Hey OG the welsh - we are, as i speak with my charlotte church lilt, a lovely 'race' of people. i just don't choose to live there. it's too bloody cold and wet. and can be terribly unsophisticated...
well matey, your unsophisticated mouth proves my point exactly. cardiff born and bred here with a sense of humour to boot. sorry OG to disappoint you. and what's with that name?
Hi Suzanne I had chicken pox as a kid, and have some test results to suggest that i have immunity. however, recently i had a blood test which suggests that i don't have immunity anymore (??) - unsure...
are you kidding!? the thing to learn about the nhs is that they are so understaffed that if you have any vague nursing skills (bedbath; ability to wear a tunic; a pulse) they'll hire you!! my advice...
Hi. I work as an enteral feeding nurse specialist in the UK. It has recently become UK law that NGT placement can only be verified by either x-ray or pH testing. Because x-ray is obviously not...
hello it can take a long time. i passed my nclex for california in april. eventhough i have a license in theory, in practice i don't. You need to verify your nclex result (along with your all other...
rob5252 replied to pritampaulsingh's topic in General Nursing
wow, so that told me! when people say that americans have no sense of irony, i always leap to 'your' defence. after all, my other and better half purports to have been born and educated on your fair...
rob5252 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing
good for you and i hope that you do! i thought that nursing in the uk was bad, but the americans sound just as crazy if not worse. i wonder how much of this altruism is related to nurses frightened...
don't worry... i remember listening out for squeeks and hisses and just getting ear ache from the pressure exerted by the ear pieces themselves. then, out of the blue, eureka, i heard what i was...
rob5252 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing
i don't get up each morning to nurse the sick and needy out of the goodness of my own heart. mother theresa i am not. i get up, like everybody else, because i have bills to pay and a dog to feed....
rob5252 replied to pritampaulsingh's topic in General Nursing
is this a serious question? what do you think that nurses do? mop a fevered brow? wear a little white hat with a red cross and read bedtime stories waiting in vain for Dr Death to ask for your hand...
This doesn't work for those abroad - I am still not on the California website despite passing the NCLEX in March '05. To be a registered, licensed nurse you need a social security number. And the...
rob5252 replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor
working in london, most hospitals are staffed by a very diverse multi-ethnic mix of nurses from far-off lands. unfortunately (for them) nurses' names can cause amusement for hospital staff. i...
i took my exam here in london yesterday (monday 4th april) - for california state board of nursing - apparently pearson vue say that Ca do not participate in the quick results scheme so i may have to...