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. Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    skylark replied to AliceKath's topic in United Kingdom

    Thank you, I'm in Chicago, I'm aware of the

  2. Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    skylark replied to AliceKath's topic in United Kingdom

    It was possible to move to the US when the UK RN was a generalist qualification, pre 2K. Now its in branches to stop nurses going overseas! You will need transcripts to prove all the hours theory...

  3. Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    skylark replied to AliceKath's topic in United Kingdom

    Don't forget that for the US you are not eligible with a single Adult branch RN qualification. You need all four, med/surg, peds, OB and

  4. Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    skylark replied to AliceKath's topic in United Kingdom

    Completely off topic, but if the job situation is that bad, maybe think about going overseas? When I qualified (last century!), the best piece of advice our tutor gave us was to spend two years...

  5. Interview advice

    skylark replied to Paul Stanton's topic in Emergency

    ERs traditionally do not take new grads, this is something that just evolved post-covid out of necessity. New grads do not have the experience to tackle emergency care, or the skills needed for...

  6. Do Legal Nurse Consultants exist in the UK?

    skylark posted a topic in United Kingdom

    I'm an ER / A&E nurse planning to retire in a few years, after 40 years working. I would like to continue working in some capacity, ideally from home, and I'm seeing the role of Legal Nurse...

  7. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark posted a topic in United Kingdom

    OK, so the rules have changed, and CPD is no longer enough. I'm wondering about how to achieve the "reflective discussion" part when there are no UK registered nurses where I work. So, all expat...

  8. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Good to meet you Mariam, so glad that worked out and we both got to revalidate! Thank you again XB9S, its all good here, and I revalidated with Mariam. I hope its slightly less manic...

  9. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I think its OK, planning to do this on Friday. I know you are crazy busy there, so I'm hoping this works out and I won't have to bother you! Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd

  10. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    OK next Friday works too. So you are two hours behind me, choose a time that works. You might not be able to PM if you are new here, but try sending me a message, if it doesn't work, I can...

  11. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Retaliate?? I gotta see this! 😂 Seriously, I have to revalidate by the end of this month, so maybe we should have a shared discussion and kill two birds with one stone? I had started...

  12. UK RGN thinking about becoming RN in texas

    skylark replied to Nurseclaireuk's topic in Nurse Registration

    You said in your post that you are an RGN, so you presumably qualified prior to 2000. That's where the "G" in RGN is helpful, it stands for "General", meaning that you did a general training and not...

  13. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    I just saw this, so sorry! I haven't completed the paperwork, I'm just getting a plan together, and could do this in a couple weeks, if that's OK? I just saw this, so sorry! I...

  14. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    OK so it's my turn again, I need to revalidate at the end of the year. Is anyone free to do the Professional Discussion please? I'm in Chicago, so on central time, 6 hours behind the UK....

  15. Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC)

    skylark replied to sirI's topic in Legal

    Right, but could I work for UK based law firms, or only those in the US? Does the specialty exist outside the

  16. Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC)

    skylark replied to sirI's topic in Legal

    I'm curious to know if Legal Nursing exist outside the US. I'm in the US right now but contemplating a retirement in Europe, but I would like to keep

  17. UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    skylark replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Practicing outside the UK is not relevant in terms of registration. Everyone has a location listed on their registration, mine used to say North West London, and now it says overseas. It doesn't...

  18. UK Nursing Student Wanting to Move to US

    skylark replied to StarUSA's topic in Immigration Advice

    The UK nurses that did it trained pre P2K, when the UK still had general training. The current training structure in the UK does NOT make you elegible to sit for

  19. UK Nursing Student Wanting to Move to US

    skylark replied to StarUSA's topic in Immigration Advice

    Pretty sure you cannot move to the US if you trained in the current 'branch' structure training and only completed one of the branches. The NLCEX requires hours in adult med-surg, OB, psych and...

  20. UK to US nurse/study advice needed

    skylark replied to Charis Elliott's topic in General World

    The UK training was modified around 25 years ago, and the generalist RN qualification was replaced by the four separate branches. One of the key reasons this was done was to block the huge exodus...

  21. UK nurse to USA

    skylark replied to Gwynxo's topic in United Kingdom

    Like I say, it depends on your UK qualifications. Did you do RGN pre P2K, or did you train under the 'branch' system? If you are RGN its no problem, but if you are Mental Health branch only,...

  22. Reflective discussion help

    skylark replied to CristinaKiki's topic in United Kingdom

    Please post in the main discussion thread, its where all us expats connect to set up our reflective discussions UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration - United Kingdom

  23. UK Revalidation reflective discussion

    skylark replied to Hayley Thompson-Roach's topic in United Kingdom

    Try posting in the linked conversation, its where all us expats connect to set up our reflective discussions! UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration - United Kingdom

  24. US Nursing Recent Grad Moving to UK

    skylark replied to RNstudent_SarBear's topic in United Kingdom

    I assume you have already looked at the international requirements from the NMC, but if not, here is a link - Register as a nurse or midwife if you trained outside the UK : step by step - The...

  25. NHS Superannuation

    skylark posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Has anyone has problems contacting the NHS Superannuation department and trying to obtain an estimate so they can retire? I have tried this week. I found their website, and they wanted me to...