marksi

marksi has 15 years experience and specializes in Wound, Ostomy, Community Health, Med-Sur.

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1. Home Health Nursing in France

   marksi replied to marksi's topic in General World

   Thank you for your comments jitomim. It's helpful. I'm familiar with infirmiers.com, and have looked at some of the information you have sent me. I have more than 2 years of hospital work here in the...

2. Home Health Nursing in France

   marksi posted a topic in General World

   Hello, I'm an Italian citizen (with an EU passport) but hold an american nursing diploma. I'm also a certified wound ostomy nurse in the US (CWOCN). I've applied to the local DDASS in Paris for...

3. Is WOCN an entry level position?

   marksi replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   You'll have all those questions answered during your training. There are very specific steps to take in order to become certified. The program will help you with that. One of my colleagues did the...

4. Clinical hours short of NMC suggestion?

   marksi replied to helricha's topic in Nurse Registration

   thanks Silverdragon, for the info on what nursing school is like in the UK. It sounds like a 3 year bootcamp! I felt somewhat unprepared after I graduated from my US nursing program. Luckily I was...

5. Clinical hours short of NMC suggestion?

   marksi replied to helricha's topic in Nurse Registration

   that's incredible. I know what you mean. I was overwhelmed by my nursing program as well. Maybe we have more documentation than they do, regarding care plans, etc. Who knows? I know that the community...

6. Is WOCN an entry level position?

   marksi replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   getting certified in wound and ostomy care was the best decision I ever made in nursing. The training is very in depth and I have never received more respect from doctors, surgeons and patients. If...

7. Clinical hours short of NMC suggestion?

   marksi replied to helricha's topic in Nurse Registration

   thanks for the advice, babyRN. I'm probably worrying too much. I can't imagine nursing schools in the UK are that different from the US. Are you working in the UK now? If so, how's the job market for...

8. Clinical hours short of NMC suggestion?

   marksi replied to helricha's topic in Nurse Registration

   This is all very helpful information, as I'm applying to the NMC, as well. I just received my paperwork from the University where I received my Bachelor's of Nursing, and the hours they calculated as...

9. Nursing in France

   marksi replied to bambi007's topic in General World

   Wow! It's amazing that this thread has been going on for so many years. I've skimmed most of it, and have a good idea of what to expect regarding nursing in France. I would like to work in France as a...

10. I'm so sorry guys I did not want to create all this mess

    marksi replied to mon74's topic in General Nursing

    i would very much like to speak to italian nurses about nursing in Italy. I'm thinking of doing a master's program in wound care in Italy, and am interested in how nursing is organized in Italy,...

11. I'm an Italian nurse

    marksi replied to mon74's topic in General World

    I'm a nurse in San Francisco, and I speak Italian. But this website doesn't allow other languages except english. Who really cares why, I'm not sure. I would very much like to speak to you about...

12. how to become a wound care consultant?

    marksi replied to wtian's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hello Rocco, I just saw your post, even though it's 2 years later. I'm a CWOCN (certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse) in the US, and I was thinking of doing a master's in Italy in wound care....

13. What advanced nursing degrees are recognized in Europe (specifically Italy)

    marksi replied to iballjay's topic in General World

    I've been doing some searches on this as I would like to move to Italy in a few years. There are some universities that offer advanced nursing degrees in Italy. I'm not sure how that translates into...