Leedeedee

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1. Medical professionals counter coronavirus lockdown protesters

   Leedeedee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I guess empathy for those suffering is too much to expect

2. Medical professionals counter coronavirus lockdown protesters

   Leedeedee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   You're confusing the behaviour of the protestors with the point of the protest itself. It's extremely naive to think that economy and health aren't related. Who pays for healthcare if the economy is...

3. Where to work?

   Leedeedee replied to waufah's topic in United Kingdom

   Plymouth is a great place to live, not as cheap as up North, but still much cheaper than the South East of England. It's right on the edge of Dartmoor, plus there's Bodmin moor in Cornwall an easy...

4. Forced Organ Donations from Living Donors???!!!!

   Leedeedee replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

   I remember first hearing about this 20 years ago when I walked along Whitehall in London and there was a Falun Gong demonstration. They were giving out literature saying members of the Falun Gong...

5. American Nurses in U.K

   Leedeedee replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

   Just wanted to mention any UK resident can buy a Prescription Prepay Certificate. Unlimited prescriptions for 3 or 12 months, costs £29.10 and £104 respectively. Many people (including Brits)...

6. Moving to UK - looking at nursing school?

   Leedeedee replied to srp139's topic in United Kingdom

   The undergraduate path to nursing is a 3 year BSc (Hons) Nursing. You have to pick a branch for your registration, the branches are Adult, Child, Mental Health and Learning Disability. The most...

7. HELP! New Grad Nurse trying to go back to CA

   Leedeedee replied to nrsngstudent1's topic in California Nursing

   I'm guessing you're already enrolled by now, but in case you're having difficulty, Google Westcott Courses. They're self paced courses, which you can complete as fast as you like, which go onto a...

8. sweaty person + humid summers = sweat through scrub tops

   Leedeedee replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Use Sweat Block or similar once a week, before you go to bed, on the areas that you sweat from. Leave to dry for 5 minutes after application. That'll stop the problem at

9. Physician Assistants now have FPA

   Leedeedee replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Physician Associate always seemed like a better title, better describing what their actual role

10. NHS Apprenticeships

    Leedeedee replied to Leedeedee's topic in United Kingdom

    Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll get a direct response to this from either NMC or NHS England. There is guidance for Nursing Associates trained outside the EU though, so they are considering...

11. NHS Apprenticeships

    Leedeedee posted a topic in United Kingdom

    I found out today that the NHS are now providing 4 year apprenticeships for RNs, where you work in hospitals, earn a wage and attend university for your BSc Nursing. So pretty much going back to the...

12. finishing Rn to bsn:college algebra delaying graduation

    Leedeedee replied to belle05's topic in General Nursing

    Take a look at Khan Academy and try to catch up using that if you can't afford a

13. Where Were You...9/11

    Leedeedee replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was working at Barclays Bank accounting offices in England at the time. I heard just after I got back from lunch. Not everyone had the internet at their PCs then, so we were getting all the...

14. If your manager falsely accused you of something

    Leedeedee replied to Ad515's topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer: still not yet a nurse, but very experienced in working in CYA organizations (aka the NHS). Did your manager put it in writing? If she wrote an email to you making the accusation, then you...

15. Vaccination Health Concerns

    Leedeedee replied to user01298's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Actually if people with autoimmune diseases are taking immunosuppressant drugs such as azathioprine then they cannot be vaccinated with live vaccines. Here's more information and a list Vaccination...