MandaAnda

MandaAnda

Neonatal nursing (paediatric trained)

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  1. hiring freeze?

    MandaAnda replied to dionnedillon's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Tiff, I'll add to your comment that I think it must be if you have US nursing experience as well (I'm sure most of you on this board would). I'm American but trained in the UK, and by the time I...

  2. Gravity Feeds

    MandaAnda replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In my situation, there are normally other nurses around to deal with anything that comes up. Still, I've never had a feed take half an hour or longer. Ever. We do have pumps, and I guess if the...

  3. filipinos who finished the study while earning in uk?

    MandaAnda replied to starbob's topic in International Nursing

    Without substantial savings (which I think you'd have to prove nowadays to get your student visa anyway), I think it'd be very difficult to pay international student fees to attend university and work...

  4. filipinos who finished the study while earning in uk?

    MandaAnda replied to starbob's topic in International Nursing

    I'm not a Filipino, but I do live in the UK. I'm a bit confused by your question though. You may like to elaborate, as I can't see a point in someone coming from the Phillipines to study for a NVQ in...

  5. Gravity Feeds

    MandaAnda replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If it's busy and/or we're low on staff, then yes. Last night, I had four babies and one rooming-in with the mother. The rooming-in baby was no problem, as she was establishing breastfeeding and was...

  6. Gravity Feeds

    MandaAnda replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Even if we hang our feeds, we're not allowed to leave the baby unattended. I regularly have 4-6 babies to look after with a variety of hourly, two hourly, three hourly and four hourly NG feeds (not...

  7. =[ first medication error

    MandaAnda replied to Sun*shine's topic in International Nursing

    First of all, I don't think you'll get into trouble, as there is a "no blame" culture in the NHS now more than ever. At most, you may have a ward manager speak to you to see if there's a way to avoid...

  8. Understanding differences between US and UK

    MandaAnda replied to Schips424's topic in International Nursing

    As far as the visa info goes, spot on. However, many US government loans do cover training overseas if it is at a university that the US government recognises. When I first came to the UK to study,...

  9. update on UK TO USA

    MandaAnda replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    You may have had hours in all the areas (even I have some hours in all the areas, as we have the common foundation year), but you still may not have enough outside of the adult branch. Before you...

  10. How My Instructor Affected My Life

    MandaAnda replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    I think your instructor must've been the twin of a LVN instructor I had in 2000/2001. The sad thing is that I wasn't strong enough to report her. I let the situation get me down, and the old...

  11. rotating shifts?!

    MandaAnda replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Many units in the UK used to hire specifically for nights and/or have staff that worked only nights (and if you had a good group of staff that preferred nights, you wouldn't have that many day staff...

  12. Hand washing?

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

    Our unit had started using handwashing and also gloves for every single time you come into contact with a baby a few years ago. However, we started using this new soap back in August that is hell on...

  13. Does your unit use Vapotherm?

    MandaAnda posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ...and if it does, what do you think about it? Our unit got a few VTs back in February/March, and we've recently got new ones that have the entirely disposable cartridges and tubing. However, some...

  14. Visitors and ICU

    MandaAnda replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    We have them use the alcohol gel upon entering the unit (outside the locked doors). Then, they must also wash their hands with soap and water in the corridor (inside the locked doors but before the...

  15. Understanding differences between US and UK

    MandaAnda replied to Schips424's topic in International Nursing

    I think you'd have trouble finding a university that accepts you. While most universities accept international students (and the higher fees they bring) on almost everything else, nursing is a...

  16. What do level III RNs think of level II?

    MandaAnda replied to Peanut_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's no difference at mine either. It's a Level 2 but used to be a Level 3 and still does some Level 3 stuff. We have an intensive care nursery and a special care nursery, separate rooms but...

  17. Waiting List Initiative Pay

    MandaAnda replied to Finsecker's topic in International Nursing

    I wish our Trust still did that, scarymary. Ugh...they've recently taken away the specialist pay, and you're no longer paid weekly for bank shifts but a month in

  18. Does your unit use Vapotherm?

    MandaAnda replied to MandaAnda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I guess the picture is pretty similar to the UK with some hospitals not using and some using VT. Our paediatric unit doesn't use them, the the VT salesman was showing all of us the new machine the...

  19. Stethoscope size?

    MandaAnda replied to Coffee Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    All of our babies also have their

  20. Info about Tyler

    MandaAnda replied to BowMomOfSeven's topic in Texas Nursing

    I lived outside of Tyler from the age of 8 to 22. My parents still live there. It is a gorgeous town. You almost have a hospital district going on, with Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and East...

  21. Differences between US v UK NICUs

    MandaAnda replied to MandaAnda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My hospital's a teaching hospital in that we have nursing students, medical students and student midwives; it's not a university hospital. We have three neonatologists who rotate on a weekly basis. I...

  22. Differences between US v UK NICUs

    MandaAnda posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've trained in the UK and work in a Level 2 NICU. However, I'll likely be moving to the States in a couple of years (I'm American anyway, so just need to sort the foreign trained nursing side of...

  23. Differences between US v UK NICUs

    MandaAnda replied to MandaAnda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks, Christine. Yes, my unit encourages kangaroo care. As for family-centred care, it was really emphasises throughout my training, and I even had to write a 200 word essay at my job interview...

  24. Tell me about NICU nursing in NC, ?Charlotte

    MandaAnda posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I was hoping I could get some info on my specialty and the area - anything you can tell me really. Here's why: I'm an American, grew up in Mississippi, then Texas. I moved to the UK 6+ years ago and...

  25. update on UK TO USA

    MandaAnda replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    Nightmare, thanks, but I don't think that's it, as I don't see that "Sunshine97" posted in it. That's a thread that I started a few months back when I was looking into everything. I think it was...