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  1. One thing I'd wish I'd known before going to the USA......

    cariad replied to RGN1's topic in United Kingdom

    OGP give you 2 weeks vacation, one week after 6/12 months and one near the end, and as madwife says the time is still added onto your

  2. Where The Heck Is My Packet 4?????

    cariad replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    I need to check dates but timing between the date that ogp let me know that we had phase one immigration approval and the interview was roughly 5 months, but I will check the

  3. RENO/what travel companies already there?

    cariad replied to jsmebnme's topic in Travel

    PS...Idid say ONASSIGNMENT in the previous post, you obviously dont know that they are a travel

  4. RENO/what travel companies already there?

    cariad replied to jsmebnme's topic in Travel

    yes......ogrady peyton, on assignment and I dont know who else. OA will probably pay you better for washoe,,,,,,,search for articles on washoe on the nevada

  5. One thing I'd wish I'd known before going to the USA......

    cariad replied to RGN1's topic in United Kingdom

    i came here because i like it !!!! [color=#483d8b]been here for over 2 years and yes sometimes have missed my family and my grandkids and my youngest daughter in particular. [color=#483d8b]but for me...

  6. One thing I'd wish I'd known before going to the USA......

    cariad replied to RGN1's topic in United Kingdom

    the biggest shock to us was the lack of work for the husbands. he was offered plenty of work at $5 and $6 an hour. so because we were in the carribean we discussed and decided for him not to work...

  7. RENO/what travel companies already there?

    cariad replied to jsmebnme's topic in Travel

    look on the navada site you will find out that theres only a couple of hospitals to choose from. just about everyone has washoe on their books. it depends on what floor that you go to as to whether...

  8. What do nurses wear in the UK?

    cariad replied to sunnyjohn's topic in International Nursing

    also as madwife says they werte issued to us at no cost......we had 7 tops and 7 pairs of trousers. we have 8 nurses on the floor tonight and the scrubs range from,,, 1 scooby doo top 1 invincibles...

  9. What do nurses wear in the UK?

    cariad replied to sunnyjohn's topic in International Nursing

    we all wore the same white tops and navy trousers, and although seemed warm in the summer were sometimes cooler than dresses with tights.......definitely not cool. some trusts have white desses which...

  10. re: bringing fiance

    cariad replied to rosy24's topic in International Nursing

    how far along in the immigration process are you? you may have the time to add him to your immigration process if you can marry before then. even as a respiratory therapist I doubt that you would get...

  11. Question about UK levels

    cariad replied to Noahm's topic in International Nursing

    I used to make the assignments for the day shift as I was the charge on nights. after some complaints about the assignment from one particular LPN, I took a course which was jahco regulated about...

  12. Las Vegas Safe Staffing Ratio ?

    cariad replied to mark hamel's topic in Nevada Nursing

    just because there is a nursing shortage everywhere doesnt mean that you have to have an unsafe assignment. with 6-8 patients on the day shift, there can be no way that they get the time from the...

  13. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    you still get a lot more house for your money than you do back in the

  14. Question about UK levels

    cariad replied to Noahm's topic in International Nursing

    the lpn training is only a year long and the enrolled nurse training was 2 years long. some staes dont allow lpns to do certain things in nursing whereas an enrolled nurse can do 99.9% of things in...

  15. Shortage Time From UK-USA

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    to get your credit started in the us, then use the credit card for a few hundred dollars each month, and clear it each month, then after 6 months ask them to increase the credit limit. but dont use...

  16. Are we nearly there yet?

    cariad replied to Belinda-wales's topic in International Nursing

    belinda, the mortgages over here are completely different to in the uk,,,,,,,,they will give you one by using your uk credit report, and you can get a 30 year mortgage straight away. the interest only...

  17. uk nurses, where have you been, what have you seen????

    cariad replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    we started off with our 18 months on st croix, one of the us virgin islands, an idylic carribean island. while we were there we visited orlando for a week, and went to st thomas, and spent a few days...

  18. World Wide Travel Staffing

    cariad replied to autumnspell's topic in Travel

    there is only one hospital on the island....its called the governer juan f luis medical centre. the island is 8 miles wide and 28 miles long with 69,000 people living

  19. World Wide Travel Staffing

    cariad replied to autumnspell's topic in Travel

    hi nursemelrn,,,,,,what floor are you working on? I would love to hear whats happening there, as I was there for 18 months and left there in

  20. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    it could only happen to you......of all the hospitals to pick from in the states with free parking, you find a hospital to work at where they still charge you for parking

  21. I love working in the NHS because..........................

    cariad replied to mabel u.k's topic in United Kingdom

    ok, so i dont work in the nhs anymore, but when i did it was in a small rural hospital, where the majority of the staff helped each other and worked as a team. i always thought that there were always...

  22. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    i noticed on another thread that there are posts about car parking at hospitals. as usual the uk are not in touch with the rest of the world, over here when a visitor comes to visit, they can drive to...

  23. The kids

    cariad replied to gods's topic in International Nursing

    my youngest daughter was 18 when we decided to come to the states, and then a few months before we came she said that she was staying at home, we had already sold our house and we were living in...

  24. Relocated Nurses, what do your hubbys/partners do???

    cariad replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    the only work available where we were was very poorly paid, so we made the decision that i would work and hubby stay at home. financialy it made sense for us, as i could work a few extra hours and get...

  25. million dollar question

    cariad replied to curlysin's topic in International Nursing

    okay, its my third night in work with more or less the same group of patients, a couple have been discharged and have been replaced by new ones. the first night was a very crazy totally stressful...