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  1. irish student here

    butterfly134 posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Hi, I'm an Irish student nurse and as I'm sure those in the UK know that a lot of Irish student nurses are emigrating to the UK to work post qualifying here in Ireland. I'll have a degree in general...

  2. Coping Mechanisms- How do you cope?

    butterfly134 replied to dstevens25's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nothing wrong with a good cry every now and again! Having a good rant with nursing student besties works wonders because well you know that they are going through the same stuff. Sometimes if you have...

  3. irish student here

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in United Kingdom

    im aware that there are courses like that in Ireland too however, I feel like I will probably have to emigrate. Canada isn't looking to great but I know the UK are definitely taking in new irish...

  4. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

    butterfly134 posted a topic in Immigration Advice

    I have heard that Canada will be recruiting a lot of nurses in the coming years. Is this true? My story- I'm an irish student nurse and I will soon receive my bachelor of science in general nursing. I...

  5. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in Immigration Advice

    So I've done some research tonight and I see that the skilled route is closed, do you think this cud open again by 2016? We were told that Canada needs nurses, so now I feel really disappointed! Could...

  6. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in Immigration Advice

    so does this mean I can't emigrate to Canada to nurse??

  7. american student nurses and irish student nurses-differences?

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Students

    In Ireland, as part of our BSN we do clinical placement and then we do a clinical internship for 9 months. Initially in first year we do a lot of observing and chatting to patients but after that a...

  8. what does it take to be a pediatric nurse??

    butterfly134 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm 20 and a student nurse, I'll be qualified soon and I think I want to specialise in peds but I don't know if I have what it takes. My grades are really really good, I love working with children and...

  9. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I need your help! I'm studying COPD (BSN Student) at the moment and I'm just so confused, please don't tell me to google or read a text books or read...

  10. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it!

  11. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    YOU ARE A STAR.....I think I've worked it out...(I must sound so stupid! )..pH would be acidic???? WBC's always present in urine in infection or is it just

  12. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    1) I know that more than 300 l/min is generally the normal rate for men. But what would these figures be in a moderate copd exacerbation? My guess is 200-250 l/min however I'm not sure 2) So...

  13. Most challenging moments in Nursing school

    butterfly134 replied to Onco_NT's topic in General Students

    I'm still in nursing school but the hardest part so far was working with a nurse on clinicals who was in a really bad mood and criticised unconstructively for the 12 hours we worked together, by 6pm I...

  14. Who were you in high school

    butterfly134 replied to Dezy's topic in General Students

    I was the quiet, shy kid with a few close friends, studied hard, didn't cause much hastle, didn't really fit in and fairly innocent to be honest.....that all changed when I left high school and...

  15. young and inexperienced or....?

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey nurses, I know I'm a general nursing student but I wanted to post this on your page because I need a response from you guys. Basically, I'm 20 years old and I'm on clinical rotation at the...

  16. Nursing classes are easy...

    butterfly134 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Its definitely not easy but its not as hard as I thought it would be, its easier than the leaving cert (irish high school exam..think its equivalent to the SATS)!!!

  17. emotions and changes :)

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Students

    Before I started my obs rotation, I was nervous and petrified, just out of high school my life experiences are quite few and I was afraid that I would feel embarrassed and awkard. However, during this...

  18. I was yelled at by my nurse yesterday

    butterfly134 replied to EllieBean13's topic in General Students

    where is the respect nobody should treat anyone with such disrespect as to yell at them in front of others, belittling that person and hurting their feelings. Everybody receives criticism and that...

  19. What was your FIRST semester?

    butterfly134 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    Most of us came out of highschool so we played a lot of '' getting to know eachother'' games. We had lecturers on communication skills, caring and started physiology, anatomy and biochem. We also had...

  20. Where do you think you need to improve?

    butterfly134 replied to Karolyte's topic in General Students

    I need to improve my confidence in what i do know and learn not to be so

  21. age?!?

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Students

    It is said that the younger you can attain your BSN the better, but it is tough often having to move away from home, make new friends, getting used to university life and still having all the normal...

  22. age?!?

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Students

    sorry i should have also said that in Ireland you do the leaving certificate examination, are awarded points depending on your grades. In order to enter any course you must get a certain number of...

  23. Desperate measures - nursing school

    butterfly134 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    spent two years spending 4 -5 hours studying after school every day in order to get a good leaving cert, applied for nursing , got the points and since starting university, i learned how to use a...

  24. maternity/pediatric rotation

    butterfly134 replied to lovecorinth's topic in General Students

    In Ireland, its done a bit differently I think but I spent two days on the labour ward during my maternity rotation. Although I absolutly loved maternity and I have considered specialising in...

  25. Accelerated program - Would you do it?

    butterfly134 replied to havehope's topic in General Students

    Firstly, I do believe that the course would not be offered to anyone if it was thought to be impossible therefore I would think about it with an open mind. Realistically however, it depends on how you...