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  1. Physician assistants

    cariad replied to wembley1's topic in International Nursing

    plenty of pa;s over here, although some nurses i know have applied for these position,s. nps also work with the physicians and their role seems to be comparable to a pa, but of course, theres no pay...

  2. Help with reflections needed.

    cariad replied to Loopylorns's topic in International Nursing

    used to be evidence based learning, cant help as it might not be what you are loking

  3. Sorry to crash your forum but...

    cariad replied to Djuna's topic in International Nursing

    we have been here for 4 years now and the stress to get here just seems so long ago, good luck with your new job and new

  4. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    cariad replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    i agree with sue, you dont come here for the taxes and the health care. most of us come from the uk because we want a different lifestyle, and see new places. the uk have good wages and benefits, and...

  5. Although not nursing my experience on move to Canada from the UK

    cariad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    cogratulations rgn1, looking forward to hearing your adventures as well on

  6. Back stabbing

    cariad replied to fiesty_gemini's topic in International Nursing

    correct !!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a word that hasnt emigrated, so if you use it in american company they dont know what you mean,,,,,,,, i never liked it anyway, so dont use it even over

  7. Overseas nurses working in UK

    cariad replied to UKPedsRN's topic in International Nursing

    i would have given you the input, but its the wrong way around, i am from the uk to the us, and i know plenty of nurses who came here and we have all had different experiences, so if you do catch the...

  8. Back stabbing

    cariad replied to fiesty_gemini's topic in International Nursing

    she gets away with the w...... word because the word doesnt exist over here so no-one knows what it is that she is saying

  9. What have I missed?

    cariad replied to scattycarrot's topic in International Nursing

    congratulations sc, ans commiserations to sharrie, its times like this that nurses in the nhs cannot slag off the uk system, a letina says we dread having to be off work for anything. anyone thats...

  10. Advice needed

    cariad replied to madeleine's topic in International Nursing

    as someone who came from the uk to the us, i would say to go ahead, everywhere that i have worked they have had different machines and protocols etc. i have always just asked what i didnt know, the...

  11. Overseas nurses working in UK

    cariad replied to UKPedsRN's topic in International Nursing

    hey, continental europe is overseas, thats what the word---means over the sea, and britain is urrounded by water, "once a brit always a brit", you wont catch me calling myself european

  12. Back stabbing

    cariad replied to fiesty_gemini's topic in International Nursing

    some words that are acceptable to us brits is frowned upon by the americans, my friend posted a mild derogatory word on here and the american moderator changed the word into a more offensive one to...

  13. Back stabbing

    cariad replied to fiesty_gemini's topic in International Nursing

    i am mentoring a student at the moment over here, and its very different to back home apart from the fact that she is so young, she is very eager to learn. even a few years ago, some of the...

  14. Lewisham Hand Washing

    cariad replied to Billy Shears's topic in International Nursing

    thanks sharrie, the americans have a document thats called healthy people 2010, its a great document, but although it was established in 2000, i had never even heard of it, only because i am in...

  15. Moving and handling patients

    cariad replied to Chixie's topic in International Nursing

    no anna, thats not how it works, each 2 week pay period that i work i earn 6 hours of vacation/sick time, so if you work the 3 nights/days you start to earn time, you can get workers compensation if...

  16. Lewisham Hand Washing

    cariad replied to Billy Shears's topic in International Nursing

    hi sharrie, i try to keep up with whats going on in the uk, whats the safer patient initiative? doing my college course has certainly opened my eyes as to what is not available in the usa and the way...

  17. Moving and handling patients

    cariad replied to Chixie's topic in International Nursing

    some states in america are trying to institute what the uk has got, but the thinking of nurses over here is about 30 years behind the uk, its strange how such a civilised country is so underdeveloped...

  18. Lewisham Hand Washing

    cariad replied to Billy Shears's topic in International Nursing

    thanks sharrie for this, my friend in college is doing a research project for college on hand washing and will show her your

  19. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    cariad replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    the uk benefits are better than the us, but the wait times for non urgent surgery does exist, we have a choice of hospitals over here, only if they are in network, not everywhere takes our insurance,...

  20. Moving and handling patients

    cariad replied to Chixie's topic in International Nursing

    nurseinprocess is obviously from america, where nurses dont think twice about lifting patients.......they know nothing about placing the patient or themselves in danger. where i worked in the uk it...

  21. Pyridion Academy Health And Social Sandwich Program

    cariad replied to Serene_ieg's topic in International Nursing

    it obviously doesnt matter what is said on this thread, regardless of whether the academy is genuine or not, basically from a non phillipine nurse's view, you are being scammed, there are plenty of...

  22. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    cariad replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    it is difficult to understand either culture and explain it all in an understanding way. in the uk benefits are so superior to the us that most americans dont believe it. there are prescription...

  23. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    cariad replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    the americans are under the impression that people in the uk pay horrendous amounts of tax to pay for our 'socialised medicine' they do not understand our tax system and as an american taxpayer i dont...

  24. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    cariad replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    your post with your pay will be too complicated for uk wage earners to understand, basically if you work in the uk you pay one third of your wages in taxes and insurance, over here i have found that i...

  25. Although not nursing my experience on move to Canada from the UK

    cariad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    i couldn't have told you its a groundhog, didnt even know it really existed until this year and that was only because the staff in work were talking about groundhog day, thought that it was made up...