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    New-ish US RN trying to find a job in Manchester UK

    spacemonkey15 replied to app22's topic in United Kingdom

    ODP is an HCPC registered profession, how will the OP convince the trust they're qualified for this
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    Band 6 Interview Presentation

    spacemonkey15 replied to kitkat84's topic in United Kingdom

    I presume this is for a practice development post? If so, it would be wise to look at this from the aspect of an educator. Think about where you've been involved in change before and consider how you...
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    Checking in

    spacemonkey15 replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    We’ve coped so far, the surge we had wasn’t as bad as expected and while we were stretched at points we’ve got through it. It has calmed down an awful lot, but I do wonder what’s going to...
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    Where to work?

    spacemonkey15 replied to waufah's topic in United Kingdom

    Wales might be worth considering
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    Job for L&D nurse in the UK?

    spacemonkey15 replied to Kara Flowers's topic in United Kingdom

    Birmingham isn’t that far from Leicester, it might be worthwhile searching for posts at Birmingham women’s
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    Career advice

    spacemonkey15 replied to NickRN's topic in United Kingdom

    If you’re after a change of scenery then itu will do it for you, however, getting into senior positions in critical care means sticking it out for the long haul, if you’re after climbing the...
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    Stethoscope, trainee ANP job

    spacemonkey15 replied to Boo2's topic in United Kingdom

    Littmann classic 3 is what I have and am happy
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    ITU Nurse wanting to specialise in palliative care

    spacemonkey15 replied to anniz91's topic in United Kingdom

    I echo what others have said here. I’ve had colleagues from itu who’ve wanted to move into palliative care and they’ve often gone into hospice nursing first to gain experience to apply for more...
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    ODP to nurse

    spacemonkey15 replied to Crinkles88's topic in United Kingdom

    As far as I'm aware, a conversion doesn't exist, but you might be able to APEL some of your previous content from your ODP course (will depend on individual uni regs on this). Another option, if you...
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    Qualified for 7 years but no ward experience

    spacemonkey15 replied to nhblue's topic in United Kingdom

    I can't really add much to what's already been said, apart from the mixing ABX thing: Medusa is your
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    Future of EU nurses after Brexit

    spacemonkey15 replied to danxthenurse's topic in United Kingdom

    Tbh, our government is using the Blackadder doctrine when it comes to the absolute car crash that is Brexit "Don't worry chaps, nothing can go wrong, because I don't have a
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    Future of EU nurses after Brexit

    spacemonkey15 replied to danxthenurse's topic in United Kingdom

    I don't know what Brexit is going to lead us to, whatever it does I doubt it'll be positive tbh. I would suggest sorting out your NMC registration as a matter of priority though, before Brexit makes...
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    Worried about the future of ICU nursing

    spacemonkey15 replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care

    We're seeing a similar situation this side of the pond in the UK. Skill mix on the unit is becoming increasingly junior, staff turn over is getting higher. Some nurses are using critical care as a...
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    Life in UK

    spacemonkey15 replied to gudo's topic in United Kingdom

    It's all cups of tea, scones with jam and clotted cream, cricket on the village green and being very, very good at queuing up for things. And then maybe some more
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    Do all nurses have to go into theatre and A&E when training?

    spacemonkey15 replied to Maya331's topic in United Kingdom

    I've bumped into this individual on another forum and they've asked similar questions (though the suction one is a new one). I'm not 100% sure that they dwell under a bridge
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    Student Nurse ICU Question

    spacemonkey15 replied to AlexMaclean's topic in United Kingdom

    I completely agree with the above comment. I wouldn't worry too much about trying to get ahead by learning some of the complexities of ITU. You'll be an NQ nurse and expectations of you will reflect...
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    UK NP

    spacemonkey15 replied to danceluver's topic in United Kingdom

    You can find an outline here: Regulation of the medical associate professions A consultation - NHS Employers I know it says professions associated to medicine, however in the UK ACCP and SCP mainly...
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    UK NP

    spacemonkey15 replied to danceluver's topic in United Kingdom

    There has been discussion in the NHS about how we regulate advanced practice roles covering the advanced critical care practitioner, surgical care practitioner, PA and PA (anaesthesia) roles. Whether...
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    UK Nursing Reference books?

    spacemonkey15 replied to Chiffon's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm sorry I'm not of use with suggestions of a book that covers nursing in the UK in a general sense, I know of a couple of decent ones for critical care if that's any use to you. Have you spoken to...
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    Senior nurse interview

    spacemonkey15 replied to belle22's topic in United Kingdom

    Refer back to examples you've already experienced, also as others have said, make sure policies and procedures are followed. Make sure youve escalated the incident to whomever is your senior (I've...
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    For male students, has anyone ever laughed or dissed for pursuing nursing

    spacemonkey15 replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    When I strike up conversations with people and they ask what I do for a living, they sometimes get surprised, but the general response I get is one of respect for what I
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    US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    spacemonkey15 replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    Im starting to wonder if they're
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    US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    spacemonkey15 replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    And here's me thinking the "too posh to wash" nurse was just a meme made up to belittle modern university trained
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    Culture of blame in the UK

    spacemonkey15 replied to babyNP.'s topic in United Kingdom

    There have clearly been a number of failings within the hospital system and this doctor has been made the scapegoat for
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    First 5 months facing disciplinary action

    spacemonkey15 replied to Jazmina's topic in United Kingdom

    It's a bit odd that this allegation has been dealt with in this manner, with HR jumping straight to suspension. I'd expect someone to be spoken to by their manager in the first instance in a situation...