misswoosie

misswoosie

ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH

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  1. Answers from 100 nurses needed: Which state has the most nursing shortage?

    misswoosie replied to John123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Anyone have any up to date info re the nursing shortage? Currently in NC-UK trained nurse with 23 yrs exp and BSN-have had a job offer since 2007 but caught in Green Card retrogression. My husband is...

  2. Journey of a foreign nurse getting licensure

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    The starting salary is around the same as the police force and teachers, but it's the lack of availability of higher graded positions in nursing and the pathetic yearly incremental yearly rises on...

  3. is uk nursing qualifications the same as the us qualifications?

    misswoosie replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    2300 hours in clinical practice as a Student and no hours as a rostered contribution to Auxiliary provision BabyRN posted that she met the requirements for a UK RN license with only 800...

  4. Journey of a foreign nurse getting licensure

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Incidentally I trained in the UK, and a quick search online recently showed that of my group of 22 nurses, only 3 remained in the UK. That's incredible and quite sad too SKYLARK-when did you train?...

  5. is uk nursing qualifications the same as the us qualifications?

    misswoosie replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    2300 hours in clinical practice as a Student and no hours as a rostered contribution to Auxiliary provision Says it all really! So many nurses these days won't do/don't think they should do the...

  6. Immigration reform act-are people aware of it?

    misswoosie posted a topic in International Nursing

    The bill would be good news for those from Mexico,India and the Phillipines but not Europe. The wait time for EB-3 Green card for "the rest of the world" would increase to 10 yrs and for EB-2 (which...

  7. Immigration reform act-are people aware of it?

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    No-I don't think it did, but it's been delayed for the moment by Sen

  8. Patients need better anticoagulation therapy education

    misswoosie replied to jbowers's topic in Patient Education

    It's still actually in the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys' patient info booklet here http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/btpills.htm#booklet As is avoid alcohol. Fairly woefully out of date!...

  9. Patients need better anticoagulation therapy education

    misswoosie replied to jbowers's topic in Patient Education

    i worked as a specialist anticoag nurse in 2003 for 3 years and never told patients this! they need to know that they may bleed more from a razor cut, and that it may take longer to stop bleeding....

  10. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    misswoosie replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Provides some useful information Interesting to see the differences in the recommendations from BD/INH and UK for catheter sizes....

  11. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    misswoosie replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I'm only used to seeing 22gS (in adults) used for induction of anesthesia in OR- only 2 be replaced by 1 or 2 14 or 16gs, and that was in low risk patients with good venous access I mean, if...

  12. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    misswoosie replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, gravity (because usually the venepucture site is lower than the heart) and also venous pressure too. It's a widely known fact that having the torniquet on for too long when taking blood can lead...

  13. iPad or tablet for teaching

    misswoosie replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Excuse my ignorance-(my son has the iPAD), how do you connect it to a projector to show the powerpoint presentations? Still not sure that for teaching the iPAD has any advantage over a 10inch...

  14. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    misswoosie replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Give it according to the Drs written (or verbal in an emergency) 22g is too small to give blood through The rate will depend on the indication for transfusion- eg blood loss (will be given according...

  15. iPad or tablet for teaching

    misswoosie replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I wouldn't go for an IPAD as it doesn't have a USB port, so the only way you can get an external document onto it is for someone to send it to you as an email attachment and then save it in some funny...

  16. Nurse working as RN at NHS Kent and Medway wasn't registered

    misswoosie posted a topic in International Nursing

    Disgraceful-she has been allowed to "assault" patients. So easy to check registration.

  17. Nurse working as RN at NHS Kent and Medway wasn't registered

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Yes-and she had been working for 4 years! Anyone can check the NMC register

  18. Daily mail demonstrates its love of nursing again

    misswoosie replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    so you trained in the UK - right? Yes we used to do meds for the 30 bedded ward in the days before team nursing when you weren't allowed to say "I don't know he's not my patient" and when the night...

  19. Daily mail demonstrates its love of nursing again

    misswoosie replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    I agree , but was confused by the term LPN as I assume you're in the UK? I notice in the article that the idiot doesn't mention staffing levels or as someone else said , the fact that only one nurse...

  20. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Yes, very judgmental. Do you think that the drug dealers are only selling to "non-productive" types too? How about the "city types" that like their tickle of whatever on a regular basis.They're...

  21. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Maybe to make it clearer I should have said that policemen get paid ridiculously high salaries compared to public service workers with similar educational requirements and responsibilities eg nurses...

  22. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    The individual hospitals decide how much to pay the CEO as most of them have independent trust status. It's not like the police service where the government dictates salaries. CEOs aren't put in...

  23. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Looting is a criminal act and should have been dealt with using tactics for criminal behaviour.They were using tactics appropriate for public disorder and didn't have enough police on the streets when...

  24. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    I haven't seen any posts here that lay out the currently known facts of what happened in the shooting of Duggan.If you can use the internet to find information then it makes little difference where...

  25. Who is currently hiring in Charlotte, NC or the surrounding areas?

    misswoosie replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I think most of the hospitals in the area are hiring from looking at their websites. Have you applied for specific positions that are advertised or spoken to any nurse recruiters? I would try...