HollyMaxwell

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1. Living on an Australia RN salary?

   HollyMaxwell replied to HollyMaxwell's topic in Australia

   Thank you. I actually found the estimated tax rates on the Australia Taxation Office website. It was very helpful. But I am surprised that you said that public and private hospitals pay differently. I thought that private hospitals had to subscri...

2. Am I too Quiet for Nursing???

   HollyMaxwell replied to jes07's topic in New Nurse

   I totally understand. Unfortunately, what I have learned after 16 years of nursing is that your manager wants all of his/her nurses to have the perfect "Pollyanna" personality (cheerful, upbeat, smiling all the time, a perfect people-person, who han...

3. Living on an Australia RN salary?

   HollyMaxwell replied to HollyMaxwell's topic in Australia

   Actually, after studying the state agreements/awards more closely, it looks like I would be making around $40/hr, not including shift and weekend differentials/allowances. Can anyone tell me how much of that would be take-home, based on a gross sala...

4. Shift allowances in Victoria

   HollyMaxwell posted a topic in Australia

   Hi, I'm a US RN thinking about nursing in Australia. I've been studying the Nurse/Midwife Agreement for Queensland and the Nurse/Midwife "Award" (new term for me) for Victoria. A lot of new terminology for me. Think I finally have a grasp on the lev...

5. Living on an Australia RN salary?

   HollyMaxwell replied to HollyMaxwell's topic in Australia

   I'm in San Francisco.

6. Living on an Australia RN salary?

   HollyMaxwell posted a topic in Australia

   I am a US RN with a BSN and a CCRN and 15 years of experience in adult and pediatric ICU as well as some ER experience. I am thinking about working in Australia for a year or so. However, based on the salaries I see online ($45-70k/year) I simply do...