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  1. Nearly $5 million will go to train new Arizona nurses

    cariad replied to GitanoRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I was amazed when I heard this on the local news. I preceptor student nurses and none of them ever have any hopes about being employed. Their attitude is that there is no point in applying until after...

  2. Welcome to the forum - UK nurses chat

    cariad replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    Can see that all the posts on here are old, but going to catch up anyway, as none of the UK posts pertain to me anymore......all about UK information, That I am now so far behind with. Its been a long...

  3. on the other side

    cariad posted a topic in International Nursing

    i am experiencing what it is like to be on the other side of the profession today. my nephew is in cardiff critically ill after a crash on a bike, serious injuries, maybe brain and spinal, you know...

  4. on the other side

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    dont want to give personal details on here, and havent been able to reply to my thread before this, but as a nurse a long way from home and a personal tragedy like this it has been hard. my nephew was...

  5. on the other side

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    thanks for the support, you didnt need to post for me to know that we all care about each other, its just part of being a nurse. the latest update is that he has had the neck brace removed and they...

  6. on the other side

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    no news yet, apart from the family are not even allowed to speak to him, obviously vented etc and all my brother knows is that they are trying to remove the pressure from his brain, thye have been...

  7. update on UK TO USA

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    pjliz, where is your husband's business going to be? because obviously that is where you will have to look for employment. and that will depend on whether a hospital will help you get a green card,...

  8. update on UK TO USA

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    you would have to prove your education to be employed by the universities, but they dont pay very well, so they are always looking for nursing lecturers. with an msn you cann teach the bsn and rn-bsn...

  9. update on UK TO USA

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    well life goes on for the nurses that are like me and already stateside, lots of ups and downs, getting cancelled---with no pay, because there arent enough patients and then a week later, they call...

  10. NHS urged to curb staff sickness

    cariad replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    you dont know how lucky you are in the nhs, over here, its not sick time its earned time which has to be used for sick and vacation, if you work 52 weeks without getting sick or cancelled by the...

  11. update on UK TO USA

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    anyone who wants to come to the usa has to apply because of the long wait, the usual agencies who used to sign every nurse that they could are now backing off, and only taking those nurses who are...

  12. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    the american health system is very hard to understand, but where i work and everywhere eles, you can choose to work without paying for benefits, usually because your other half carries the cover, but...

  13. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    cariad replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    well we are in america and my dh had to wait a year after stent placement for back surgery, so he now has cardiac clearance, we called the orthopedic surgeon for an appointment and we cant get to see...

  14. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    cariad replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    why do you think that you have to pay more taxes, in the uk the tax rate is 23%, and a social security payment, much like your medicare payment that comes out of our wages, but then on top of that you...

  15. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    told you the american system is confusing, the people who dont pay are the ones with nothing,,,,,no homes no car no money no work, if i chose not to pay my medical bills insured or not then they would...

  16. RN's are getting burnt out why?

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    i am aways amazes at the attitude of american nurses who state that we are better off than others who are employed. as if that means we shouldnt better ourselves by wanting to be treated well and...

  17. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    it really is hard to give insights to either system as they are both open to good and bad care. i have been going to physical therapy since last august after my shoulder surgery, it normally costs me...

  18. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    billy shears- are you posting these links to bad health care in the uk as some sort of "look how bad the health care is in the uk". because i could post many more links to bad health care in the us....

  19. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    after working in both systems and being a brit who never had to pay a penny for health care until i came to the states, i think i have an insight as to how they both work, compsratively, i pay the...

  20. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    thanks zippy for that link, we pay social security and medicare out of our wages over here, and they vary the same as the national insurance payments, what i said was that the americans think that any...

  21. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    i agree that the nhs is not without its problems, but then have worked both sides of the atlantic to be able to compare as a nurse and as a patient and a dh who has continuing health problems. but...

  22. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    in the uk everyone who works pays towards their health care even if they choose to go and get private treatment and choose to pay for that. so if the americans had a health system where you paid out...

  23. John C Lincoln layoffs

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in Arizona Nursing

    i heard that the reason the ccu job was opened was because the jcl have cancelled the pool nurses so often in the last few months, that a lot of them have gone elsewhere to work, so the jcl is back to...

  24. update on UK TO USA

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    retrogression is biting hard for the uk nurses waiting to come here, right now in arizona there is a hiring freeze, they have laid nurses off from my hospital, so maybe its just as well that any...

  25. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    cariad replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    as a brit, who has now been in the us for 5 years, we misunderstood how the american health care system worked, we foolishly thought that we had health insurance so when we had to access the treatment...