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Hey all Patients who are oscillated in our unit are usualy on Rocuronium to keep them still....although I do think our unit is looking at using Roc a little less and will probaby go for the old morphine and midaz option. x

Hey I work on PICU at a childrens hospital in Birmingham, England. I work on a 20 bedded unit (can go up to 21 beds and in the consultation process of expanding to 28 beds!) We work Long Days, Early's, Late's and nights a mixture of all and we sel...

Hey I have been looking into nrsing in Alberta and have sent my application to CARNA, and still waiting for a reply! I know in Alberta you have to be trained in all aspects of nursing. I was wondering if this was the case for BC? I have heard briti...

As a student I was always very nervous about IV drugs! Why on earth would she administer it? We were always taught to work to our limitations and IV drugs were drilled into us as a limitation! Mind there are some very confident students out there, ...

Hey Jan I got your txt back too, just haven't had time to reply and watching the cost, just glad finally got it to work! ha ha We are gutted to be back and really missing Canada, we had a fab week in Cagary after leaving Edmonton, we had more heat a...

I personally hate being off work sick... and have currently had 4 days off with sickness and I always feel so guilty phoning in sick but know there are peope out there who take the mick....my other half gets "an always there award" of £60 worth of sh...

Hey I have also logged in and a few things are missing, they have asked for my nursing hours breakdown again, which I am sure was in the envelope but hey! I remember someone saying it was taking about 6 months to get a decision and I have been told t...

Just wanted to vent my anger and fustration at all the bad press BCH is getting at the moment! The news never focus on the good work us nurses and Dr's do!! Wouldn't you just ove to invite the press to work one of our 12 hour shifts with us and see h...

Well I know that I work hard and the majority of people I work with do, we care for the patients we look after and try our best! The NHS will never run smoothly, there are too many fat cat, who have no medical background running the show and don't un...

Ooh Whisper which website is that then? would be interested to look a few up myself! I'm sure I took part in that survey that helped shape the tv programme, was it a YouGov survey? You know if managers we not paid so much to sit bhind a desk and do...

It does all boil down to us nurses, I missed the tv programme as ooh I was at work finishing off my 12 hour shift! Yeah there are some nurses out there who really don't care or do any work, but the majority of us care and work our asses off!!! The ne...

Thanks for that, once I have my info back from CARNA, that will be my next step! If I haven't heard from them by the time we come for oyr holiday in may I may go and visit them in person! ha ha x x

Hey all I thought this temporary permit from CARNA, would make it that little bit easier to practice while you got your full registration...but I don't think that is so....I'm only childrens quaified and currently in limbo, sent my form off back in f...

Mmm all this talk about curry.....we have never got round to making our own from scratch....we always say we will but don't seem to have the time and it's usually easier to go to local urry house to get one and we have never found a good recepie........

Hey Liz I am a Childrens nurse and work in PICU for a year now..... I am in the process of sending off my CARNA application (we want to head to Alberta), I think the best thing for you to do is find the area you want to live and work in and then find...

hey here is an english view on things..... 1) what is the most common type of diagnosis? the majority or our patients are cardiac, in the winter respiratory patients, summer months we see more road traffic accidents ect 2) how often do your pt's "...

Hey I will drop you a PM with my email address on and let me have yours and I will answer your questions. Lisa x

Hey Jan I want to come to your house....with all that snow it's damp and grey here! ha ha

Well my CARNA form will be heading out this week...so we will see! Then comes the big decison....if I get turned down and have to re train can we afford to do that whilst trying to emigrate and start a fresh in a new country, whilst also thinking of...

Thanks for the reply...think I am starting to understant that the longer you have been somewhere the more it counts! Lisa x

Hey all I currently work in PICU in England, we are currently in the process of (fingers crossed) being accepted into Canada, Alberta. In England we have diferent areas such as Health Visitors, School Nurses, child protection nurses and jobs within t...

Hey welcome..... Congrats on the job offer have you applied for your registration through the NMC equivelent in Vancouver? Never visited Vancouver, went over to BC, on a snow shoeing excursion which was brilliant....I think as long as you can stand t...

Hey do you need someone especially from Scotland? I am from the UK, near Birmingham and would be willing to help, if I can? Lisa x

Hey, I can imagaine there are things you would miss when moving to a different country, I know the one big thing I will miss if we managed to move to Canada is curry! I love them, we found one in Banff but that would be a 4 hour drive from where we ...

hey just interested why you want to come here? being a bit nosey. ha ha the nmc website is www.nmc-uk.org and they will be able to help you with if you can work over here....i would also reccomend you contanct some of the hospitals where you wou...