient's...

  23. Thinking of leaving bedside nursing due increasing documentation, short staffing, etc

    babyNP. replied to JordanRose's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a NICU (level 3 with post-ops, HFOV, ECMO, etc along with some feeder growers) and we do hourly vital signs as well, but it's just a click of the mouse because they auto-populate from the...

  24. nicu or newborn nursery first?

    babyNP. replied to jewls67's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would take NICU if that's what you truly want. I started out as a new grad in a tertiary center (sickest of the sick) and while it was a looooong road that was hard at many times, it was 1000x worth...

  25. Thinking of leaving bedside nursing due increasing documentation, short staffing, etc

    babyNP. replied to JordanRose's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you need to find a new place to work... If I have a max of 3 patients, it takes ~7 minutes computer charting x 3 patients x 4 assessments = 84 minutes plus ~15 minutes for miscellaneous...