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  1. Uk Nurses Rock !!!

    cariad replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in International Nursing

    you must be referring to me then,,,,funny dont remember being in washington? :lol2:

  2. Squash - the drink not the game. OT

    cariad replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    oh yes how could i forget about the fanny and the fanny pack,,,,its hard to keep a straight face when i am in work and hear that one. thay also put in iv access all the time as part of the job, but to...

  3. How Often Have You Changed Your Mind!!!!

    cariad replied to curlysin's topic in International Nursing

    never changed my mind, but never gave up wondering when things were going to happen. when we came here we didnt know where we were going until 4 weeks before we flew. but it didnt bother us as it...

  4. Squash - the drink not the game. OT

    cariad replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    oh and by the way if they ask you the time they dont undersdatnd if you say half past or quarter to. [color=#a0522d]and they dont know what a fortnight is or a holiday, they only have

  5. Squash - the drink not the game. OT

    cariad replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    its going to be a thread of its own, i still get asked what i mean when i say certain sentences. they dont know what a roll is. they dont know what a car park is. they dont have beer here, only lager,...

  6. Comparison of US and UK pay

    cariad replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    we have managed on just my wage ever since we came here, it was only after we came stateside that dh and i decided that he should work, but as i was doing travel nurse contracts it was impossible, and...

  7. Comparison of US and UK pay

    cariad replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    this thread has taken a life of its own which is what i like to see as we all have our own points of view,,,,,and rightly so. i feel for all of you waiting to come here, because i do remember it well,...

  8. Squash - the drink not the game. OT

    cariad replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    the only equivelant that we can find is crystal light, only problem is the amount of colorings in it if you want to use it for kiddies. [color=#556b2f]we can get robinsons in our local world market,...

  9. Comparison of US and UK pay

    cariad replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    bottom line for me is no i wouldnt go back home. i started my contract with nurses whose sole aim in life was to make things awful for nurses who werent from the island. i then was given a charge...

  10. Comparison of US and UK pay

    cariad replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    we came here in 2004, with the dreaded evil empire, but for the year of 2005. i earned and saved more than i ever could in the uk, but i wasnt sick and i didnt take vacation time. in the year 2006 i...

  11. Emergency Nursing in US and UK

    cariad replied to marion12's topic in International Nursing

    nothing like the a&e where i was, as for resus protocols, it seems that the first thing all programmes do is, get the de-fib and use it regardless of what made them arrest or the rythym that they...

  12. Comparison of US and UK pay

    cariad replied to biteme's topic in United Kingdom

    benefits is something that is mostly available for hospital employed nurses, and you choose which ones that you want to pay into it, and how much. as a travel nurse being employed by an agency my...

  13. UK sterotypes in USA

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    no angels now being seen on bbc america was made about 5 years ago, and uniforms on there were common, the dresses that are seen have been used for about 20 years or more, but have now mostly been...

  14. Warning to UK bound nurses

    cariad replied to JK7777's topic in International Nursing

    no-one on here wishes any other person to be bullied or to suffer from bad experiences, and that goes for anywhere in the world. [color=#483d8b]as i stated i dont post some things, because they would...

  15. Warning to UK bound nurses

    cariad replied to JK7777's topic in International Nursing

    please tell me what the "nightingale style" is? [color=#2f4f4f]because if you had any idea then you wouldnt compare nursing in the uk to it. unless you are talking about 20-30 years ago when we were...

  16. Friends made from the allnurses web site

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    hey madwife, i think that some of us have made the closest friends on here, i too have made contact and met some personally, and some by phone. siri...is a friend made that doesnt let anyone down,...

  17. UK sterotypes in USA

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    p.s. i forgot to mention, that zooming down the freeway drinking starbucks and talking on the cellphone while overtaking on both sides is very stereotypical of the americans. [color=#a0522d]thats why...

  18. UK sterotypes in USA

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    i dont think that it helps that bbc america consists of everyday programmes such as benny hill, whose line is it anyway. if americans were by chance to watch these, what else are they supposed to...

  19. Urgent advice needed!

    cariad replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    the ward sister has got a point, admissions at handover time are not good, but she is not dealing with it in a very professional

  20. Nurses get raw deal again

    cariad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    its just a continuing saga of nurses getting a raw deal. compared to other choices of proffesions, we have always been the lowest

  21. GBH on NHS

    cariad replied to bettyboop's topic in International Nursing

    p.s., she was a student nurse and had done just over 1

  22. GBH on NHS

    cariad replied to bettyboop's topic in International Nursing

    english nurse, she didnt just have to take 1 year to recover, she was immediately dropped from the course, as they knew that she would have to have more than the allowed sick time from work, she could...

  23. GBH on NHS

    cariad replied to bettyboop's topic in International Nursing

    we filled in an incident form a few years ago when my daughter was injured at the nurses home she was staying in. the builders were doing major renovations, and basically neither they nor the cleaners...

  24. GBH on NHS

    cariad replied to bettyboop's topic in International Nursing

    over here they also are supposed to have zero tolerance, but the big difference is that they tie the patients down. i was appalled at first but now mostly agree with it. especially when you can get an...

  25. sponshorship once you are in the states

    cariad posted a topic in International Nursing

    are there any uk nurses who have already settled in the states and then sponsored a close relative to join them? [color=#483d8b]i know that its something that not many of you will know, but my...