scarah

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1. Q about NZ Hospitals from an OZ nurse!

   scarah replied to Seawitch's topic in International

   As a Vic trained nurse who moved to NSW... Vic nurses do not know what they wish for. I would seriously take a pay cut here to have the Victorian conditions, while the NSW base rate seems higher it's penalites are totally different like 1) casual l...

2. Nurse Practitioner Programs in Australia

   scarah replied to TheYankee13's topic in International

   Hi there, First of be aware that the NP model is Australia is a long way behind/very different the NPs of the USA, and if you're looking for a NP program that will qualify you to work back in the USA then it might be a whole lot more trouble than it'...

3. Student clinicals

   scarah replied to JanisM's topic in International

   I my 2-year graduate entry course we got a lot of prac time. We had a 3 days a week of med/surg for seven weeks each of the four semesters, this was integrated with uni the other two days. Being on the wards for seven weeks gave us time to become par...

4. Maybe silly question -

   scarah replied to Zoe*aka*studentnurse's topic in International

   It's true in Victoria, after your second year of the Bachelor you can enrol as a division 2 (enrolled) nurse without medication endorsement.

5. Best Melbourne Grad Program?

   scarah replied to Claz403's topic in International

   Hi Claire, I've just finished my nursing degree in Melb and did placements at both RMH and St Vs. I've got friends at both now who have just started or are just starting their grad programs. Both are excellent tertiary referral hospitals with very si...

6. NSW nurses... public or private (your thoughts)

   scarah replied to scarah's topic in International

   That's right in Vic public hospitals we have ratios so for every 20 patients on the ward you have to have 5 nurses (RN or EN so you could have 8 between you if you are team nursing with an EN) this generally works out to 4 patients per nurse. This do...

7. NSW nurses... public or private (your thoughts)

   scarah posted a topic in International

   I'm a Vic nurse, newly registered and I'm moving to NSW (Newcastle) and have the option of working in public or private. Now I'm not doing a grad year, I'm starting a whole new degree so I need flexibility. The no grad year part doesn't bother me too...

8. University of Melbourne Entry Level MSN Program

   scarah replied to esutton's topic in International

   Melbourne Uni is prestigious however I don't think it matters too much in the nursing world, even tho Melb Uni might be prestigious it's only taught nursing since 2003 so the nursing course doesn't carry the same 'prestige' that some of the other cou...

9. University of Melbourne Entry Level MSN Program

   scarah replied to esutton's topic in International

   Hi Elizabeth, I am one week off finishing the 2 year graduate entry nursing Bachelor program at the uni of Melbourne which has been preplaced now by the masters (we are the last year of bachelor, the year below us is masters). So some of the course s...

10. Do they have nurse practitioner in Australia

    scarah replied to Eeeva's topic in International

    Hi Eeeva, Yes we do have NP roles in Australia however they are much newer than in the US and the requirements changes between different states (at the moment nursing registration here is still state based although there are plans to have it national...

11. Australia/ new zealand

    scarah replied to uk_nurse's topic in International

    Having had a look at the above link I think our Child and Maternal Health nurses are very similar.

12. migrating to victoria from ireland

    scarah replied to penguin2008's topic in International

    I don't know about Ireland but we hear HORROR stories from the NHS from nurses who've escaped. Victoria has some of the best nursing conditions in Australia, the base pay rate might not be the highest but we have legislated nurse-patient ratios whic...

13. Australia/ new zealand

    scarah replied to uk_nurse's topic in International

    I'm unsure of what your exact role is in the UK but there are definitely roles in Australia that may be comparable. Things like Maternal and Child Health Nurses - who provide regular infant/mother check ups to monitor growth, health, wellbeing and ge...

14. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    scarah replied to BeenThereDoneThat74's topic in New Nurse

    I find this really interesting because I'm a final year student in Australia and it seems like we do things a little differently. For a start on our clinical placements we work full shifts this includes handover (report) both at the start and the end...

15. Reading Help!

    scarah replied to RN2010LW's topic in Student Assist

    Hey there, I find facts hard to retain but if I'm working towards and overall understanding then things seem to work out fine. I depends on what you need to learn and how you personally learn. For Anatomy/Physiology and Patho I find I learn well vis...