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  1. fired if they don't like the color of your nail polish...

    tantalus replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I thought nursing was a professional occupation.....You are not going out to a pub/club, hair should be up if directly involved with patient care and make-up should be at a minimum!! It's no...

  2. Eager to get to Tucson

    tantalus posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hi All, I'm a UK trained and lisenced RN and Midwife. I've been trying to get to Tucson since I left the British Army in '01. My biggest problem seems to be finding a reliable agency/hospital to...

  3. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

    tantalus replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Water for pain relief works the same during contractions as you would find it useful during menstrual cramps....some women like it, some don't...the buoyancy of the water is also a factor, if the...

  4. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    tantalus replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This thread is proving invaluable...I'm soon off to AZ from UK where I've been a midwife for 13yrs. We use fully=fully dilated not effaced/partially effaced/ fully effaced FLK is popular here too SCBU...

  5. got my GC!!!!!

    tantalus replied to Faby's topic in International Nursing

    Congrats

  6. Omg I140 Is Finally Here!!!!!!

    tantalus replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    Congrats!! Fantastic to see things moving isn't it?! I'm just waiting on consulate interview date:yeahthat: Good luck

  7. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    tantalus replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of stumbled across it....I was waiting for security clearance from the Army....that took so long...I was bored and in a dead end job...they were advertising training so I applied...I finally...

  8. Age when you had your first child?

    tantalus replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was 34 but that was down to not being in a suitable relationship...in all honesty I think I have more patience now but I get more

  9. Where are you from?

    tantalus replied to suzanne4's topic in General World

    OK here goes.... I'm in UK, north, near Bolton right now... have lived in Germany, Cyprus and Canada...have an indian father-in-law.. now waiting for our interview for green cards to move to

  10. moving to arizona from UK

    tantalus replied to bettyboop's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I hope you have a fantastic visit to AZ in August. We've thought about a USA visit so many times but we were advised that as we are waiting on Green cards we would probably have trouble getting in for...

  11. moving to arizona from UK

    tantalus replied to bettyboop's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Well, I heard from the lawyers yesterday...the London consulate has been sent our file..now we have to wait for an interview date!!! At least it's another step

  12. moving to arizona from UK

    tantalus replied to bettyboop's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Well I'm just around the corner :) Amazing how small the world is

  13. moving to arizona from UK

    tantalus replied to bettyboop's topic in Arizona Nursing

    GRRRRRRRRR. Thank goodness patience is a virtue. It took so long to get all our police clearances because between hubbie and I we've lived in England, Canada, Germany and Cyprus. Our paperwork is now...

  14. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    tantalus replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand she has been being treated for such things as chest infections with antibiotics as they've occurred and from what I can gather that was a fairly regular

  15. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    tantalus replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, here goes....I understand the differences between her parents and her husband.....I also understand that her parents did once try to care for Terri. My problem is this.....surely starving...

  16. Bullhead City

    tantalus posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    I was wondering if there is anyone on here from Bullhead City....I'm hoping my immigration is through in about 6 months and thought I'd start the making friends

  17. Bullhead City

    tantalus replied to tantalus's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Can't be so bad if you've been there that long. I'm taking an RN position at Western

  18. Bullhead City

    tantalus replied to tantalus's topic in Arizona Nursing

    So what do you do in Kingman Lovingtheunloved? How long have you been in

  19. Bullhead City

    tantalus replied to tantalus's topic in Arizona Nursing

    guess noone lives in Bullhead City

  20. Eager to get to Tucson

    tantalus replied to tantalus's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Thanks for the heads

  21. Do you have any allergies?

    tantalus replied to roadfollies's topic in General Nursing

    I guess another example of a little knowledge can be dangerous...it seems a lot of the public out there don't even understand the word

  22. Preparing for Hurricane Frances..Any other Floridians out there??

    tantalus replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another with best wishes and prayers. Good news is that I just heard on CNN that it's now a Cat 2...not much consolation but at least a little. :uhoh21: Stay safe

  23. moving to arizona from UK

    tantalus replied to bettyboop's topic in Arizona Nursing

    WOW...I never realized that AZ was so popular with UK nurses....I guess we get sick of the rain

  24. Independent Study Topic?

    tantalus replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wrote a paper about midwifery around the world when I was training...not sure what time span you have though...you need time to get snail mail replies from far flung

  25. Home birth vs. hospital

    tantalus replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well here goes... As a UK trained and registered midwife since 1992 here's my opinion... Yes childbirth is natural, it's been going on since Adam and Eve...what has changed is the morbidity and...