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  1. What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    vandiola replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    Making a hospital corner isn't actually that

  2. What is the difference between a CRNA and a medical anaesthetist

    vandiola posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have looked at other discussions about the differences between CRNA and anaesthetists but they usually descend into argument without actually explaining the roles. We don't have a similar role for...

  3. Is this normal??. Help please

    vandiola replied to priyaremi's topic in United Kingdom

    But you can't be signed off for meds until after at least 2-3 months? At my trust NQNs are counted in numbers and have their own patients, but they're also assigned mentors who sign them off on their...

  4. Is this normal??. Help please

    vandiola replied to priyaremi's topic in United Kingdom

    4 days? At my training trust you're supernumerary for 6 months. Maybe they mis-worded it and meant 4 months, I don't think any trust in the UK or Eire would let you work completely independently after...

  5. Nursing is a passion?

    vandiola replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Opposite problem in the UK. Universities can't train enough nurses due to budgets set by the health department. Nursing has always been poorly paid in the UK, even when there was a very small pool of...

  6. Nursing is a passion?

    vandiola replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm still a nursing student. There are a lot of people on my course who are incredibly passionate and very engaged with nursing, but I'm not one of them. Sometimes I feel uncomfortable saying that it...

  7. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    vandiola replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    No one in the UK has ever said nurses are rolling in dough :/ Average salary for a RN here is around 23-27 grand which is about 40-48 thousand dollars. Some nurses will never earn above that kind of...

  8. US nurse vs UK

    vandiola replied to Cae23's topic in United Kingdom

    When I did my ITU placement I don't think I ever saw a nurse use a stethoscope, except the PERTT nurses. I assume it does vary across hospitals, I've worked in some district hospitals where nurses...

  9. Removing bursaries

    vandiola posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Very disappointed with how the DoH has reacted. Getting the bursary and not paying fees is one of the best things about studying nursing, I know I wouldn't have wanted to go into nursing without the...

  10. Removing bursaries

    vandiola replied to vandiola's topic in United Kingdom

    With the introduction of nurse associates and no cap on places, I feel the government thinks they'll be able to maintain or have a better standard of care, whether that is so we will see in a few...

  11. The truth about being newly qualified

    vandiola replied to Charlottemay's topic in United Kingdom

    Did you work in elderly care as a student? When I did my CotE placement it was exactly like this even though I didn't have full responsibility of the patients. I agree with GrumpyRN, wait for your...

  12. MD to RN?

    vandiola replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I think it would be worth exhausting all other options before turning to nursing. From reading your posts, it looks like you're going for nursing because you weren't able to get onto a residency....

  13. Never wanna take students again.

    vandiola replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Student nursing is so different in the US. In the UK we are assigned mentors who we work with throughout the whole placement period and the mentors can't even refuse to take us, but students are...

  14. Florence Nightingale's Birthday: World's Most Famous Nurse

    vandiola replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    In our social sciences seminar we were discussing Florence Nightingale's impact on education. Now I attend KCL, so I'm in the Florence Nightingale school of nursing, but my teacher informed us...

  15. How do the UK nurses feel about the (possible) junior doctors contract?

    vandiola posted a topic in United Kingdom

    I'm still trying to get my head around all the information, but my med student friend has educated that it is essentially no additional payments for working unsocial shifts (nurses receive a higher...

  16. Nurse Retention ideas

    vandiola replied to CCU-Flight RN's topic in General Nursing

    In the UK we have one main nursing union that has in the past said they don't want nursing wages to be high, in case it attracts the wrong kind of people It's a shame our own union doesn't recognise...

  17. The Stethoscope

    vandiola replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    AFAIK, we don't get the view in the UK, but the issue seems to be they were making judgements on Miss Colorado's talent portion saying nursing is not a talent, it might not be a super talent like...

  18. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    It doesn't matter which government is in power, nurses can never be given a real - time wage. The need for nursing numbers is growing, and you can't give the huge amount of nurses we have a decent pay...

  19. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    I agree. I can't imagine it increasing by even a penny. I regularly argue to fellow nurses/students about why we deserve pay increases but I'm only hit by a wall of 'we didn't enter this profession...

  20. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    @summerscoopy26 I sympathise with you as I can imagine it's a hard process, but there isn't much of a precedent for North American nurses coming to the UK. In my whole life I've only ever met one...

  21. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    I've worked in minimum wage jobs, but they weren't hard jobs, nor did I have the same level of responsibility as nursing. I'm still a student, so maybe in two years wages will be much improved...

  22. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    Its a bit less, around 21,000 or even less after tax. I dont think its a bad wage, just a low wage considering our workload, responsibilities and the cost of living

  23. Job market still dire?

    vandiola replied to ashschu's topic in United Kingdom

    Due to the new law of migrant workers from out of the EU working the UK having to earn £35,000 per year otherwise they'll have to leave the UK. Im not sure how this affects North American workers,...

  24. A day in the life of a UK nurse

    vandiola replied to bds165's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm sure HCA's/nurse aides can be trained to spot things, but as a student I feel comfortable assessing my patients whether that's by washing them or cleaning a bowel movement etc. I think north...

  25. RN and NMC

    vandiola replied to nursesfuture's topic in International Nursing

    It will be a very long term commitment. If you can afford to go the US and study there that would be the easiest and best option. If you study here first, you work as a RN under the NMC while trying...