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  1. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    hi expat nurse...well how did the interview go? I presume that its the us where you are interviewing for? where I work the nurses put the iv access into the patients, and give all the iv drugs,...

  2. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    are you quoting dollars or pounds? $60,000 sounds a lot for a new grad...thought that they only earned about $17 an hour and that would be about $35,000 a year. thats with a hospital, not with the...

  3. Calling all UK nurses going to US

    cariad replied to letina's topic in United Kingdom

    hi...vermont returned my transcripts due to the person from the college filling them in wrong and leaving my psyc hours off the forms. she was useless, and I eventually had to speak to someone else in...

  4. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    the way it works for OGP, is that you work in 2 week cycles, and in those 2 weeks...starting on a sunday, you work 80 hours. and as long as you work 80 hours, thats what comes off your contract. if...

  5. Calling all UK nurses going to US

    cariad replied to letina's topic in United Kingdom

    I signed with OGP in october 2002, it cost me 250pounds for materials, course work and 3 days course in birmingham. went to savannah to take the n-clex, flights from glasgow-gatwick-atlanta-savannah,...

  6. availbility of overtime

    cariad replied to meaton1421's topic in Travel

    plenty of overtime where I am. dont know what the set up is with other agencys, who send nurses here, but the hospital is glad of us working it, as the regular staff dont want it. I have been working...

  7. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    theres always a lot to do with settling in when you arrive in regards to living in another country, that when you finally start at the hospital you are quite gad to be in familiar territory, the first...

  8. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    hi, where I am there is orientation onto the floor, and lots of support from the majority of the staff and doctors, some are as indiffent towards us, the same as back home. but theres not a problem...

  9. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    we do have hoist but its ancient and only one ancient sling to go with it, I was used to working with a super duper swan hoist with a variety of slings, with one assigned to each patient due to...

  10. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    I noticed on the med/surg site where kay posted, that some of the shifts sound horrendous....starting and finishing at 3am! we start at 7.30 am or pm, and finish at 8am or pm, sometimes there are 8...

  11. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    we have kept uk bank accounts and credit cards, which we can use, but they charge an exchange rate also, they dont give you us credit history which is what you want. we brought enough money to buy a...

  12. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    there are loads of questions in your reply, and no the americans dont know anything about socialised healthcare as they call it, not even the doctors. a few know that its free care but dont really...

  13. o grady peyton

    cariad replied to topscot's topic in International Nursing

    hi, kay and everybody else on the whole the nurses dont stay in the virgin islands, OGP brought a number of nurses from the other carribean islands to here...jamaica, antigua, barbados etc. and they...

  14. o grady peyton

    cariad replied to topscot's topic in International Nursing

    hi, I am with OGP, and am two thirds of the way through my contract with them, the main problems I had with immigration was vermont returning my transcripts 3 times before being given the go ahead, so...

  15. got approval

    cariad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    you do need a minimum of 6 months at the embassy as the visa they put in it is a 6 month visa. once you are in the states you can travel with your green card and only need your uk passport for going...

  16. US Embasssy immigration interviews

    cariad replied to novb33's topic in International Nursing

    it was june 2004 when we had our medicals done, but took as much info from the gp, had titres for everything done and a mantoux from occupational health at the hospital where I worked. even with all...

  17. Shortage Time From UK-USA

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    I signed with OGP in october 2002, took the n-clex in june 2003.....took a while as vermont returned my transcripts due to the nursing school filling them in incorrectly....got phase one approval in...

  18. Safe patient handling and movement poll

    cariad replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    try looking at the uk site, uk nurses dont lift, not only to protect the nurses but to protect the patients. they have hoists and slide sheets and ways of moving people. there is a yearly mandatory...

  19. Leaving the UK for greener pastures

    cariad replied to roxannekkb's topic in United Kingdom

    myself and my workmates are all here with OGRADY PEYTON, and the majority of us are happy with the agency, they take care of all the paperwork, pay for all the exams and study days to help with...

  20. NY BON Visa Screen + credentials verification?

    cariad replied to safewaygreenbox's topic in International Nursing

    I took my n-clex in savannah, but was licensed thru vermont and now have a vi licence. no problems to get it between getting the job and arriving here to work, which was 4 weeks. there are lots of...

  21. TWO THIRDS OF DRS COME FROM ABROAD & ALMOST 50% OF NURSES

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    we are 1,000 miles south of miami, 95 miles from puerto rico. not as cheap as the states because its an island, but theres less tax to pay, we only pay vi taxes not stateside or purchase tax like...

  22. TWO THIRDS OF DRS COME FROM ABROAD & ALMOST 50% OF NURSES

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    and I have already gone!!!!! and we dont get the sunday mail here to read the

  23. Question Does Nobody Visit The Uk Nurses Forum

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    yes I regularly visit this forum, but theres not much new to read here is there? will have to post a new thread to see if we are all sleeping!!! I'm on nights and wide awake. I like to read the uk...

  24. Caribbean dreaming

    cariad replied to billw's topic in International Nursing

    the only assignments here at the momentare with cross country and south west medical services, I think the shortest time is 13 weeks but you can contact them and find out. dont know about st

  25. CA RN NCLEX result?

    cariad replied to ZZTopRN's topic in California Nursing

    I sat my n-clex in june 2003 and had the results 48 hours later. there is an on-line site which I cannot remember the name of, but you can use a search engine to find any, my agency phoned me with the...