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1. Inpatient Psych Brain Sheet

   gogirlgo replied to LadyLovelilocks's topic in Psychiatric

   What is a brain sheet? Just curious.....it must be an American thing.

2. CCU/HDU units similar to Cardiac IMC/Telemetry

   gogirlgo replied to Shiloh06's topic in Australia

   As a psych nurse, just thought I should mention that in Australia CCU can stand for Community Care Unit and HDU for High Dependency Unit which are Mental Health units. But I am sure that they were cardiac jobs you were looking at! Good luck.

3. Casual nurse bank using AESOP computerized rostering

   gogirlgo posted a topic in International

   Hi, Anyone willing to share their experiences with AESOP, the computerized rostering system that a lot of hospitals seeming to be introducing for their rostering. Have a look at http://www.aesophealthcare.com.au. Casual bank nursing staff at the V...

4. RCNA Postgraduate Nursing Scholarships

   gogirlgo posted a topic in International

   Just got my letter today to say that I missed out on one of the RCNA Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme postgraduate scholarships which are funded by the Aust Government Department of Health and Ageing. I applied to study a pos...

5. How many patients do you have as a Psych. RN?

   gogirlgo replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

   Wow, things are certainly different in the USA compared to Australia. I am a new graduate in a government hospital, a 25 bed adult inpatient unit. On average I would have 4 - 6 patients, generally around 5, for whom I give medications. We have c...

6. National Registration

   gogirlgo replied to Sophia36's topic in International

   Dissappointed that with national registration I will not be able to get endorsement as a mental health nurse. Doing my graduate year at the moment, and plan to do a Grad Dip in Mental Health Nursing next year, but the incentive to undertake the Gra...

7. ANF Student Membership

   gogirlgo replied to gogirlgo's topic in International

   I have joined HACSU instead of ANF, as they seem to be more relevant to my speciality, mental health nursing. The main reason I joined was for professional indemnity coverage, and, less importantly, for somewhere to go for advice/representation if n...

8. ANF Student Membership

   gogirlgo posted a topic in International

   Just wondering what other people's experience has been if they have joined the ANF as a student member via their $30 per year membership, and then not wanted to continue with the membership once they have graduated? My experience at this stage is th...

9. newly registered RN seeking available hospital's where I can atttain my 2010 GNP

   gogirlgo replied to frances_rn's topic in International

   hi, have you had a look at the victorian nurse computer matching website? http://computermatching.pmcv.com.au a month or so ago they had a list of all the unmatched positions available after computer match results were released. i cant seem to find...

10. What school do you suggest in Victoria?

    gogirlgo replied to chabeli's topic in International

    Sorry, have no idea about rents. But I suggest you try either of these 2 websites - theage.com.au or heraldsun.com.au and look for a link to real estate and rentals. These are our 2 daily Melbourne newspapers. They will also give you a feel for li...

11. What school do you suggest in Victoria?

    gogirlgo replied to chabeli's topic in International

    I am a third year Deakin nursing student and have been very happy with Deakin. It has a good reputation and its location is also good. Burwood is a nice part of Melbourne, very suburban, and a tram runs out the front into the city if you need to get ...

12. Registration in Victoria as both Div 1 and Div 2

    gogirlgo replied to gogirlgo's topic in International

    Thanks. I hadn't thought what effect national registration might have. I am actually just a newly registered Div 2, having been able to register after finishing 2nd year. The plan would only be to work as a div 2 if for whatever reason I am in a l...

13. Registration in Victoria as both Div 1 and Div 2

    gogirlgo posted a topic in International

    Just wondering if anyone had an opinion on the idea of being registered in both Division 1 and Division 2 (non med endorsed). I will be graduating as a Div 1 at the end of this year but have been able to obtain Div 2 registration as I have completed ...

14. Best Melbourne Grad Program?

    gogirlgo replied to Claz403's topic in International

    One of the advantage of Victorian public hospitals vs private hospitals is that you will have less patients to look after, generally a maximum of 4 in a public hospital. When you are first starting out and not very efficient this is very attractive!

15. Best Melbourne Grad Program?

    gogirlgo replied to Claz403's topic in International

    Have you discovered the Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria website which has the graduate nurse match. A bit like applying for a place at uni I guess. http://computermatching.pmcv.com.au/public/howto/index.cfm You will need to check and see wh...