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  1. Hello from the new girl!!

    I am also with OGP and have been satisfied from the beginning to the end....my contract with them ends on december the 31st, so I can now take my green cards my skills and get a job anywhere we want...
  2. Msm Messenger

    hi kay, we use msn here for e-mails, messenger and with our webcam, did you say that you have downloaded the new version, maybe you should just use the old version at the moment, we havent downloaded...
  3. Shortage Time From UK-USA

    I sat nclex in june 2003 and came here july 1st 2004, with ogp and am now nearly at the end of my contract. doesnt time fly when you are having
  4. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    better to get the maintenance man out to the 'poo eater' occasionally than still using plastics and having to wash them all the
  5. California bound?

    hi suzanne, done the beach thing for 18 months, work for ogp as you probably know and have signed with onassignment and am applying with rn network as well. but wanting to go with OA. I do...
  6. California bound?

    hi suzanne, nice to see you back. I am due to come to the states in january and am open to suggestions, california being one of them, so yes I would be interested in any info that you are able to pass...
  7. California bound?

    hi suzanne, nice to see you back. I am due to come to the states in january and am open to suggestions, california being one of them, so yes I would be interested in any info that you are able to pass...
  8. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    had an interesting conversation in work last night. how do you describe disposable papier mache bedpans and urinals to nurses who look at you as if you have just come from the moon??????????? at first...
  9. Anyone working at Washoe Medical Center?

    I was talking to a travel recruiter who is offering jobs at this
  10. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    dont forget the diptheria as well! OGP give you a form for your doctor to fill the vaccination dates and titres in. if you have had the same GP for ever they will have a list from when you are a...
  11. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    we had to have the HIV done by the GP. things change all the time. our medicals were done the same day as our embassy interviews in london. keep copies of all your titres and results, you will need...
  12. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    we got caught out with that one, hubbys tetorifice wasnt up to date and I didnt have diptheria titres, and as the vaccination was only available in tet/dip formula we both had to have them done. cost...
  13. Caribbean dreaming

    will be in touch when I have more time. look on the thread...I want to go to the virgin
  14. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    hey madwife, how did the medicals go? or have you posted somewhere else. all your innoculationa etc up to date or did they sting you for more?
  15. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    another good day on the beach, one of the better days when we can swim in the sea and collect some shells, got some sand dollars today, never seen them before come straight from the sea. just going...
  16. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    I came with ogp and was only offered interviews for placement after I had the date for my embassy interview, so they didnt know where they were sending me anyway. I had the interview with the...
  17. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    the beaches yesterday were full of conch shells, obviously been washed up because the seas were a bit rougher due to the hurricane that hit florida. I have never seen so many large shells since we got...
  18. location location location

    yes, I think that suzanne is right and you should clarify with ogp. otherwise you will be there for ever. If the hospital cancels then they should still be paying ogp for your contracted hours so ogp...
  19. location location location

    hi kay, I wouldnt be happy with the loss of a shift in the 2 week period as that will probably be your pay period. I would clarify that with OGP as st joes theoretically are contracting you for a...
  20. I want to go to the virgin islands

    just heard that a new travel agency is bringing nurses here, they are called worldwide travel. looked them up on the internet, the nurses arent here yet so I dont know what they are like yet....
  21. hi suzanne, hope that you get things sorted ASAP. its the pits when you get somewhere new and its not as expected.
  22. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    thanksgiving is coming and for the uk nurses it means that we get to work for double time because its a big holiday for the americans. they dont quite understand that we dont celebrate it in britain...
  23. location location location

    It didnt dawn on me initially that OGP werent sending us to where we initially chose, not until we got the zone map after our phase one immigration approval. but they could tell us at that time what...
  24. My journey is finally over

    congratulations, dont forget to keep posting on the uk site so that the nurses can gather some knowledge about what its like to be there,
  25. location location location

    location doesnt come into it when you are coming here with OGP. we were told right at the beginning that you could choose the state that you were wanting to work in, but not the city or town. then...