skylark BSN, RN

That might all be the case in the US, but in the UK we are not governed by big pharma, and doctors don't get people hooked on opioids. They treat them appropriately, with medication always the last resort, when all other options have been tried. Comm...

There is an email address somewhere in the FAQ page, I would use that first, to get an answer in writing. They tend to take 1 to 2 weeks to reply, but they do get there in the end! I wouldn't waste time calling them, especially from overseas, you wil...

You would have to ask the NMC. There is a FAQ section somewhere, and also an email address for questions.

I don't think so, as long as it is accredited RN training. I'm in Chicago, and I used US CE for this, including course attendances that had CE hours stated.

Je parle un peu de Francais! The CPD can be mostly online study, but you do need to show that you have attended classes as well. It should give examples of classes that can be counted towards CPD. You can write the reflective accounts about any aspec...

http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/what-you-need-to-do.1.html This is the list of requirements, sorry my mistake, its not CE, its CPD, which is the same thing! Once you have completed all the CPD and written your reflective accounts, then you have the co...

So you have done the study hours and the reflective study? If you have all your study in order, the you can have the conversation, which is based on the reflective study. Any of us here can help, either on WhatsApp or Skype. I can do it, but not rig...

Janaelle, are you working as an RN in France? If you meet the practice hours and do the CE, you should be eligible to renew. You just need to find an NMC registered nurse for the professional conversation and someone with professional qualifications,...

Newcastle. Big city, on the coast. Good luck with the accent though! Or Manchester, another big city with good transit and airport connections, but also not far from beautiful countryside and coastal walks.

The recruitment process is very clear, in that if you cannot tick the box saying you have NMC registration, then your form is automatically discarded. They aren't going to call you to ask your situation, they will just move on to the next one. Simple...

From what I've read, some states are responding to nurses who refuse to work like this by saying the only way they can refuse is to permanently surrender their license. Union should be national, it should be in every hospital, and ideally it should e...

Totally agree, but management has different ideas. Here the only exceptions are nurses who are either pregnant or are cancer survivors. So we have breastfeeding moms going into covid rooms, and then going to another room to pump. How on earth is that...

I use transit to get to work, and since this began its been a total nightmare. I'm in a certain large Midwest city that is known for being windy, and since the regular commuters stayed home, the trains have been occupied by the homeless and by street...

Those are interesting point, Walti. I wonder if it would be possible to make N95s a prescription item, for those who clearly need them?

Masks are locked away here, (although I see managers wearing them if they have to walk through a clinical area!), and we can only apply to get a mask once a patient tests positive for corona. Given that there is a shortage of tests, and therefore a d...

I think that Health Care Assistants have to do NVQ training?

We have had a thread running here for around three years, specifically for UK nurses who are overseas to communicate with each other and assist with the peer related part of the revalidation. Find someone on there who can help!

I was just thinking the same thing. I had far more autonomy in the NHS than I do in the US. We worked in partnership with the docs, not as their assistants, it was real teamwork. Here in the US I just look at my computer for the list of orders they a...

I don't know where you are working, but that does not sound typical! I had a LOT more clinical and assessment skills working in English A&Es, now I'm in the US in an ER I mostly just do blood draws and pass meds. I'm bored!!! I doubt they skip tr...

Sounds about right. Often its a 4 week schedule, made up of 2 weeks of days, then the 3rd week is all 7 nights, and a week off. But there are many variations. Unlike the US, hospitals in the UK acknowledge that working permanent nights is not healthy...

And an FYI, most of the AFB Lakenheath wives just go to work at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge. As RNs. On something like $20 an hour. Which means looking after patients, not supervising others doing it. That's why most people go into nursing. I...

NP is not a qualification that can be transferred across countries, in the same way that RN can. Both the training and the role are different. I was an NP in the UK, but it was not recognized when i moved to the US, so now i am back working as an Rn....

I'm not entirely clear what your grievance is? So you had a lot of time off, have come back to work, and want better working conditions. What specifically are you asking for? If you have child care issues, then its easiest to work something that is 9...

Nursing and Midwifery Council. They are the national body for licensing RNs.

Regarding working as a CSW first, it depends how you intend to apply for your license. If you opt for an Overseas Nursing Program, then yes, you will do a year or so as a tech, while you are supervised and work through competencies. You will be paid...