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. Transcript for ENB courses?

    skylark replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    You will need to chase them. I ended up making aa packed lunch and then going and sitting at the NMC all

  2. Transcript for ENB courses?

    skylark replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Two options. Find out which university the school of nursing moved to; they will have an archive. Or second choice, you might find it at the NMC. I've done both previously, both are...

  3. RN work as an LVN mil spouse

    skylark replied to nsyncope's topic in General Nursing

    You could also get your UK RN license and work locally, which will retain your TX RN license because its reciprocal. Lots of military spouses do that, at one point my floor in a hospital in...

  4. UK nurse to USA

    skylark replied to Gwynxo's topic in United Kingdom

    Most of us did it back in the day when the UK qualification was the RGN, which included all four branches and therefore met the requirements. One of the reasons they brought in the branches was...

  5. Change in Triage Policy

    skylark posted a topic in Emergency

    So we have always done triage the usual way, catching patients as they arrive, assessing them and then assigning them to the relevant waiting room to see the doc. Now we have a new policy. We no...

  6. Revalidation

    skylark replied to Rowena Tallis's topic in United Kingdom

    UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration - United Kingdom (allnurses.com) Just add a comment onto this thread. Overseas nurses have been using this site for years. State where you are,...

  7. Primary care for elderly patients

    skylark posted a topic in United Kingdom

    I'm asking for help from anyone in District or Practice Nursing, to find out the current guidelines or targets for care for the elderly population. Long story short, my 91 year old mum has not...

  8. Primary care for elderly patients

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm looking for actual NHS policy framework documents regarding standards of care. They can't just ignore a patient over 90 because they don't understand how the phone robot works. And I can't call...

  9. Primary care for elderly patients

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    That's interesting as it seems to be for under 75s only. I will need to dig a little more to find out the plan for the over 75s! But thank you, I can search for links from there. It's difficult to...

  10. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    The time difference from here in Chicago to Melbourne is 17 hours, but if you can figure out a time on Thursday or Friday this week for a zoom meeting, I can

  11. US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    skylark replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    American hospitals seem to cope only because the overseas nurses who work in them have such a different attitude and work ethic to their homegrown nurses. Their own nurses are the personification of...

  12. Protecting staff retrieving GSW patients from outside

    skylark posted a topic in Emergency

    So after a few recent incidents that left our department with bullet holes in the windows, its been decided that management will review the safety aspects of the front of the ER. How do you...

  13. Graduate UK nurse making move to USA

    skylark replied to lou1991's topic in Immigration Advice

    The NMC restructured nurse training into branches to stop nurses going overseas. The current training does not allow you to work overseas, unless you complete the three other branches as well. I...

  14. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Just an FYI folks, for those who are revalidating. The NMC recently contacted me to ask me to confirm that I was the one who took part in the Reflective Discussion for someone who was...

  15. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I can help via zoom, I'm in Chicago so I'm 7 hours behind you, but I'm sure we can figure out a time! PM me if you need help, I'm actually off work ATM with a knee injury so I have a lot of free...

  16. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm on US central time and can help via zoom or

  17. New Nurse, New Mom

    skylark replied to Newbynurse123's topic in General Nursing

    So let me get this right. He is upset at the thought of having his sleep disturbed to feed the baby at night, but wants you to stay awake 24/7, working and then caring for the baby. Sounds...

  18. Mass Exodus of Staff RNs…

    skylark replied to RegisteredNurseRNnnnn's topic in Emergency

    About the same here. In the past two years over half the team left to travel, and we have had days where there are just one or two staff and the rest are travelers. We had problems recruiting...

  19. Advice Needed - Denied Promotion

    skylark replied to Hellebore's topic in United Kingdom

    How long did you work as a nurse for before taking on your Ambulance service job? Do you do any bank or agency shifts to keep your skills

  20. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm agreeing with Grumpy here, the re-registration process is very different to the revalidation, and it requires referees that know you. This is not what this thread is about. We are all expat...

  21. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    The revalidation process is for nurses whose registration is current. It's different if it has lapsed. You will need to contact the NMC and ask them the process for reinstating your

  22. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Hello David, I'm not sure if it's possible to revalidate if your registration has already lapsed, you would need to contact the NMC to enquire about that. But once they have approved...

  23. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Thank you folks, for keeping this thread going and being there for each other! We still have to play this game every three years, (and I've revalidated twice since this process started in 2016,...

  24. COVID Hazard Pay

    skylark replied to Eaglehawkdown's topic in Disaster Preparation

    About half my team have left since the pandemic started. Instead of paying hazard pay and generally being nice to the staff they still have, managers chose to spend their money paying travel...

  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    skylark replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    This isn't a "ridiculous reason" story, but its the most entertainment I have had a on Tuesday afternoon for ages, so I'm sharing. I was working the triage front desk yesterday, and just...