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  1. working school hours only?

    bulletproofbarb replied to scoobydoo's topic in International Nursing

    Royal Perth Hospital offer family friendly hours on some of the wards. My friend works them, so I speak from experience but am not sure about school holidays. more info...

  2. Looking for a psychiatric nurse who works in Western Australia

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I am barb, a general nurse. Currently working in UK, due to return home to Australia in December. My problem is that I have a sister who has been defined as mentally ill but has no specific...

  3. What nursing shortage? Not around here...they don't need nurses.

    bulletproofbarb replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    If there truely was a nursing shortage, then agency nurses wouldn't get cancelled. Having read agency nurses board and been one back in AQustralia and UK, seems like their is no shortage of nurses,...

  4. Starting nursing school next week with one seizure under my belt.

    bulletproofbarb replied to daisy9980's topic in General Nursing

    apparebtly they do. I had to look into that when I was registering in UK. I trained in australia and infact, the NMC (UKCC) were quite shocked that was the

  5. Starting nursing school next week with one seizure under my belt.

    bulletproofbarb replied to daisy9980's topic in General Nursing

    Hi daisy!! I was the person who pointed you in this direction. I also have epielpsy and post on braintalk, and like daisy, feel that the information she is getting, is conflicting, and discouraging...

  6. Standards of Nursing in UK as seen by an Aussie RN

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in International Nursing

    I'm currently working in UK and I hate to say it, but the standards of nursing in UK are shocking. It's not just me who thinks this, I have heard if from other Australian nurses. In fact, many are...

  7. Standards of Nursing in UK as seen by an Aussie RN

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    Your question doesn't offend me at all. It's a fair one considering my views I posted. I am going home in December. I have some great memories from here and am currently working somewhere fairly okey....

  8. DVT - how long can you have one?

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse and flew to UK back in April. From memeory, over the last couple of months I have had a pain in my left calf. I wore ted stockings but couldn't take asprin as I take Diamox (amongst...

  9. OVERTIME situation

    bulletproofbarb replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

    Ooooooo, I have just come home from work and was about to post a rant topic about overtime. I finished at 230pm today, but was rostered till 130pm becauae I am bank. However, an agency healthcare...

  10. DVT - how long can you have one?

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Right, off to the doc. I hope they can test this as an outpatient as I REALLY don't want to end up in hospital!!!! I've been worried because I have an overactive nurse imagination and also take...

  11. Standards of Nursing in UK as seen by an Aussie RN

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    I work agency, so i am not speaking of one particular hospital which makes it even worse. If it was just one hospital, then I wouldn't work there, but it is all

  12. Running IV hydration manually - rates

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have lost my card with my pre calculated drip rates to set a 20 drop per ml giving set to the prescribed rate. As an example, I know that a 1 litre bag over 12 hours is 83.33 ml an hour, usually...

  13. Is there a D grade UK nurse who can help me?

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in International Nursing

    This is a bit of a personal question so if you want to PM me the answer I would be most greatful. I am going to be working in UK next year, currently registered with an agency. However, I also want to...

  14. Record of harassment (hello again gwenith)

    bulletproofbarb replied to Husband's topic in International Nursing

    At the time of the original post about Husbands wife being called a bully ect, the same happened to me. It was awful because the person who made the claim was a friend who actually became quite...

  15. can anyone recommend a friendly hospital in Perth

    bulletproofbarb replied to igual's topic in International Nursing

    PACU = Recovery then. So, theatre work. Definately SCGH or RPH. I hope you have a nice

  16. Psych nurse attacked by patient

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    I was wondering how she was. I have been travelling around Europe for the last 4 weeks now and have been thinking of her. I start work in UK in May, which should do wonders for the credit card which...

  17. can anyone recommend a friendly hospital in Perth

    bulletproofbarb replied to igual's topic in International Nursing

    What is PACU? I used to be in Perth, but am travelling Europe prior to working in UK. Their are two hospitals in Perth. Royal Perth Hospital Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital I prefer Royal Perth. The...

  18. Arrived in London, DESPERATE for Nirsing Times back issue.

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I have arrived in London and am in the process of finialising my employment with the nurses agency . When I left Australia, they told me that they gave us one free uniform and free CRB. Now, I...

  19. Arrived in London, DESPERATE for Nirsing Times back issue.

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I have got one and all is sorted! Excuse my poor typing this morning, time is money in an internet cafe, time I have, money I haven't. I can't start work for about a month until the CRB is done....

  20. 3 weeks till i arrive in UK

    bulletproofbarb posted a topic in International Nursing

    Only three weeks now before i leave Australia to come and work in the UK. I'm going travelling a bit first then will start work in may with an agency and see from there what i want to do. I'm starting...

  21. 3 weeks till i arrive in UK

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, I have arrived. I am going to do the final paperwork at the agency tomorrow and will start work next month as I am travelling for the rest of this month. I'll be back then with lots of questions...

  22. Psych nurse attacked by patient

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    The nurse is still in an induced coma and apparently has had renal failure and was on dialysis. There was a snippet on the news saying she had planned to leave her job just days before the attack....

  23. 3 weeks till i arrive in UK

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    I am seriously thinking of Leeds, I've just been on the website for Leeds and also the hospital. I am getting turned off London rapidly, as a place to live and work, and I haven't even arrived yet!!...

  24. 3 weeks till i arrive in UK

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, thanks, I have been looking at the undesirable areas and it's still expensive!! Funnily enough, I planned to move out of london after about 3 months ans was considering going to Scotland as well....

  25. Psych nurse attacked by patient

    bulletproofbarb replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    After a google search of about 5 minutes with using a few different keywords, this was the only article that was on the net. They had a snippet about it in the news, just enough to fill those few...