JoMc

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1. Allowances for a Victorian Nurse

   JoMc replied to JoMc's topic in International

   Thank you - have now printed off the allowances from the ANF website. The allowances certainly make the (fairly average) hourly rate more attractive. I think I will frame my first payslip - for me it represents my achievement even more than my fin...

2. Allowances for a Victorian Nurse

   JoMc posted a topic in International

   I have tried looking on the ANF Victoria website for the pay scale and allowances paid to Victorian nurses but can't find the details I want (perhaps due to the recent negotiations on pay rates) I am a new graduate and get my VERY FIRST nursing pay p...

3. Need answers to some questions

   JoMc posted a topic in General Students

   Can anyone clear up the following questions for me. Ive asked these questions of fellow students but seem to have gotten different answers and just want to get some consensus: - a patient needs 'routine post anaesthetic obs' following his return to...

4. What happens if you don't get a grad year?

   JoMc replied to JoMc's topic in International

   Just an update for all those kind people who replied to my first message....I DID get a grad year! And I got my first preference to boot. Still in shocked but very relieved and can't wait to start. Again, thanks for all those who took the time to re...

5. What happens if you don't get a grad year?

   JoMc replied to JoMc's topic in International

   Thanks to all those of you who took the time to reply. 24 hours to go till grad places are released and I'll take it from there. Thanks JoanneP for the advice re sending resume and clinical placement reports to hospitals - your advice has made me t...

6. I'm a third year nursing student and I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore.

   JoMc replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Students

   Just wanted to say to Gratefull Heart thanks for the really good advice. Struggling, stressed out students just need a place to vent - I can vent to my family but they can't understand the uniqueness of this situation. Discussing your feelings on th...

7. I'm a third year nursing student and I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore.

   JoMc replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Students

   I feel for you right now as I too am feeling the EXACT same way. Im a 3rd yr student doing my final 6 weeks preceptorship and I just hate working bedside - for a normally competent person I just seem to morph into this nervous fool as soon as I hav...

8. What happens if you don't get a grad year?

   JoMc replied to JoMc's topic in International

   Hi Scrubby thanks for replying and thanks for your much needed words of encouragement! We are given 4 preferences and 2 of mine were to the same organisation so in effect, I have 3 chances. There is no doubt that this year in Victoria hundreds of gra...

9. What happens if you don't get a grad year?

   JoMc posted a topic in International

   Hi there, Im a 3rd yr nursing student (in Victoria, Australia) and am eagerly awaiting for the grad year offers to come out on Monday. However, I really need to give some thought to what happens to those graduates who do not get offered a position. ...

10. Div 2 to Div 1.Worth it? Really??

    JoMc replied to ProudofmyNursingart's topic in International

    Don't be scared. Doing your Div 1 at Uni is not that hard. You don't need to be a brainiac but what you do need is drive, motivation and be able to prioritise your workload which it sounds like you are doing at the moment in your life now bringing ...

11. Studing Nursing in Australia

    JoMc replied to seemad's topic in International

    there are a couple of pro's and con's for both options. i had to do my cert iv just to get into uni and so spent 1 yr doing that at tafe. i was then accepted into uni and was given the first six months off in credit for having my div 2. however, do...