DrBlaze

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1. Any UQ Master or Nursing Studies students here?

   DrBlaze replied to DrBlaze's topic in International

   Hi Scrubby, I suspect UQ it trying to align with the US trend of graduate entry courses, which tend to be called a masters (or doctorate). They've had grad entry masters in OT and Physiotheraphy for quite some time. On the second question, at least i...

2. Any UQ Master or Nursing Studies students here?

   DrBlaze replied to DrBlaze's topic in International

   Hi Scrubby I'm wondering about the graduate entry (pre-reg) Master or Nursing Studies that UQ started offering this year. Seems to be the way to go for me, but I'm yet to find folks who've actually done (well, are doing) it. Regards, David

3. Any UQ Master or Nursing Studies students here?

   DrBlaze posted a topic in International

   Hi All Just wondering if there are only UQ Master of Nursing Studies students on the board? I'm looking to start the course and was wondering what the workload was like in the first year? I'll probably need to work part-time thoughout the course and ...

4. PDA's for Aussie nurses?

   DrBlaze replied to AussieTina's topic in International

   Hi Tina PDAs aren't all that common in Queensland Health (yet) as they are still in the trial stage; a lot of questions about handhelds being connected to the network need answering. That's for QH purchased ones; personal ones can't be connected. MIM...

5. Need help! not coping

   DrBlaze replied to meegs's topic in International

   Hi Meg I'm assuming you are doing your course through a TAFE, but... it might be possible for you to reduce your study load and take some units that aren't too difficult such as ethics or communications. You would then be able to get back into a full...

6. help me please(Ukraine)

   DrBlaze replied to Dennis78's topic in International

   Not from Ukraine, but my grandparents and mother are. I speak Ukrainian fairly well, but my reading and writing skills aren't so hot these days.

7. Is Informatics Nurse a degree program?

   DrBlaze replied to Matt000's topic in Informatics

   In Australia RNs can do a 1 year 'Bachelor of Nursing Informatics' Central Queensland University. Otherwise anyone can do postgrad study in health informatics mix this with a nursing background and viola! Nurse Informatition.

8. Mental Health NPs in Australia?

   DrBlaze posted a topic in International

   Hi Folks Just wondering if there were any (Australian) mental health nurse practitioners on the board?.. ..and if so, is the MHNP role sufficiently developed here to make it a worthwhile career choice? I'm from Queensland and we have a single MHNP at...

9. Nursing in the military

   DrBlaze replied to Clarissa26's topic in International

   Apologies Grace. The way I read it, I thought you mean only ADFA graduates were commissioned officers and direct entry officers weren't.

10. Nursing in the military

    DrBlaze replied to Clarissa26's topic in International

    Just so we're clear on the last post, all officers regardless of entry method are commissioned. Non Commissioned Officers are those in enlisted ranks with a rank of Corporal or higher.

11. Nursing in the military

    DrBlaze replied to Clarissa26's topic in International

    I'll add my two cents here as I'm an army reserve medic. The military does use agency staff (both nurses and docs), but only in their Australian facilities. None of the agency staff ever get deployed overseas or the like. The unfortunate reality is t...

12. Info on nursing

    DrBlaze replied to pitan's topic in International

    Hi pitanI don't think you need to use the term 'male nurse'. It's bit like saying 'female doctor' and redudant as all nurses all created equal. It's probably fair to say more guys like to go into ED, psych and management roles though. A first year nu...

13. nursing school and stat score

    DrBlaze replied to simona's topic in International

    Hi Simona If your degree is somehow recognised in Australia, you shouldn't have any trouble getting into GU nursing. From what I recall stat is more of a supplement to your exisiting education and an indicator of how you'll perform rather than a m...