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  1. cardiac drug

    cariad posted a topic in International Nursing

    is ranexa used in the uk? just wondering if it is used, if anyone has any input on any patient that takes it. its only been approved for just over a year over here and is a last ditch pill only to be...

  2. cardiac drug

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    thanks fonenurse, tried to get as much info as i can but its all been a bit hazy, just wanted to compare results and whether anyone knew a patient who had taken it, but now see that its only licensed...

  3. Help Please!!!!!!

    cariad replied to bertydiff's topic in International Nursing

    my daughter did one year of training and then had an accident and had to leave the course. she could get university credits for the year that she completed, but she was hurt badly at the time and...

  4. Hello From Silverdragon

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    its a big transition for her and the dogs, hope anna that you all settle with no

  5. cardiac drug

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    i always thought that usually the drugs are in the uk first as the fda doesnt always pass things. over here you cant buy zovirax, ibuprofen gel or co-codamol over the counter, codeine is a...

  6. female medical patients

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    we dont have that culture over here because of the money that is involved on discharge, and we have all single rooms where we work. but we do have the homeless or the prison population who will stay...

  7. UK sterotypes in USA

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in United Kingdom

    when living in the uk from a baby i was taken all over the country to live and had several different accents, begining with a scots one picking a lot of a welsh one as a teenager and then returned to...

  8. Won't be around for a short while

    cariad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    welcome to this side of the world

  9. Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    thank you, thank you, thank you, but i really, really have to tell you that we are scottish, although my kids were all born in wales, but we are surrounded by our english friends who support us over...

  10. Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    dh and i are overwhelmed with all the support on here, we are truly part of a worldwide community,,,,just what i am studying in school ! [color=#483d8b]the update is that we have been back to the...

  11. using avpu in ews

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    abbreviations are the way of it over here, but any american or non brit nurse reading your post would not have a clue what you are talking about. i even had to understand it and my command of the...

  12. Frequency of observations

    cariad replied to RGN1's topic in International Nursing

    our techs do the vital signs, so its all a lot less stressful. we use machines, but they can do them manually if we need them to. you will have to look on websites if there has been any research done...

  13. Sorry to crash your forum but...

    cariad replied to Djuna's topic in International Nursing

    stay positive and keep us updated with your progress. we will be here to support

  14. using avpu in ews

    cariad replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    so are the brits moving away from spelling things out and going down the american road of shortening everything with initials? i understood most of what you were saying but some initials in one...

  15. Not alot to do with nursing

    cariad replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    hey, count me in, my kids wil be over the moon, they are all welsh and proud of it. they were all at the wales-scotland game, not that the result pleased dh as we are scottish. i spent a lot of time...

  16. Betty Boop Has a date

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    how did she find out so quick???? the VB only came out today!!! Thats what I thought, her letter has arrived at home, it just goes to show that even although the visa bulletin has just come out the...

  17. Frequency of observations

    cariad replied to RGN1's topic in International Nursing

    ours are the same as madwife's but no evidence base for it, just hospital protocols, the techs take all the vital signs, and usually just set the machine to take them and then go back and read them...

  18. Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    dh and i want to thank you for all your kind thoughts and wishes. we are still taking it a day at a time, some days are better than others, last night while i was at college he had a chest pain and...

  19. Happy Birthday Betty Boop

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    you know that we love you and wish you everything that you dream of to make your birthday

  20. Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    just an update for all my friends, on allnurses. dh is now back at home but we as mystified with the chest pains as before he went in. they stopped the pains with a nitro patch and the only change is...

  21. Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    kay before i had finished what you had written, i was in tears, one of those occasions where they were beneficial, i have got out of bed, made sure the dishwasher is ready to be washed, had a shower...

  22. how do you sleep?

    cariad posted a topic in International Nursing

    ok i am in the middle of my 3 nights off and have been awake since before 4am, thats when i gave up and got up, although i am now going to try and sleep again. night shifts definitelty screw my sleep...

  23. how do you sleep?

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    i just worked 5 nights and then had a disturbed night last night, so am looking forward to trying to sleep the whole night tonight. back to work tomorrow, so i need the

  24. Happy Birthday English Nurse

    cariad replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    another birthday? its only a year since you had

  25. Nurse bashing by UK public AGAIN

    cariad replied to scattycarrot's topic in United Kingdom

    well i have been a nurse for a while and have certainly not become lazier or dirtier because of the labour party ! what do politics have to do with the actions and behaviour of a