swdrobertson

Edinburgh has the old town which people tend to really enjoy. Its full of really old buildings (lots of history), there is also the Edinburgh dungeons tours and if you like shopping the old town is only a few minutes walk from the main shopping area. As for the Highlands.... Well every inch of that place is stunning. If your a Harry Potter fan i suggest starting in Glenfinnan. If you are there at 11.10 in the morning you will see the Hogwarts Express cross the famous viaduct. In all truth though id say befriend a local who is willing to drive you. You will be awestruck the entire journey. I still am and i have lived here my whole life.

These are all options i have been looking at. The problem is getting the time. I am a charge nurse in my own ward and most BONs i have spoken to that allow make up time have stated it would have to be at an acreddited US college. anyway back to success stories.

Hi The obstacles i (and most uk nurses) face are securing enough theory and clinical hours in mental health, obs, and peads. In terms of our system being harder i dont know. When i trained it was really hard. We worked on placement right rhough the summer and had very little time off compared to students on other courses (6 weeks a year if memory serves). Academically it was challenging but managable. However than was 10 years ago. In terms of the theory/ practice difference I was refering to .... I find that US nurses have greater knowledge straight out of nursing school than UK nurses however UK nurses have much more practicle experience and a wider variety of clinical skills. Our courses tend to be equally split between time in the classroom and time working alongside trained nurses.

Started my career in navy blue bottoms whith a white tunic and blue epilletes. I found them far more proffessional looking than what we wear now (google Scottish national nurse uniform). That said at least in blues all those lovely marks that seem to get past PPE dont show up as well. Nah i dont think id quit if i had to go back to whites.

im applying for missouri. i dont have specific hours in child clinical. i have spent time in communiy and A&E where child care was included but they were not secifc child placemets.

CGFNs is the stage i am at today. My theory hours will probably be covered by my CFP from the start of my training but im almost certainly going to be short clinical hours in peads. I spoke with the nursing board today which was just disheartening. Im fairly sure they didnt quite understand what i was asking (good old Scottish accent) so im sending a formal letter requesting more information. i feel days like this it becomes important for people to see that it can be done and is done successfuly

Training here in the UK is very different than the US. We are trained in specific areas of practice (General nurse, child nurse, mental health nurse, learning disability nurse) so it is highly unlikely you will be able to simply sit NCLEX when you are done. I am a Scottish educated nurse. Im at the very early stages of trying to get a licence in MO. It is very difficult with new hurdles everyday. That being said if you did choose to work here after your nurse education you will have great job security as the health service is a national institution. From discussions with American friends who are nurses my impression is that US nurses have a greater theory base than UK nurses however UK nurses tend to have more practacle time than our US counterparts. please feel free to ask me anything you wish regarding life etc on our wee island. Scott.

In truth its just looking for people to share success stories. sometimes it seems impossible so the boost from people who made it would be great.

Hello. As a UK educated nurse who is trying to get permission to sit NCLEX, i am becoming increasingly frustrated with various obstacles i face. So id like to invite people who have successfully gone through the process to share some positive stories to keep up the moral for those of us going through the process going. cheers Scott.

Sadly i was amongst the first generation to recieve this new type of training (started in 2004). Although i did common foundation training in year one which does seem to give me the theory hours i need, the practical element is just so frustrating. The more i call various nursing boards in the US the more disheartening it becomes. The cynic in me cant help but wonder if there may have been an alterior motive in the changes to our training. But il save that for staff room rants.

As i read through more and more of the UK nurse wants to work in USA threads i am realising that from an internationl prospectice it does not pay to be a UK nurse (except Australia). Silverdragon you must be going crazy from the sheer number of times you have had to repeat the same advice over and over. Scott.

no no im not refering to the clinical experience. The course my colleauge was asked to do was in addition to clinical time.

Ah ok thanks for the update. The course i believe was based in the US but it could be completed with online classes so it can be done in the UK, it was just the make up time i was curious about.

Hmmmm Striking is such a difficult question for nurses. Do I think we should strike for something really important..... yes would i ever do it ...... No. Like all nurses my patients come first and i can not in anyway endanger them. I know this is used against us by the powers that be as it effectively wipes out our negotion muscle but i will never endanger my patients. Some would say strike if safety is maintened. However for a nursing strike to be effective we would all have to walk out. Previous small strikes by nursing staff have involved some nurses striking while others maintained safe enviorments for our patients. The results were 0 change in our favour. We are effectively stuck in the ultimate catch 22. We dont all strike and nothing will get done, we do all strike, people die and we have no public support and we loose all moral high ground. We are especially unlucky here in the UK as we are no longer well thought of. Sustained media campaigns targetting us for daring to further our nursing education (too posh to wash) and numerous public reports have resulted in a poor opinion of nurses so we dont enjoy public support compared to our counterparts in other countries such as the US.

Hello again. Update time... I have established that the MO crimincal check will accept fingerprints taken by a UK police force so i can get the criminal check done, I have the correct forms and just have to add a covering letter explaining that i cant provide a social security number as i am a UK national. Currently waiting on a statement of entry from the NMC. All being well i will make my application in 2 -3 weeks time. I know with certainty that i am going to have to do some make up time in peadiatrics. Does anyone out there have experience with this? Im not sure if i will be allowed to do this make up time in the UK or if i will need to volunteer in the US to do it. I know of one woman who trained on the same ciriculum as me. She was asked to do make up time and a course designed for people who fail NCLEX. This would allow her to sit it. She choose not to persue it so sh never found out if the make up time would be in the US. Continued thanks. Scott.