Templedoll

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  1. Enjoy your time as it goes pretty fast. The syllabus can look pretty over whelming but read everything you can and then you can apply it to practice. There are always plenty of jobs in NZ once you graduate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  2. In New Zealand it would be the same as Australia. If you have graduated you would need to complete a competency programme. The English requirement is to level 7. Some Philipino nurses have come to NZ and have not been able to obtain the English requi...
  3. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    Here in New Zealand for Registered Nurse we all have the same badge. It is blue and red consisting of a five pointed star with a red cross in the centre on a white background. This is surrounded in gold. The ouside is also gold. The design has not ch...
  4. You would be best to write to the Australian Nursing Council.
  5. A Nursing Dilemma

    In New Zealand we have clinical practice and theory during nursing education. Since I graduated the clinical practice has been updated. I would like to see the third year of nursing be all clinical placements. I felt the theory in nursing was very s...
  6. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    When I read a few of these posts I could just about feel the steam coming off the pages. Everyone who posts on here has a valued opinion an it deserves to be that. It is amazing what you can learn from reading these posts. :nuke:
  7. Nalene, I think to practice here you need an English score of 7.5. Contact the NZ Nursing council and ask them for their advice. We have Fillipino nurses working in rest homes in Christchurch for 13.00 an hour because they are having difficulty passi...
  8. Tips For Human Beings Entering Nursing

    Your story was inspirational. Thanks for sharing it with us.
  9. Dumbest thing a student/newbie ever said/did?

    I remember when I was a student one of the tutors saying. The only dumb question is the one not asked. Also I read a saying once which said Patients may not remember what you did, how you did it, but they will always remember the way you made them fe...
  10. If a NZ Registered Nurse wishes to work in Australia can anyone tell me what they have to do regarding a Practicing Certificate etc.
  11. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    Thankyou Karen for your great post.
  12. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    To DBMC, It sounds like you are really fed up and who could blame you. Obviously if you are experiencing pain like this then your pain management is not being controlled very well. This would be enough to drive any one into depression. Here in Nz we ...
  13. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    To DBMC, It sounds like you are really fed up and who could blame you. Obviously if you are experiencing pain like this then your pain management is not being controlled very well. This would be enough to drive any one into depression. Here in Nz we ...
  14. Re-entering nursing

    Well I would like to return to nursing. Here in NZ we are expected to do a refresher course once we have not nursed for five years/ That is no problem. But the course is for nine weeks and no pay during that time, so unless you have financial support...
  15. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    This is a violation against human right. Report them. If everyone stands together then they have power to do something. What are these people like to their residents?