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I was redeployed 6 months ago & am not happy in my current post, I am starting to think about going down a band, but was wondering about pay. Do you end up going to the bottom of the lower band or do you end up being moved across or at the top of...

I just wondered how many patients other nurses in the uk are expected to look after on a shift? I'm not so much interested in ItU but more wards. I feel our nurse to patient ratio is unsafe, if I have patients I look after 14 on a shift. I work on a ...

If you are planning to work as a HCA while doing your training try & not let the uni know you are doing this or planning to, as it's something that is looked down upon. For reference's I'd be looking to use ward managers from your placements. Whe...

In the hospital where I work if they come as as a emergency or elective surgical patient they go to a dedicated MRSA ward (which treats, surgical, orthopaedic, ob-gynae), if they have a past history of MRSA. If they have been able to obtain 3 clear ...

Sometimes you might need to have your manager complete paperwork before you go though the gateway, so it's not as automatic as it seems. The trust I work at has this system, I'm in the process of trying to get my old manager to complete the paperwork...

Congratulations to everyone, keep phoning the NMC & chasing them up. I don't know if it does help but at least you know what is happening

I'm handing in my notice tomorrow but I'm so worried about doing it. As I didn't tell anyone on the ward that I had gone for another job. I even had my apprisal 10 days & didn't say anything. I'm at present acting up into a band 6 post & hav...

I was in my first job for a year, I then moved to a cohort ward dealing with every speciality as I saw it was an opportunity to gain experience with everything to help me move to a sister post. I'd say you need to have at least 6 months of working b...

Another vote for DM's, they are the mary jane style. Everyone always they must be heavy but they are the most comfortable shoes I've had & best lasting. Clarks & hush puppies I go though in about 6 months so far these are 9 months old.

I do not know how many cases there have been due to cannulas but someone is just as just as much risk of developing a MRSA bacterima as from a cannula as from a central line because this a point of access for bacteria which maybe isn't going into a c...

like most here we have the option of tunic & trousers or dresses. I wear dresses cause I find them more comfortable the trousers have elastic waists & come up really high.

My dream job has come up at work, I'm currently working as a band 5 on a cohort ward which I love, it is a new unit which opened about 5 months ago & when the whole directorate was reconfigured in the summer I asked to go to this unit which was o...

it's a cohort ward that has MRSA patients

I completely agree but not only staffing levels they should look at skill mix. Where I am they say we are fully staff but our skill mix is awful, so in essence we've had 4 band 5 nurses on the ward as the other band 5's are all newly qualified so nee...

Staff would only be swabbed at outbreak when the outbreak is caused by a single strain. When a patient is swabbed, any MRSA positive result is then sent away for grouping as usually when 2 patients on a ward are MRSA positive they usually have 2 diff...

I have been a band 5 for a year now & am being to think about starting to develop myself towards a band 6 post as most of them need 2 years experience, ultimately I would love a band 7 post. What sort of things to I need to be doing. The manager ...

Have you thought about speaking to someone more senior to your ward manager. They might be able to see the bigger picture & if you can speak to them & explain how it would help your career development, it might help.

You'll probably find that you will have to wait until you have been qualified at least a year before any agency will take you on, you will probably find that if you go it alone that you will still have to wait a bit as places are going to want exper...

I started my current job back in September the first 6 weeks were fine I had the usuall amount of nights, I'd have a block on nights in a months. For the last 16 weeks (I counted) I've worked permanent nights with the odd few days, I've said somethin...

I was wondering how I get hold of my transcripts, to find out how many hours I've done. Is it just a case of phoning up the uni?

Starting pay for nurses in the UK is £19,166 which is staring band 5 money for a registered nurse, before you get your registeration you get paid at band 3 which is £14,037. Hope this helps.

I've been reading all your post in this section & can't believe how different it is starting out nursing in the US to the UK. I'm also glad that reading all your posts has managed to calm me down a bit & realise that how I feel at the moment ...

I'm glad I'm not the only one, I started this week. Here in the Uk things are ver different & I really wish I had the sort of start you all get. (I'll do another post about my first week, so you can all see.) Every night I've had some dream abou...

I'm hopefully due to qualify soon, if I manage to pass the last 2 assignments & get my portfolio in order. I really want a buckle when I qualify which I know no-one seems to wear anymore, I just wondered if anyone knows where you get them from.

I'm in the same boat as you at the moment I have just qualified & still haven't got a job, lucky the trust I did my training as being good & are giving us bank jobs until a permanent post comes up.