uk nurses who have come to the usa

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I am in the usvi, and have been here nearly a year, maybe all the nurses who have posted their news about immigration, can now post about the differences in the us hospitals. I dont think that american doctors and nurses fully understand where we come from, and the working environment of the nhs, its only when we get here that we can understand the differences. I am sure that stateside hospitals are different even from here. and that they also vary from state to state, but maybe nurses who are waiting to come will be able to pick up some tips and know more than us what to expect.

christine....from wales to scotland to united states virgin islands, and then to the states, in january.

whats telemetry is it like HDU

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a telemetry unit, is basically a floor where all the patients are ordered to be cardiac monitored,

although other floors have monitored patients, it is just done by a small tele box, and the telemetry floor watches the monitors and calls the nurse to check the patient if any abnormalities are seen.

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just started a new job and for the first time in orientation a fire officer has actually acknowledged that if theres a fire you should call for help before trying to rescue the patient, which is the way that the brits do it, over here they have an acronym called race. which usually tells you to rescue first, then raise the alarm. the safety officer actually told us that if we do that without raising the alarm them both the nurse and patient could be in trouble.

could be that the brits do it the right way.

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Thanks not seen that but still a student in the UK sounds like Cornary Care Units

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still being asked by nurses how to get here. its difficult to have to tell them that the uk training is now not good enough for the states.

uk nurses work hard to get their degree or diploma, and when you get to america you only work on the floor where you are experienced anyway, so i dont see why the us cant recognise the training that is specialised and allow the brits to come and work in these areas.

the way of life here is very different from back home, a cheaper place to live and eventually as a nurse you can earn lots of money.

there are downsides, maybe the other half wont earn as much as back home. and when you first get here the wages are not as much as back home.

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I'm not sure if paying National Insurance has been covered on this thread.

I've worked in the UK for 6 years and I understand that you have to pay at least 11 years to be able to qualify for pension.

Your input re: NI will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

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i paid into the system for a long time, both as an employed and a self-employed person, but there was so much going on before i left the uk that i never thought to find out about what happens to it. i think that there is some sort of recognition between the us and uk, but dont know the details. we did go back for a couple of months not long ago and because we have been out of the country for 2 years, if we needed any health treatment then we had to pay for it, unless we were back for more than 6 months.....a sad situation, when we have paid so much into the system.

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I'm not sure if paying National Insurance has been covered on this thread.

I've worked in the UK for 6 years and I understand that you have to pay at least 11 years to be able to qualify for pension.

Your input re: NI will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

this website should be able to answer your questions http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/

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i paid into the system for a long time, both as an employed and a self-employed person, but there was so much going on before i left the uk that i never thought to find out about what happens to it. i think that there is some sort of recognition between the us and uk, but dont know the details. we did go back for a couple of months not long ago and because we have been out of the country for 2 years, if we needed any health treatment then we had to pay for it, unless we were back for more than 6 months.....a sad situation, when we have paid so much into the system.

i don't think you can transfer anything but you can i believe top up from the us and when pension time have your pension paid into a us bank. the above link i posted may have answers

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thanks for that anna, its just that you get so caught up with your new way of life here, that you get very blase about life back home.

[color=#2f4f4f] we really should chase these things up now, so that its sorted.

[color=#2f4f4f]enjoying our new life here, the weather is wonderful (if you like the heat that is ). got to work 2 night shifts now, but will soon be off again.

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thanks for that anna, its just that you get so caught up with your new way of life here, that you get very blase about life back home.

we really should chase these things up now, so that its sorted.

enjoying our new life here, the weather is wonderful (if you like the heat that is ). got to work 2 night shifts now, but will soon be off again.

glad to be of help and glad things are working out for you in the us

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Hi everyone, I'm not sure if i'm posting in the right place but maybe you could offer me some advice or steer me in the right direction.

I qualified in London in 2002 and currently working in Dublin, my credentials are being assessed by CGFNS but I know some of my time is missing, for example I did no OB in my training, if you are missing time from your training where do you go to get that time back? I don't want to go back to do a whole year just to get 80 hours in ob and 40 hours teaching!

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Jaynie

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