Jen at NT
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| 06/09/2008 11:40 PM |
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Ahh. the turquoise water, a rum drink in one hand and a reggae band jamming in the background... what an ideal spot to live and work as a nurse.. right??
Well, an ideal place to live I will agree with (minus the high cost of living). Has anyone taken a travel assignment there recently? For US nurses, St. Thomas and St. John (US Virgin Islands) are travel nursing option. Anyone living there currently who can give us a real insight on nursing practices? When I worked with travel nurses, the feedback is that nursing technology is sub par compared to the main land. |
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CtheworldRN
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| 06/22/2008 9:54 PM |
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| I have heard of a nursing school in the Caribbean called the Robert Ross University?? Has anyone heard of it?? |
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AidaAGonz
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| 07/14/2008 4:58 PM |
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Hi, Nurses
Actually i live in Puerto Rico one of the island in the caribbean. Hospital here, dont pay very well to RN. I dont suggests any nurse working in USA, come to work here. Here in Puerto Rico we have the US Citizen, a lot of nurses and paramedics, doctors are moving to the states.
Have nice evening!
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TXGurl
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| 07/16/2008 11:13 PM |
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| This is hearsay, but from a dear friend who had an assignment in St. John, it is nursing 101 (back 10 years ago). I think Hawaii is a better location to work as a nurse! I'm sure anywhere where a beach is short drive away is not a shabby way to work and live. :) |
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CtheworldRN
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| 07/16/2008 11:28 PM |
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| Most islands in the Caribbean have a hospital affiliation in the US (Miami/South Florida) as most are not equipped to handle major trauma and cardiac cases. |
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Kaz
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| 09/19/2008 8:25 PM |
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| I did an elective placement in Antigua as a student and absolutely loved it! Can't comment on the pay as it was only a placement (ie. wage-free...) but for experience it was brilliant. I worked in the casualty dept. in Holberton hospital and think I actually learnt more in those 6 weeks than I had learnt in my entire nurse training up until that point. |
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Jen at NT
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| 09/26/2008 9:36 AM |
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Kaz,
very interesting, where were you studying? (I presume, you are not in the US, correct?) |
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scheeksrn
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| 10/28/2008 11:47 PM |
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| Jenny, wow turquoise water... rum drinks...ahhhh that sounds great!! |
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pbozarth
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| 02/03/2010 9:28 PM |
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| Yes. I have been there, to tour and evaluate. It is in St.Kitts. Beautiful and interesting. Most of the clinical is done in simulation. They get connections to schools in the states so students can get some in hospital experience and qualify to take NCLEX. |
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trish1970
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| 06/09/2010 4:52 PM |
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| Has anyone done nursing in Trinidad or Barbados |
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mary
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| 08/16/2010 5:13 PM |
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Hi every one, my name is Mary and I am from Barbados!! I think I can safely say that nursing in Barbados is getting on par with that in the US. I would like to dispel the notion that nursing here is substandard. Nurses do have automony, are very skilled and knowledgable. This hold particularly true for nurses who work in the specialities. ER< ICU, OT, High Dependency Unit, obstetrics to name a few. Very often it is the nurses who guides the young interns and effectively manage the patients. I am a RN/ Midwife, I have spent 6 years in ER and I found it to be a very empowering exprience. I think that being there has given me the platform to splunge into the other areas I found myself in. I have worked as an occupational nurse for the island's lone power company and that was very rewarding. Its a different kind of nuring but I had ample opportunity to impact employees lives and encourage them to take responsiblity fot their own health, I developed a motto that your health was your wealth... value it, it worked well for me for the 7 years I was with that company. I spent 8 months working in a Maximum security prison, needless to say there were times in those initial days that I was intimidated,after a few days and getting to understand the system there, I was able to make a meaningful contribution to the prisoners lives especially the ones on death row. It has now become an experience I treasure and use each tiem I make a presentation to teenagers or kids demonstarting deviant behaviour.
I own and operate a private agency WWW.bodymattersinc.com which provides nursing care to acutely ill patients within there homes and in the private wing of the hospital. There are several other aspects to the company.I started this in 2007 and it mushroomed in 2008. I now have a staff of 18 persons RN, nursing assistants and care givers. I curently manage the health unit at the US Embassy in Bridgetown. Why am I tellin you all of this... the opportunies available in Barbados are numerous, if you want to succeed you can. the pay is not on par with what is offered in the US, we as nurses hope some day that would change... but can goverments or private enterprise every pay any true nurse what she is really worth? I dont think so!!
So if you have the opportunity come for some sand sea and fun, dance with a rum punch in hand or a refreshingglass of ice cold lemonade, mauby, sour sop punch, golden apple juice or any of the local drinks, savour the taste of our well seaoned fish and local dishes, jump to the beat of the calypso music, relax with the setting sun allow the waves of our beautiful beaches to carress your body in the ocean, swim around withthe turtles, explore the reefs or be capivated by a peaceful sunrise!! All this and more awaits you in this beautiful island Barbados.... COME ON DOWN!!! |
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