misswoosie

misswoosie

ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH

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  1. London nurses--are you okay?

    misswoosie replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Appalled but not surprised at the riots in the UK and also those who think that because Duggan was a criminal it was OK for the incompetent police to shoot him dead. There is no evidence so far that...

  2. Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill SC

    misswoosie replied to kam.i.am's topic in General Nursing

    Looking at a job here. Anyone have any recent experiences to report?

  3. Coumadin Nurse

    misswoosie replied to soxfan80's topic in Cardiac

    Funny- I came on looking for some info regarding anticoagulation services and saw your post. I was an anticoagulation clinical nurse specialist in the UK for 3 yes. What I liked; The autonomy Getting...

  4. ODP's and administering drugs

    misswoosie replied to debbieuk's topic in International Nursing

    And much of this is partly due to the fact that with the EU working directive Drs hours had to be cut and many traditional medical roles are now carried out by nurses. Unfortunately they didn't add to...

  5. ODP's and administering drugs

    misswoosie replied to debbieuk's topic in International Nursing

    Even a RN wouldn't be allowed to give an IV push of propofol to a patient as this would be classed as administering an anaesthetic I think. Doesn't sound like it was an emergency situation where I...

  6. Non traditional job ideas??

    misswoosie replied to NorCalKid's topic in General Nursing

    Many large companies have staff wellness programs and may have nurses working on these. My husband is a health researcher for Carolinas Health Services in Charlotte and some of the wellness...

  7. Guidelines for obtaining a Credit Score in the US

    misswoosie replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    Would people like to add anything to this thread as things may have changed since 2007? The only thing I wanted to say was that when we got our secured CC we were told NOT to pay the balance off in...

  8. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    Why do you state I am out of touch and comment on practice in the US and use a phrase like the dark ages? Maybe you can clarify this? And to XB9S not sure why we have suddenly moved onto working as a...

  9. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    In your post where you first mentioned that a nurse cannot be disciplined for not following Doctors orders (which you initially said didn't exist in the UK) you didn't clarify whether it made a...

  10. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    Do you really think that she would stand up and say that-or indeed need to?!!!! She would say that she disregarded policy because it was in the best interest of the patient and there was no other...

  11. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    so you agree that odps cannot follow pgds? of course you can be disciplined for not doing what a doctor asks you to do (what you call it is irrelevent)! if you can't justify why you didn't do as the...

  12. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    A few facts ODPs cannot follow PGDs even though they are registered as HCPs Doctors in the UK do give orders. Prescription is a written order to administer a drug. When it's a verbal communication...

  13. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    I hope you realise that I was agreeing with what you

  14. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    Would you say the same thing if it had been an "emergency" situation? That the agency nurse should not have breached the policy and given an IV drug? You say that if she breached this policy then...

  15. Transcript for ENB courses?

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Surely if they gave you credits for your Bachelors then they should be on a transcript for your bachelors-although I see you're having problems getting that! It seems that the record keeping at some...

  16. Transcript for ENB courses?

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Are you talking about your basic training transcripts for credential evaluation which is required for visa screen and ATT for NCLEX or getting your other qualifications evaluated? I have my license...

  17. Professional dilemma

    misswoosie replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    You know and we know this is a ridiculous situation which is compromising the nursing care of post -op patients. To be quite frank I don't think the hospital has it's head screwed on the right way....

  18. Transcript for ENB courses?

    misswoosie replied to misswoosie's topic in International Nursing

    Yes same for me back in 2006. My school of nursing was gone but I was lucky that the first uni I tried gave me what he called "a general transcript based on my year of training.Luckily he emailed me a...

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

    misswoosie replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    I'm not sure how many clinical hours are included in UK RN training now, but I think I'm correct to say both diplomas and degrees are 3 years full time.I did read that the time is divided equally...

  20. UK Nurses working abroad

    misswoosie replied to stefix's topic in International Nursing

    Agree that experience is vital so that you feel confident in your skills. What many people don,t realise is that the wait for a Green Card if you're a nurse is around 7 years and you need to add this...

  21. U.k nurse employment

    misswoosie replied to bigboi's topic in International Nursing

    Great! You seem to have worked your finances out. Chelmsford is a nice area and housing is expensive.Not much employment available outside the usual and it tends to be a commuter belt for people...

  22. Frontline staff to lose jobs

    misswoosie replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    Well you seem to have it all worked out. Good luck with your career. Just a tip- try to be a little less personal in future on this forum

  23. Frontline staff to lose jobs

    misswoosie replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    i agree, but those nurses were probably trained as ens and then forced to convert to rn. they probably provide excellent basic nursing care. now there are too many "new" nurses who want to get up the...

  24. Frontline staff to lose jobs

    misswoosie replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    yes same for our group in 86 and there were only 5 of

  25. UK Nurses working abroad

    misswoosie replied to stefix's topic in International Nursing

    Cost of living is a lot lower in many countries though and nurses are paid much better wages. Stefix- if you think you may eventually want to work in the US then as someone else said, you must have a...