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Good insights I should say.

I don't know about how Australian nurses are currently educated. But based on my experience, clinical rotation in hospitals starts only during our third year of BSN study (Philippine system). As soon as we do start our rotations, we have three days in a week for academic study and 3 days spent in hospital and community health nursing set-up.

In my school of nursing, we were rotated in all areas of the hospital (MS- Adult, Pedia, Neonatal, Orthopedics, ICU, OR, DR, OPD, CT/MRI Units, CCU, Nursery). We also have School Nursing rotations in addition to 3 weeks of community health nursing immersion in depressed communities (which can also depress you, in addition to testing your sanity).