Metrorphan

It's okay no worries. I suppose the admitting and discharging are the least stressful aspects of the job. I think it's the sheer high volume of things to do at once sometimes. Upwards of 17 admissions in an afternoon shared between 2 nurses and a nursing assistant, and at the same time you have patients from the morning that have to be collected from recovery. And if your patients require a district nurse that's a whole other process haha. In part, I'd be lying if I said some of the stress of my current job has nothing to do with the team I'm working with.. but of course you will meet all sorts of characters which ever specialty you move to. The way you do eye drops where you are sounds sooo much more complex. And interesting. Where I work, a cataract patient will either have their eyes dilated by eye drops (2 ready made/set eye drops to be given as a pair up to 4 times leading up to the surgery) or by a pellet being put into the eye just once, and is then removed prior to surgery by the anaesthetist in the anaesthetic room. So similar to your pledgets actually except we don't have to soak it. It is given straight from its packaging into the lower lids of patients with the tweezers. Your job in relation to eyes sounds overall like a higher difficulty version. like I have it easy! Haha We mostly also administer eye drops as a patient group directive so we dont need the doctors to prescribe them. Wow though. It's like our two jobs are completely different in this way. Yours sounds like it requires heavy math skill, while mine none at all, unless you count calculating paracetamol now and again haha. I'll definitely take a look around the site but I am feeling more positive about making this change now. Thanks for responding brownbook

We speak proper here in the UK excuse me. Jk haha.. yeah I suppose 'day surgery ward' = same day surgery unit more or less. Your job sounds similar to mine but with slight differences. The actual specialty is day case eye surgeries only. I admit patients, take them to theatre, collect them from recovery and then discharge them home. I want to change because I want to try a different specialty, but also go to a place where what I've been doing in my current job can be used as a strength hence endoscopy. In my current job I have to work 12 hour shifts, work Saturdays now and again too. I like that Endoscopy is 9-5, I'd also get the chance to pick up completely new skills. I guess to be brutally honest I'm looking for a less stressful version of what I do now, AND something that's more stimulating at the same time. Ive been seeing adverts to work in purely endoscopy units alone. I've read job descriptions saying that you're typically assigned to different roles throughout the working week. One day you could be doing pre-op, another day you'll be in recovery dealing with post op, and then actually assisting the doctor with the procedure itself. So this already sounds ALOT more varied than what I do. PS: tired of giving eye drops. So very tired.

Hey everyone I currently have been working on a day surgery ward for the past 8 months and am thinking of now changing direction and going into endoscopy nursing. Before applying though, I'd just like to get some insight from those who work in endoscopy. What are your personal pros and cons of this role? What is a typical day like for you? Bonus question: How does it compare to the day surgery setting? Just looking to form a more solid picture of what this specialty entails. Thanks for any responses!

Like I said it is a real shame. Then again I loose it makes sense why they changed things. Keep more nurses in the country etc. I hope "When there's a will there's a way" applies to my situation. Appreciate your input though

One of the selling points of nursing for me as well as wanting to help others was the prospect of being able to work anywhere in the world as a nurse. That they're needed everywhere. Well I guess I could have done more research hahaha. I guess moving to the US would mean starting nursing again.. it's really a shame.

Really?? Thanks for the info. But damn. It's sounding rather impossible.. I wish the UK kept a generalist nursing course. Well, I'll keep scouring the internet for some sort of loophole. If anyone here from the UK has somehow recently made the move, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the response Silverdragon102 I thought as much. I'm sure there are nurses here from the UK who have made the move. Do you happen to know how they typically go about fixing their deficiencies and outstanding hours? Im wondering if seeking out and volunteering at different places would be the way to go about it. I really wish there was a transition course that existed for the exact purpose of fulfilling missing criteria of nurses who wish to move. Things would be so easy haha.

Hi everyone I've been a nurse for 6 months and am just looking for insight into the NCLEX exam from those nurses who have made the move to the states and gone through the process. I have an Adult Nursing degree. My main question is, will I be allowed to even sit the NCLEX with just this or is getting some obstetrics and mental health experiences needed? I'm going to start reading around it all today but any insight or advice about this would be appreciated, I'll be checking back here now and again. I was hoping to just get the exam done early as I know moving to the US must be a long, long process. Thanks very much in advance for any help Metrorphan