irishicugal

irishicugal

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  1. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    irishicugal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! Can I just say, I'm fairly new to allnurses but I LOVE it, it's the automatic app that Siri now wants to open on my phone which means I'm probably on it a little too much... I understand the...

  2. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    irishicugal replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    We have a company here called happythreads and they actually advertise the scrubs as "as seen on tv" you can pick the scrubs from greys anatomy or from nurse Jackie

  3. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    irishicugal replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic... At least I hope

  4. Working in Ireland without agency

    irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

    Hey there! So many pros/cons with both systems, I'll tell you what I know of either... Private healthcare is the closest to the American system. They are starting to develop ED's but they are only...

  5. Tattoos?

    irishicugal replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    THIS!! Also, they quoted bloody Leviticus lol, we can't wear mixed fabrics either, bear that in mind next time you want cotton blend scrubs [emoji23] Proud owner of 16 tattoos and counting, I'm lucky...

  6. A Headache is not an emergency

    irishicugal replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    Lol, I thought you got the sarcasm, and were responding with sarcasm too!!

  7. Working in Ireland without agency

    irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

    I'm from Ireland and trained here so I didn't use one [emoji3] you should be fine and because you trained in the EU then getting registered should be easy enough. In terms of finding employment,...

  8. Working in Ireland without agency

    irishicugal replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in International Nursing

    Where are you based? You can apply directly to HSE at publicjobs.ie but you need your registration with NMBI first. Is there a reason you don't want to use an agency? They would make your journey a...

  9. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Registered General Nurse... We have 5 divisions on the nurse scale, General, Children's, Mental Health, Intellectual Disabilities and

  10. Code Question?!?!

    irishicugal replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    You can't get any deader than dead... Push it all in,

  11. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    I found this too...

  12. Going to ICU after working ER

    irishicugal replied to nursingnugent's topic in General Nursing

    I worked ED for several years before transferring to ICU, as did several of my colleagues. ICU is like the Resus bay of ED, only a lot more organised lol (think organised chaos rather than chaos). I...

  13. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Sorry about that! I suggest you give the NMBI a ring, I don't think it entails that much, particularly if you are US trained. They may want you to do an unpaid 6 week adaptation course before issuing...

  14. Heat stroke & DIC????

    irishicugal replied to angle71054's topic in Emergency

    What's DIC? Sorry, not a US nurse, sometimes your abbreviations and acronyms baffle

  15. Ireland application pack please!

    irishicugal replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Did you train outside the EU? If so, this is the link you need... NMBI - Trained outside Ireland Group 3:

  16. St. Vincent's hospital dublin

    irishicugal replied to chernt88's topic in International Nursing

    Before you can apply for a visa you need to get Irish nurse registration - NMBI.ie. I would advise you to find an agency who will both process your visa and help you find a job, but you will need to...

  17. Needlestick

    irishicugal replied to Ontariosn's topic in General Nursing

    TECHNICALLY, your patient wasn't safe - it counts as a needle stick injury to him. Your blood could have tracked into the syringe, you should have discarded the whole lot and started again! First year...

  18. Patient transfer devices?

    irishicugal replied to arack05's topic in Operating Room

    Pat slides here... I guess another example of how backwards ireland is!! That said, we don't have many bariatric patients, think I've seen 2 in my entire

  19. Moving to Dublin to nurse

    irishicugal replied to B_Sampson1's topic in International Nursing

    The Coombe is a maternity hospital. It has very few general nurses, except for in the NICU. The majority of staff are nurse/midwives. Oops, just saw pp was looking for NICU lol. There are 3 maternity...

  20. St. Vincent's hospital dublin

    irishicugal replied to chernt88's topic in International Nursing

    Pay is better in ireland. Autonomy, career progression and nurse:patient ratio are better in uk. But they are very similar! I would decide where you want to live based on location, facilities etc...

  21. *HELP NEEDED* Understaffed NICU Project

    irishicugal replied to gcoffin92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Maybe you should have explained better in the first place. Do you know how many lazy student nurses post here looking for answers rather than doing their homework themselves? Hence the responses....

  22. Meaning of your username?

    irishicugal replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Um. Im Irish. I work in ICU. And I'm a girl... After reading all this I wish I'd been more

  23. CPR on the floors

    irishicugal replied to Sallysame's topic in General Nursing

    Every trach pt, whether on room air, or a vent, should have a set of tracheal dilators above the bed, and trach tubes of the same size and one smaller to hand. This should be part of your bedside...

  24. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    irishicugal replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Ireland is STILL like this, all of it except the heat

  25. How important is it to you to be a nurse?

    irishicugal replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I am a mum first, nurse second. That said, if I won the lottery I'd probably still work, just maybe 8 hours a week in a voluntary capacity somewhere. I couldn't just give it up, nursing for me was...