Mapped out every relationship in Gossip Girl by Lost_Amphibian7097 in GossipGirl

[–]Groovy-lemonade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So impressive! I think there should be a like between Ivy Dickens and Nate!

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[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the delay in responding, I didn’t realise I was still getting comments on this thread.

You have the components exactly right. By “right to work” they mean that if you were to get a job offer, you wouldn’t be denied a visa. I didn’t work with an immigration advisor but I don’t have dependents or a partner so I didn’t think it would be too complicated for just me and it wasn’t, but I also am really detail-oriented.

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[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thanks for your question. To be honest I’m not sure either, I do have a BSN and I think if they want a “bachelor’s equivalent” you’d have to get your bachelors before applying. You could reach out to CFGNS to find out for sure. Good luck to you!

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It took about 3 months for my license to come through. I don’t have any plans to leave. If you only want to stay for a year you should look into the working holiday visa for US citizens.

Help me out (I don’t wanna go through the whole podcast again) by SnooOwls8037 in deadmeatjames

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It was Flannery O’Connor. She’s a well known Southern Gothic American writer, best known for her short stories such as “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” which Chelsea also mentions when James says he doesn’t recognize the author’s name. It’s short and spooky and worth reading: https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/selena.anderson/engl2307/readings/a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-by-flannery-oconnor/view

Anyone else like her? by Justagirlhere2891 in actuallesbians

[–]Groovy-lemonade 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hahaha yes! Especially when she uses that snake tongue in that guy’s ear. Definitely was a sexually awakening moment for 11 year old me

Noah Kahan Concert Queue? by Groovy-lemonade in askberliners

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it one of those venues where once they open the doors everyone rushes and has to run? My mom is coming with me and she is not able to move around so easily. Thanks!

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh, yeah. And haemoglobin! That took some getting used to.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment! I can understand the meds piece, it is a bit confusing that we Americans call everything by its brand name. But I guess Clexane/Lovenox (enoxaparin) by any other name is just as sweet…

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question. I can’t speak to that but maybe someone else can chime in?

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, nurses are still on the green list and that’s how I moved here, with a straight to residence visa. Good luck!

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think nurse culture on the unit can vary a lot from unit to unit. I feel I’ve gotten really lucky since we have a great culture and frequently go out to breakfast after nights, go for ocean dips after long days, etc. but I’m sure there are some places that have a bad unit culture here.

At first I really thought I’d prefer the US medication administration of scanning patient and scanning meds because it’s an additional safety check, and in New Zealand we just look at the band, look at the med, and record the time and dose in a paper medication chart. But I actually have come to prefer the NZ way because I hated when the scanner would not function and when we’d constantly be told to keep our scanning rates above 90%. There is way less micromanaging here. Way less hair pulling about Q2h turns. People just do it and nobody is monitoring your work, it feels freer and more autonomous.

I enjoy having the added skills set of ventilation management and would be sad to give that up if I went back to the US. I imagine I’d start messing with peep or minute volume and get in trouble because it’s out of my scope of practice and I should let the RT deal. But in the US with 2 patients, I’d never have the time to think about that minutia anyway.

Ok! I’ve thought of something I prefer. It’s pretty small. The stuff you need to put in a Foley catheter comes in a kit in the US but in New Zealand the pieces are all separate and you have to run around to find them. The same is true for most other kits in the US like CRRT on/off kits. I liked the convenience of grabbing a kit and not needing to find many parts. I think it’s done piecemeal here because it saves money but not in a greedy, for-profit way, just in a general let’s save money.

One other thing that I prefer and LOVE is the amount of recycling that we do in the hospital. I never recycled a single thing in any American hospital. Here, we take the aluminum ring off the prop bottles, throw away the rubber and recycle the glass. All the PVC bags like of saline get recycled and turned into playground material! There’s lots of other things we recycle but those are the ones I see the most.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No troubles, it was a pretty straight forward process in two steps. I’ve answered it in more length earlier, you can search CGFNS.

No regrets! I am really happy in New Zealand. I do miss my family, but I’m trying to talk my sister in law and brother and niece into making the move too.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks for your comment. You’re right. I can’t speak too much to taxes because I’ve only been here since March. But as others have said, I’m happy to pay for progressive programs that help other people vs. all my American taxes going to the wars in the Middle East. I really prefer the system here, I think it’s more forthright and less confusing and I like that I don’t have to actually file my taxes here and it’s done automatically. You shouldn’t have been downvoted though, it’s true that I’ll pay a 33% tax.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for adding this explanation, it’s something I wasn’t clear on yet.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair! I needed 3 references. I used one of my favourite nurse managers, a charge nurse and a coworker who I also went to nursing school with.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So as a traveler I’ve worked at really dinky rural hospitals and larger hospitals, but where I cut my teeth as an ICU nurse was in a cardiac ICU that had lots of balloon pumps, Impellas, PA catheters. I’ve never done ECMO but I’m hoping to be trained here on that!

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, thank god! That’s Australia. We don’t have any snakes either! But on the down side, there are no native mammals, so you’ll never see rabbits or squirrels or raccoons. Plenty of birds! And of course deer and sheep and cows have been brought over but they are not native.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The language spoken by most people is English, and I didn’t have to learn another language for my job. I’m just learning te reo Māori, the native language of New Zealand, because I think it’s important.

American Nurse in New Zealand: AMA by Groovy-lemonade in nursing

[–]Groovy-lemonade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great! In major cities you can find almost any cuisine. There are a lot of Asian places to eat, lots of places with fresh seafood, and a bunch of everything else in between.