skylark

skylark BSN, RN

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30 plus years, mostly in ER, but also including a decade in District Nursing.

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  1. NMC fee to raise to £120/year

    skylark replied to Britnursecalibound's topic in United Kingdom

    Its a heck of a lot better than the non union places i worked at before. Firing after one med error seems to be standard, and vacation leave is 'discretionary' meaning you don't get it. I personally...

  2. NMC delay and ONP Course at Bournemouth

    skylark replied to sarena33's topic in Nurse Registration

    PS - one thing I have found with the NMC is that they do not have a system for taking over work from a colleague when they go off sick. If it happens that the person processing your applications goes...

  3. NMC delay and ONP Course at Bournemouth

    skylark replied to sarena33's topic in Nurse Registration

    It means your papers are sitting on someone's desk, and will get looked at when they get round to it. If you live a reasonable distance from London, I would show up and just sit there until someone...

  4. NMC fee to raise to £120/year

    skylark replied to Britnursecalibound's topic in United Kingdom

    Vacation /annual leave - currently 7 weeks in the NHS, if you count bank hols. I have a union job in the US and get 2 weeks. Sick leave is max 4 days per year, mat leave 3 weeks, (a year in the...

  5. NMC fee to raise to £120/year

    skylark replied to Britnursecalibound's topic in United Kingdom

    Except that you need liability insurance and health insurance as well : ) CA earnings are great until you realise there is no annual leave, maternity leave, etc, and sick time is precarious, and...

  6. What Would You Like Your Tech To Do?

    skylark replied to friggasdistaff's topic in Emergency

    Wow, I wish our techs did all that! Maybe ask your boss to ask 'some' nurses specifically what they want you to do differently? I bet you that 'some' nurses don't have anything to say : ) You are...

  7. Do all nurses feel like this?

    skylark replied to Dasher24's topic in United Kingdom

    School teaches you the clinical stuff, but i think that when you start any new job, its the 'local' stuff that is challenging. The 'who's who' of the department and the hospital is daunting to begin...

  8. NMC fee to raise to £120/year

    skylark replied to Britnursecalibound's topic in United Kingdom

    As someone who works in both the UK and the US, this is the better deal. Your username suggests that you are planning to move to CA, so I suggest you check out the expenses associated with nursing...

  9. Triage Practices

    skylark replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    We have that where I am in IL, but my concern is that it is so focused on CP that other urgent cases can get ignored as they don't meet the CP criteria. In all the EDs I have worked there has been an...

  10. Triage Practices

    skylark replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    In the UK we have 15 minutes from when the patient books in to complete a written/computerized triage, and vital, +/- EKG if its a CP. Ideally labs get sent in that time too, although that can be...

  11. Best nursing program for potential move to USA

    skylark replied to ptork66's topic in United Kingdom

    I doubt there are any degrees, even dual ones that cover all the requirements of the US RN. The hours need to be made up of adult nursing, peds, psych and maternity. So if you do an adult branch...

  12. Help with band 6 emergency department interview?

    skylark replied to Buzzzlove14's topic in United Kingdom

    Sounds like an English job interview? Just tell 'em what they like to hear, rattle off all that junk from the NHS clinical leadership competency framework, and then more about the styles of...

  13. Time for endorsement?

    skylark replied to ChrisMarie09's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I think you can take it pretty much anywhere, as a foreign nurse I did it in London, England, and got me a California licence that way. But there should be a definitive answer somewhere on the NCLEX...

  14. Pain Management in the ER

    skylark replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    Oh, that is all sooooo true! And I wish I had a answer, but until then we are all stuck with the "what the patients says" theory. I don't rush their assessments, I wait until they finish their phone...

  15. Working hours

    skylark replied to poiuytrewq's topic in United Kingdom

    There are quite a few people from there on the RCN Forum, you could post your question there, or just ask

  16. Student Advice

    skylark replied to BusiestBSN's topic in Emergency

    Know when to ask questions and when to get the heck out. There is a time and a place for learning, just be aware of that and do not start expecting answers when all hell is breaking loose and/or you...

  17. Demanding family members

    skylark replied to PerfectlyNumb's topic in Emergency

    I agree, when the doc caves in you are sunk. When the doc does that I try to direct the family to the doc to answer all their questions and find them some food and drink, and I tell them that the doc...

  18. CEN exam

    skylark replied to ERRNinPA's topic in Emergency

    Mark Boswell on youtube : ) And the ENA text as

  19. Discharge Areas/Lounges

    skylark replied to chelsea554's topic in Emergency

    Its now standard in the UK, thanks to the government's wonderful 4 hour limit on every patient in the ER! So yes, there is a designated area, and usually at least one RN maybe a CNA as well. They are...

  20. Working hours

    skylark replied to poiuytrewq's topic in United Kingdom

    12 hour shifts = its 13 shifts per 4 week schedule, so that 3 days a week and then 4 on the fourth to make up the hours. You usually only get paid for 11 of the 12 hours, so that is 33 hrs a week and...

  21. Know How to Improvise a Tourniquet

    skylark replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    Uncomfortable for the patient, but as a last resort knot some gloves together. Two will likely do it for an arm, and 3 or 4 for a leg, tie the thumb of the 1st glove to the pinky of the second, and...

  22. English speaking nurses in France

    skylark replied to samalexander's topic in International Nursing

    I'm curious too, I speak reasonable French but have never considered working in a country where i do not speak the language fluently. How do you

  23. Pain Management in the ER

    skylark replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I tend to ask them what they already took at home, and how effective it was. And also, if they have had the pain before, then what they took last time. And check BP My theory is that if the pain is...

  24. Time for endorsement?

    skylark replied to ChrisMarie09's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Wow! I've heard of them managing it in two months before but never that

  25. Do you think you have ever encountered an angel?

    skylark replied to loriangel14's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not sure how you can stay atheist after that! You got a second chance at life that night, so make the most of it :