THUNDER4real:
I strongly don’t recommend any group. The foundation this thread was built on was doing it by oneself and succeeding. Go and scan through the beginning of thread. The owner of sajpointe was once on this thread and she succeeded on her own. Now why can’t other nurses succeed on their own? Does she have two heads. Any nurse signing up with all these local agencies is either too lazy to study or just decided to be an Olodo.

I am of this school of thought too, and I've advised DIY and assisted a few here as well, mind you I was part of this thread from the beginning... Barbiee will tell you how this thread started in the first place. I've found out there are different types of people, some need core guidance ( which a few international agencies eg Avant provides). Everyone's need is different. While I advise everyone to tap all necessary info here and do it by themselves, a few may still insist on getting more help.. I made my recommendation from colleagues experiences and interaction with colleagues struggling. Please ignore the advice.
(Caveat: I do not know the owner of Sajpointe in person neither do I have any connections, business/personal with the owner: and I am aware that she was part of this thread in the past). Thank you!

Tomsss:
Hello, has anyone used Sajpointe health for Texas board of nursing application and fingerprints?
Or how did you go about the money order for Texas board of nursing

For those looking for a reliable NCLEX prep, I will strongly recommend Sajpointe health. You're guaranteed to pass your NCLEX at first attempt if you are committed to the teachings/tests and you will be guided throughout the process. All the best y'all.

Soknown:
I have been to different places in my life, non is as diverse, deep, and awesomely interesting as the deep blue sea.

My first sojourn into this life started in 2006, after leaving Wilbros's project in Badagry. Wilbros now Acorn was laying a gas pipeline from Escravos across different terrain, swamps, rivers, jungles, roads, and settlements through to Lagos en route to other West African countries.

I still remember Okor-afor campsite, Ajido and Agbado Gas station, our relaxation hub, whispering Palms resort. The project was named West African Gas Pipeline. The company that I worked for was providing ambulatory emergency services and cover for the project so we were following these men from camp to site, swamps to the jungle. I cannot remember the number of times that my ambulance got stuck in the swamp and had to be towed out by an excavator. I was awed by the number of Catfish living in the wild in swamps, we made quite a few catches. Some are as big as a human leg and very delicious in a pepper soup.

Before I jump right in let me state here that the purpose of the thread is to educate, enlighten and add to the body of knowledge on Nairaland, It is possible to be a short thread or it could be a very long one, it depends on the level of civility and decorum in our engagements, the quality of materials that I can muster and the amount of time that I can spare to write. Let us keep it civil folks. I intend to keep it interesting with pictures to boot.

I have been across rivers and streams prior to this time in 2006 but nothing prepared me for this next stage of my life. So I was deployed to the Snepco project operating from snake island in Lagos. The theatre of operation was Tincan Island/Nigerdock. It involves using a Surfer boat launched daily from Tincan port to offshore in monitoring flights from both LOS and the offshore platforms. So basically we stayed in between LOS and the locations. The project was a tripartite contract between A major rotary-wing operator, 3 IOCs, and the government as the regulator of course. Remembering my first days on this project now as I write, this song comes to mind ‘ Oju e ni ma la aa ri o, Oju e ni ma la ari yonu’.

On my first day on the job, there was no power in the house, it was too early to put on a generator. I used the torch on my Samsung J700 ( Samsung J700 was a slip phone that the company used Didier Drogba to advertise back then) I left, Taiwo street, Alaguntan Bus/stop Iyana Ipaja very early in the morning, I got to Bolade, Oshodi at about 0500hr. I got a bus going to Liverpool and we proceeded. The trip was smooth until we got to Mile 2 bridge, there was traffic as early as 0530hr, traffic was moving at snail speed from MTN maritime house till we got to Coconut bridge. I alighted from the bus at Tincan's second gate then walked down to the main gate. I moved to the Jetty gate and presented my letter of introduction to the security, he radioed to the control room to confirm my presence. I was led to the jetty and waited for the rickety ferry. Two ferries operate across the two ends of the Tincan port on the 5 cowry creek. The first rickety ferry is for moving personnel across the creek and the second one is a long barge to move vehicles including oil tankers. The jetty was a beehive of activities as mariners and Niger-dock workers jostle for space in the ferry.

On getting to the island end, The environment felt different. The ambience was great, with cool air, spaced housing, power supply, a lot of greenery, unlike the chaos that I survived before getting to the jetty. I was directed to the control rooms for my ID processing. All done within few minutes. So I proceeded to the anchorage very near the dry dock. The dry dock is a big rectangular concrete box that has an iron gate that can be opened and closed to let the ship in before the water is drained away so that the body of the ship can be worked on.

It is amazing looking at various ships dry-docked, bare butt, and unencumbered by water like a nude model being worked on by the make-up artist. Only that these artists are not the usual soft face, brush wielding, powder sprinkling smiling faces, they are hard faces, with harder hander hands, wielding hammers, wire brushes, electric sanding machine, Chisel, sandblasting machines, and paintbrushes to make this particular iron lady a darling of the sea that she once was.

These are gifted hands that do diagnostic, clinical, and cosmetic surgeries on the various ships, they are named welders, Scaffolders, roast about, deckhand, sandblasters, safety officers, iron scanners, painters all decked in oil-soaked cover-all working tirelessly to return the sea beast to the sea. What fun to watch.
Besides the dry dock where she was, anchored, Delicately Perched on the waters like a bumblebee perched on a sunflower. Paragon of beauty, powerfully endearing, looking delicate like a butterfly wing yet powerful and beastly on the surf.

This boat was a beauty in and out, sitting elegantly on the dark waters but unstained. Sleek and Splendid, petite lady with a big engine, the cynosure of all eyes along the creek, darling of the brave and tormentor of small boats and canoes. Surfer 1822, A Bourbon Interoil made surfer boat. The 1800 series was top of the range then. Later on, I got so familiar with this boat that I could hear the moaning of her engine right from the Tincan gate. We refueled right there at the Jetty, the Seaman or the roast-about has collected our food from the kitchen and that was it. The Seaman removed the rope that tied the boat to the dock, The Captain eased off from the jetty and We set sail, Bon voyage.

My first day on the high sea.
Surfer 1822 ( called one eight two two and not eighteen twenty-two) was a 22 pax capacity service/rescue boat commissioned as a proactive measure to monitor flights and offer emergency rescue in the unfortunate incident of choppers crashing into the sea. Ironically many years later when I needed this kind of service, the contract has been terminated. If you have moved in a chopper to any of the offshore facilities within LOS and offshore locations belonging to the big four IOCs, we were on the floor of the ocean monitoring your smooth passage like the guardian angels that we were.

The boat was manned by four men, The captain, the medic, the seaman, and the diver. We have on-board top-of-the-range navigation equipment and also rescue equipment. The Captain is responsible for getting us to the designated position on the sea and also the day-to-day running of the boat, including general correspondence, logistics supplies. Thuraya was top of the range phone then, we had two on board because there was no cellular coverage on the deep sea, even with the Thuraya phones, we have to wander around on the sea looking for strong signals.

The medic, which was my humble self. was responsible for evacuation equipment and supply, general maintenance, daily, a weekly and monthly test of the equipment, and stock inventory. I was the lead personnel for emergency and rescue operations. I coordinated medical drills, real recovery, resuscitation, and evacuation of victims and was also responsible for the welfare of the crew members.

The seaman assisted me and the captain in whatever roll we deem fit. While the diver was to dive into the sea to rescue victims and sometimes to declutter the keel and underbelly of the boat.

It was awesome fun to watch as the boating ease out of anchorage into the open creek passing incoming and outgoing RoRo, tugs, tankers, and canoes. Outside of the creek, the boat kissed the waves as she picked up the pace, racing past the mother ships who were too big to enter the port but had to berth at the harbor serviced by small boats. It was April so the sea was relatively calm, the boat rod rode and surfed in what looked like an endless journey to nowhere, it took about 45 minutes traveling at 35knots/hour to reach our designated position.

I wondered how they knew the particular spot we were supposed to be, there was no Bus stop, skyscraper landmark, or street name. Well, there were coordinates and compass, perfect guidance.
Sometimes we drifted from our location and had to ride back to the location.

So the waiting game started before the airwaves buzzed,
5NB*** 1822, come in
1822 go ahead.
5NB*** Switch to channel X
5NB*** Departed LOS @ ***** approaching ******, ETA *****, ** Souls on Board. Endurance ******
1822, Roger all that.

The captain logged the information in his book, and our business for the day commenced. We know the distance between LOS and each location so if a particular bird forgot to tell us of her flight, we track her down because the pilot was sometimes too occupied with flying that they forgot to tell big brother on the seafloor.

Before my field postings, I have worked in the call center so I was very fluent in NATO-phonetic alphabets, the 26 code words, thingy. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu. So following discussions on the coms was easy for me.

The first day was not too bad for me as I was not seasick, I had bought peppermint sweets or candy if you may, the day before so anytime I felt sick I was popping sweet in my mouth or going to the deck for fresh air and sunlight.

After 1 week, I stopped feeling sick altogether. The rotation was one week on – one week off.

Great experience we had. Nice write up my man. It was all worth it, a lifetime experience. Thank God you made it out and then out. I will be corroborating and expatiating on our encounters as necessary.

Soknown:
After the Census, We started training on emergency response, the modules were like Trauma life Support but it was labeled Basic life Support. The participants include Nurses, Doctors, and Lab scientists. We were trained for three weeks after which we did a test and the Simulations or simply ‘Sims’.
We were then posted to our different teams, In the operations department, there were Team A, Team B, and Team C. All reporting to the Operations Officer and the Operations Manager. There were Ambulance points in St’ Nicholas on Campbell street. VGC Clinic, Mediclinics in Isaac John Street in Ikeja, Adeniran Ogunsaya street in Surulere, another one was at AP Muller terminal in Apapa. There was one ambulance attached to Abuja and Port-Harcourt Clinic respectively. At some point, the Ambulance at St’ Nicholas was moved to Freeman's house in Idumota owned by one Multinational oil company, there was another Ambulance moved to Caverton Helicopters on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Later on, another ambulance at Old Maritime House on Apapa-Oshodi expressway. The shift was 12hours long either day or night, Each person working on the Ambulance, whether you are a Doctor, Nurse or First-aider was expected to do a 4 day-time shift, then 4-night shifts followed by 4 days off irrespective of your locations.
Apart from the primary Ambulance locations, we have contracted Ambulance locations like the West African Gas Pipeline Project, the TTC in Ogere. Seasonal Ambulance contract like Guilder ultimate search, the BBN, Star trek, Lagos City marathon. Econet sponsored Basketball Championship.
I worked in almost all the ambulance points within and outside the company, In April 2006, I had my first taste of outside deployment, I was deployed to a Technical training center in Ogere. The facility was being used by one oil major for the training and deployment of its new staff. This was a very boring place when compared to other deployments. In June I was deployed to West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP), this was an action-packed experience. Flying the ambulance from Ikeja through the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway to Sango then through Agbara to Badagry. There was a Gas plant Interchange at Ajido called Ajido Station and another one at Agbado Station. The main work-yard was at Oko-afor. The Project was for laying Gas pipelines from Escarvos to Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The pipeline passed through Rivers, Lagoon, Swamps, Forest, and deep Jungles. I cannot remember the number of times that the Kia made ambulances got stuck in the mud and swamps and had to be pulled out by excavators.

good write-up my twin brother, we have come a long way through thick and thin and we are still moving. .. good memories

Soknown:
Attitude is everything. Me sipping and rocking me water, Attitude.

Attitude is everything.

The angry caller/customer.

It's your call. Dial 112.

WomaninherPrime:


They are not relationships. I didn't say yes to any of them who asked me out. Told them I needed time to get over my last relationship properly... so nobody becomes a rebound.

Lol.. rebound tenderness. Putting these guys under consideration for a lifetime of commitment means there is an existing, continuous communication between you and each of them. You couldn't have known so much about them without any level of communication while positioning them as potential life partners... in summary, there's a relationship: which now requires further definition.

WomaninherPrime:
God of heavens! I just saw the caption of this thread as it is on front page!

Lalasticlala be pulling some Instablog stunt!

Now, I'm suddenly uncomfortable that this thread is on front page. Dubem is a nairalander.

Even if all of them are Nairalanders and that doesn't negate your quest for help and advice you seek, it is obviously a public forum.

Womaninherprime, this may help you a bit. In the end, the decision is yours. Once again, avoid genotype mismatch. It is not worth the stress,
you may end up hating each other.

Yoighaman:
@OP:
This your matter na real case study, couldn’t help but smile whilst reading other people’s comments but it is a serious matter that should not be swept under the carpet; at least that is why you have spoken up, so I’d try to give my little cent briefly.

Guy 1- Dubem: Let go of the relationship, the incompatibility in your genotypes will always rear its ugly head; why go through unnecessary stress?...and like you rightly mentioned, he could wake up one day and make a big deal out of it, citing his family as an excuse.

Guy 2- Nedu: To me, this seems to be the right guy for you and I’d like you to give him a chance. You see, a man that does not have money today can have tomorrow as long as he is ambitious and not lazy, forget about the hallucinations of other ladies, saying that they cannot date/marry a poor guy, blah, blah, blah. You can make money at any time; you can also have money today and lose it tomorrow but you see, those other qualities he has, my sister, they are very hard to come by.

Guy 3- Victor: This guy is arrogant; you will have issues with him later in future should you become more successful than he is. I can see you have great academic ambitions; this man will be intimidated and might make your life miserable. The misery would quadruple if you dare make/have more money than him.

Guy 4- Denver: I don’t have an issue with him having just an HND or not being in the corporate world, he is a businessman and can ‘blow’ tomorrow but my concern with him is that he is putting you under pressure; please take a walk, never marry anyone out of pity or pressure, you will regret it.

Guy 5:- Bright: Leave bright out of the picture, he is an unserious serial cheat, more of a playboy roaming around probably looking for whom to devour, such people can be on a revenge mission for rejecting their previous advances.

These are just my opinions, please pray to God if you believe in him, I do anyway; he (God) knows your future, I don’t, he is therefore in the best position to guide you.

Wish you all the best.

Op , focus on being productive while working things with God in prayer. Your desire for a good life is bringing you confusion.

Whoever you choose, avoid genotype mismatch, it comes with a lifetime of regrets.

Keep yourself busy with work and academics, maybe the right man is not even among those you mentioned.

PrimadonnaO:
Open the churches...open the schools!

Open the churches...open the schools!

Open the churches....open the schools!

#Singing#


OPEN THE CHURCHES! OPEN THE SCHOOLS!

International rapper, carry on!

PrimadonnaO:


Period!

I have a very unpopular opinion. Why are unmarried women even taking contraceptives? I mean, it doesn’t make sense. You’re taking contraceptives to start having sex with reckless abandon, yeah? You’re taking contraceptives to shield the man from possible responsibilities? But what is he doing in your Favour?
Did he accompany you to the doctor’s?
Should anything go wrong with the contraceptive, will he be gallantly standing by you? When you start adding weight uncontrollably, will he love you regardless or start hunting for a new babe?
Do you realize that some studies show contraceptives are a contributory factor to cervical cancer in women?

Woke woman! Continue!

Why this lady just dey comment everywhere? Mind your business!

jesmond3945:
please what is link

"Scholastica Ugboka" on youtube.

Soknown:
Migration to and working in the UK, the process and prospects has been captured succinctly by Barbie.

Exactly, and with her YouTube channel. Those are great resources for those who intend to move to the UK.

Soknown:

The bolded cracked me up. You will of some speciality and you will be like seriously...

Nice to have you here bro. Nursing is unlimited in the western world, enough space to take everyone.

Snow1:
I-140 approved, now at NVC processing....I hereby encourage everyone in one stage or the other, that we will get there.. Stay Positive..

Congratulations! When was your filing done?

vickyehi:

Yea I figured. That's a good move.

Good one. I've been saying it and will repeat for the umpteenth time, no colleague here should pay anyone in the name of helping to immigrate. Ask your questions here, colleagues will assist you with necessary information. Read through the thread, a lot of information has been offered here. No genuine agency will ask you for a dime, ask questions. Those posing to help you immigrate may be reading the process on this forum and using the information to milk you. Do your due diligence, put in personal efforts, no shortcuts.

What has been going on here, peeped in here to see several comments deleted.

Hunnybee:
Hi @IYIMAN . I’ll like to ask for some guidance please. Is it okay to PM you please? Thanks

Go ahead, no problem.

James150:
Good morning great nurses please I need a copy of nursing school transcript. I want it to be evaluated for a school I want to apply abroad whether I'll be accepted. they want to see the courses i offered at d college. I can't get mine due to d current situation of d country school closed and all. So is there anywhere I can get it online and download it or can anyone help me with his or hers. Actually I told them I don't have mine but I'll get d same format so they'll see if I can be accepted or not please thank you.

I will advise you to contact your school mates for your specific transcript. There is no uniform transcript across Nursing education, only the curriculum is the same. I do not expect anybody on the forum to send their transcript to you. Hope that helps.

one of the old timers/Monikers I read here is kobojunkie.

phockallmods:
Must you use agents? Save money and self sponsor. 1.5mil max will do for self sponsor. Go to UK 1st and gather money if you don't have upto 1.5mill for self sponsor.
Pass your exams after self sponsorship and same Agents refusing you will beg you to come.

You're absolutely right. I did the entire process by myself, but you will still need an agency , who will be your employer, to file your immigration paperwork. You can't sponsor yourself for an immigrant visa.

oppre26:
I hope you are keeping safe in New York @IYIMAN. We all know NY has been hardest hit by COVID-19 in the US. Please check in and let us know you are doing ok.

Thank you for checking on me. Yea , New York is going through a tough time. I'm fine and well.

Cheers!

Happy new year

Joined June 2008 with another account then again in August 2008 on this account. It really made a lot of sense back then, gained a lot, until 2014/2015 when it became a different platform. Gone are those days.... 4 months 9 days here today.

Barbiee, kudos

moboladek:
Please is it possible to do police clearance and finger printing at Alagbon, Ikoyi on a Saturday?

No. They work Week days as far as I know.

https://nurse.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=53a96978c55bd7520c835de93&id=2b4dc81e0a&e=b184663a46

Shortage across the United States.

[quote author=Onukube1 post=80988311]What does he mean by "He's not my friend and can never be my friend"?...



Please someone should show me some love,i am famished and not buoyant..I am sorry for inconveniencing

Zinny18:
Vickyehi, please do you know how long it can take someone who has passed both cbt and ielts to get to UK?

Secondly, UK agencies, are they like US agencies, where you have to work for them for a stipulated time?

IYIMAN, Barbiee...etc please you can attend to my question. Thanks

Well, I know someone who moved within 4 months, having passed both. But he has an agent already. I think it depends on how you quickly fix other parts of the process that concerns you.

I will let UK people answer. The stipulated time also varies with US agency.

Theyoungmatron:

Oga, abeg face front.

Nigeria needs total overhauling as it is unfix-able. Nurses are not the cause of Nigerians problems and we are not even in the helms of the affairs to FIX anything. So at this juncture, we unanimously beg you to park somewhere very far from this thread. .

Thank you sir for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Theyoungmatron.

I held back my response. So it's only Nigerians that travel to other countries. How many Nigerians are in the U.S. compared to Other nationalities I won't bother mentioning. Make a choice of what you want and stick to it, Nigeria Nurses are not the cause of anything going on around him.