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. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

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

  2. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    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

  3. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  4. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  5. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    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,...

  6. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  7. Where to work?

    skylark replied to waufah's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  8. New-ish US RN trying to find a job in Manchester UK

    skylark replied to app22's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  9. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    skylark replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  10. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    skylark replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  11. Non-compliance with Social Distancing

    skylark replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  12. They locked up all the masks in security ?

    skylark replied to RegisteredNurseReneeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

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

  13. They locked up all the masks in security ?

    skylark replied to RegisteredNurseReneeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  14. Moving to UK - looking at nursing school?

    skylark replied to srp139's topic in United Kingdom

    I think that Health Care Assistants have to do NVQ

  15. Readmission to NMC

    skylark replied to BlueskyHK's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  16. American Nurses in U.K

    skylark replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  17. American Nurses in U.K

    skylark replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  18. Hospital Shifts - Days, Nights, or Both?

    skylark replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  19. US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    skylark replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  20. US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    skylark replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  21. Quitting

    skylark replied to JJ1991's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  22. American Nurses in U.K

    skylark replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

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

  23. American Nurses in U.K

    skylark replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  24. American Nurses in U.K

    skylark replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm not sure if you qualify to stay in the UK if you are not married. Most US RNs from AFBs in that area work at Addenbrookes, its a large hospital in Cambridge. But you need to figure out your visa...

  25. District Nursing in crisis?

    skylark posted a topic in United Kingdom

    So the QNI says District Nursing is in crisis, with, staff numbers falling by half in the last decade, and funding in crisis. That is not the whole picture. I was a DN, and in the 90s is was a great...