NurseStudent1984

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH It`s so hard :cry: The easy option, it`s to hope that I will remain HCV Negative after treatment, so after that I can work like Theatre Nurse

Thank you all for your answers ! ScaryMary, Practice nurse sound great ! I will have a look on internet to see if a practice nurse don`t do EPP

Thanks a lot for your answer :)

No one !? Please help me !

hy there ! my name is ciobanu andrei and i have a bsc in nursing. i`m from romania, but i want to come next year in uk to apply for a postgraduate diploma course at city university of london, and after that for a msc. my dream it`s to became a theatre nurse, but unfurtunately i have a problem. i`m hcv+, on treatment at this moment. if i will remain hcv rna negative after the treatment, i can apply for a theatre nursing job. i sent an email to hep. c trust, and thei told me that: "if you continue to have hep c, then any job where you may be carrying out "exposure prone procedures" - eg as a surgeon or theatre nurse then you would be prevented from working." can you give me some examples about nursing jobs where you don`t must to do exposure prone procedures? i want to see what options do i have . please help me ! ps: please escuse my english .... hope you will understand !

LOL Leulle ! Thanks a million ! I`m a bit sad because i have this b***y bug ! I want so mutch to work like a theatre nurse in UK, but i`m not sure if I`m allow to. I sent yesterday a few emails to Occupational health department from fome UK Hospitals, but i`m still waiting their repply. If somebody else from this forum have any ideas, advices, please a lot don`t hesitate to tell me. Or, if somebody just want to speak with me about HCV, or treatment, just sendme a PM. I know I lot of things about HCV and interferon treatment. I`m on my 23 treatment week now, from 44

sharrie Thanks you a lot for your answer. I already sent an email at my Occupational health department and hope they will send me an answer asap. Thanks !

5cats, Thanks a lot for you answer. Now, i`m on treatment for HCV with interferon and ribavirin. After treatement, if I will clear the virus, do you think I can work like a theatre nurse? I will contact occupational health and i really hope that they will give me a good answer. Thank a lot again, and please escuse my not very good english. Hope you understand me

Thank you a lot Silverdragon102 fot your advice !

Please ! Any advise ! Anyone?

Hy there, Great forum you have here !!!! I`m loving it !! This it`s my first post on this forum. First off all, please escuse my english. I`m not from UK, i`m from Romania, but i do all my best with my english and i really hope that you understand. So .... i`m a 24 years old male, from Romania , country from EU. I`m in Romania at this moment, but i want to come in UK next year. I have a BSc Degreea in Nursing, and i want to come in UK next year, to apply for a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing at London City University, and after that for a MSc in Nursing. Buttttttttttttt.... i have a problem. I was diagnosted with Hepatitis C positive (HCV+) 2 years ago. Now, at this moment I`m on treatment with Pegasys and Ribavirin. And my question is : Please can you lett me know if a person who is Hepatitis C positive can work like a nurse in UK? Please lett me know if you can, because i don`t have any ideea what to do and I really want to come in UK to work like a THEATRE NURSE ! Thanks a lot, and please escuse me again for my english ! I really hope that you understand my english !