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Hi there everyone Are there any nursing students out there who wish to work in the USA who have been told that they need to achieve 40-80 hours in pediatrics and psychiatric nursing before they can work in the usa? I am doing the project 2000 Diplom...

Hello everyone, Keep coming on here after long gaps of being AWOL. Hope all is well on herewith everyone?, works been very busy and I'm now working back in the outpatients department after another bad experience on the ward i was working on...keep...

Hello everyone Its been a long time since I last posted on this site, have had a really tough year, hada death in the family and getting to grips with a new job, its all been a bit crazy. I've been working on a surgical ward for the past 3 months, ...

Try city university, I think they are offering a course for making up hours but you will have to arrange your own placements...

Hi! Just want to wish you good luck in your job hunting, You will be fine, and I am sure you will find a suitable job in no time, if your passionate about nursing it will come through in the interview :) I left nursing for 7 months after 4 months o...

Hi there My very first job after being qualified lasted 5 months, cause I hated it sooo much..when I left however I couldnt get any other nursing job in my local trust for about 7 months cause of the awful jobs freeze I would definately IF you c...

Hello fone nurse and Cheshire cat, Thanks for your posts! I ended up having a huge talk with my line manager...(she is the wardmanager) and I told her my general feelings about what was making me unhappy about the ward and why i did not think it...

Thanks Sharrie and Silverdragon I have decided to tell my old boss today that i would like to come downstairs to the outpatients, and she going to talk to the top level management to see what can be done. I am absolutely dreading going back into ...

If I were to move to outpatients would it jeopardize my being able to work in the states or canada? My main reason for moving to the ward was to gain surgical experience that would later allow me to work overseas's but I know deep down i would me muc...

Thanks for replying all of you! My manager gave me some pointers, but she then kept bringing the conversation around to the idea that she was getting pressure from above level management and that I will need to sort my prioritization issues out bec...

Thankyou Sharrie and RGN1 for replying to my email . I had another bad day today and I tried to explain that I felt under pressure again to my boss, and she didn't shout at me or anything she went on to say that sooner or later I will be looking af...

Hello everyone I don't know if you remember but a couple months ago I had an interview for an outpatients/pre-assessment nurse job in a private hospital. WEll its now my second week working there ...the people are reallly nice and the hours are gr...

Hi E. Nurse Thankyou ever soooo much for that info, sorry I have not replied sooner, have had a few problems at home and been tired! I realllly hope this course is real as it would save me sooo much more money than trying to do the course I was look...

Hello there english nurse If you don't mind me asking, could you please tell me who you spoke to at staffordshire uni regarding the transcripts? the chap who told you about the post grad courses for nurses wanting to make up the hours?? I am desperat...

hi there letina i was wondering if it would be okay for me to pm you or to email you?? i saw that you had written this: please......do not believe what this agency is telling you. i was a community nurse in the uk and was also told by a certain age...

Thanks for replying to all of you who replied to my post, the advice was reassuring and you all are right in that I should just relax a little and enjoy the job, the people there are all lovely, its not that big of a private hospital and its somewher...

Hello Thanks for replying to my post, I am pleased to hear you have worked as an ODP nurse in the private sector , I would really like some help with a query of mine if that is okay...I know zilch about the independent sector, where could i find ou...

Hello... I cannot believeee it , they offered me the post!! ...I was in such shock when they told me that I got the post for the OPD/Pre-Assessmemt nurse,..I couldnt thank them enough, am really excited, I won't start till april but Im really looki...

Hello everyone Some good news...I have an interview for a staff nurse post in a private hospital..its an outpatient role and Im a bit stumped on a couple of the questions seeing as I only have 4 months exp as a qualified nurse on the person specs ...

Thanks guys You have given me some 'leads to go on' I will look into those further...I'm absolutely bricking it to be honest...Its a private hospital and I have no experience of those whatsoever , I really didn't expect them to even interview me due ...

I have always wanted to go into theatre nursing and its very hard to get a job in that area now..however have spotted a support worker role in theatres in a childrens hospital, i spoke to the manager today and asked if i could apply even though I am ...

hello all.. Its been a long time since I have posted on here, but well I suppose I wanted some advice , I just am verrrry worried , I was a newly qualified nurse in feb 2006, and i had my first post as a staff nurse, but due to personal reasons I h...

Hi there Thanks for replying, I don't know if you know but the reason I want to take the role is that where i am there are NO other nursing jobs available... too many trust cutbacks and redundancies..nobody wants to hire nurses at the moment... i h...

Hello , Thanks to everyone who replied to my post ... Im currently in a non nursing job..which is Full time...so can't afford to go voluntary as i have bills to pay... however i would like your opinions on this I have always wanted to go into the...

Hello all I have been reading many of the posts on here about adult nurses who want to go work in the usa, but who are having difficulty because they lack hours in certain areas of nursing. There is a place called Langara College in vancouver ca...