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tony126

Do you mean to say there are things we don't know on BE?

Patrick

I've read your posts, there is a lot you don't know.

geordiegirl2

Hi Liza, i too am a british nurse who has been in the US for six months, it is very different but if theres anything I can help you with please let me know the site was a great help to us before we came. I came out here with my husband and two children, I came with the same agency as Rockgurl and like her i could be critical but we are here. I don't know anyone working in a hospital in NC but one of my friends who came with the same agency wanted North Carolina and was told they had no hospitals there so it may be worth shopping around for an agency who does have contracts there.

immunise

Absolutely spot on, I worked for a very large private hospital in Los Angeles and they worked us into the ground and I hated it....but now that I am at a University Hospital it's a breeze and it's all thanks to the experience I gained in LA. If you want a nice easy(ish) intro to US healthcare go with a University hospital over a private one.

Chrissey

Hi Liza, Im a newbie to the site also, only made a few threads but found everyone helpful and friendly

fatbrit

PA: Wake UP! Your not confessing at your Anoraks Anonymous meeting now!

Taffyles

Welcome Liza- we desperately need more nurses over here.

tony126

I'll accept that. I was a Tooling Design Draughtsman upto the day I retired and was learning right upto then and now that I am retired I am still learning.

NC Penguin

Well, in the Triangle area of NC where I live there are two very well known universities that have medical centers. One is Duke, in Durham, and the other is UNC (University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill).

There is great demand for nurses in NC. I only have to look at the local papers at the weekend to see the pages of vacancies plus every couple of months there seems to be some nursing/medical recruiting fair occuring.





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Franklin

Fatbrit> Uhhhhh, I am miserable. There's another forum called "British Embassy" that I sometimes visit ... and it abbreviates to BE too. What a weekend, what a Friday (got lost trying to find the meeting place for Glasgow Uni alumni (DC area chapter) ... worked my butt off (worked all through Saturday night writing up what turned out to be a 50 page heavy weight biotech patent application) - and I have yet another heavy cold and a nasty-won't-go-away-sinus-headache ... never had them before - two on the trot is worrying. Only Sudafed(R) seems to do "anything".

Even Hellboy has an off weekend. Where's Liz. Maybe the upcoming trip to Vegas will cure me of this sinus sore head. I was in the supermarket and my nose spontaneously (i.e. without any warning) leaked over a meat section and leaked at the checkout, horrible experience. I have had a towel over my head over a bowl of hot water laced with sinus clearing chemicals. That didn't work. Zycam was supposed to help, it did nothing. Boy sinus is Hell. Talking about hell, I bought the Hellboy DVD and played it Sunday; yeah it got panned by the critics, but I thought Ron Perlman was brilliant as Hellboy ... was pretty good in Alien Resurrection too, imho ... sorry, I am a movie buff and now I'm a Hellboy fan. Topped off a surreal weekend.

How was your weekend Fatbrit. Pull anything?

Franklin

Do you have AutoCAD 3D on a home computer? Know it backwards and sideways? Alternatively, you might know of someone who knows AutoCAD 3D inside out and is based at home with AutoCAD 3D on a decent home based computer. I am always on the look out for at-home AutoCAD 3D draftsmen/women ... I use contract AutoCAD 3D draftsmen who have the s/w on a decent home based machine and who have a decent fax machine. I prefer AutoCAD 3D specialists with a lot of experience of drafting patent application drawings but I will consider a retired (i.e., always available) at home AutoCAD 3D specialist willing to master the patent office drawing rules. I insist that all our contract work is done on a home computer and in 3D so that they can be rotated and sectioned.

Let me know. All contract work, and there's an IRS 1099 at the end of year.

fatbrit

Dunno – made a nasty grammatical error in my post that you’ve now immortalized by your quoting. Careless, eh?

For nasty colds, I recommend the amber liquid. I had mine before Xmas so hopefully that’s out of the way now.

Not done much. Went for a pleasant walk in South Mountain Park yesterday – it was t-shirt and shorts weather. Even had to switch the air on in the car on the return as it was getting a little unpleasant.

Generally stuck at home as wife is writing essays for her Master’s.

Chin up, old chum!

tony126

Unfortunately the answer is no. The company I worked for never had a use for 3d so we remained with Autocad 14. I would loved to have learnt it but alas never had the opportinity. Things may have moved on since I retired 2 years ago but I could put out a feeler back to the UK if you so wish.

Bob

Autocard 14...versions up from that, if you did things correctly, with layers, would knock out a 3d model for you.....though still prefer Solid Works myself.