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  1. Apr 2, '11 by
    the working environment of any kind of specialty between of private and public setting that are totally different!!!

    the public setting has a so call patient-nurse ratio but it is not compulsory! in my experience, i was grad. for three years and need to responsible 16 acute ortho patients in one shift.

    if working in medical unit, one nurse usually need to take care of 20 patients.

    but if you cannot speak cantonese, you have no chance to work in public setting .
    but u can work in better environment private hospital or some clinic .

    and the nursing board exam is look like a NCLEX format.

    so where are u come from ?
  2. Apr 2, '11 by
    I was born overseas as family was in the US military. But I grew up in the United States eventually settling in the Bay Area in CA.

    So if you can speak Cantonese fluently you can work in a public hospital? What's the difference between the public and private hospitals other than the pay and ratios? I agree for one nurse to take care of 16 patients in a hospital is unsafe. Is it just that nurse for 16 patients or is there an aide or maybe a LVN equivalent?
  3. Apr 2, '11 by
    Quote from becclkm
    hi hi ,
    i'm a RN in Hong Kong and now working as a clinical tutor in School of General Nursing. I hope I can help to answer the captioned questionssss. ^^
    HK health care system is under two system , they are government subsidized and Private sector.
    I have worked as an invigilator in the EN licensing examination. most of the failure candidates haven't well prepared their clinical skills rather than their knowledge... they all are good at presentation however we need a "proper" techniques and the quick response to the change of situation.

    For the written exam. i think the candidate usually failed in the "English" exam. that's the comments of my colleagues who is the marker for this exam. But please don't mind, this so-call as English exam is not going to test those who are native english speaker by those Cantonese speaking examiner. This "English" paper is going to test how is the candidate 's interpretation skills on the doctor's prescription.

    if you cannot speak Cantonese, I think you can only work in private hospital but don't worry the salary is much more higher than in Public sector.

    About the APN post, in public sector, which is only open to those working in Public sector. And quite few posting for private sector.

    but RN maximum salary is already high enough, cause HK has very low tax rate .. nearly all the salary is owned by you ^^.

    Actually I have a question about Canadian Nurse liscense too. My hubby is a Canadian Chinese, I may migrate to Canada too.. and hope can continue my career in Canada. and i will attend a ortho conference in winnipeg on this June. Hope can know more about Canada health care system too ^^
    Hi,

    Thank you for sharing the info.

    Do you know there is any prep course runs by any school for overseas RN taking HK RN license exam? Even private tutoring may be helpful.

    I heard it is hard to pass the clinical part. I suppose it is because there is a lack of knowledge of what will be tested and what will be expected.

    Thanks,

    Ann
  4. Apr 3, '11 by
    Quote from NurseCubanitaRN2b
    I was born overseas as family was in the US military. But I grew up in the United States eventually settling in the Bay Area in CA.

    So if you can speak Cantonese fluently you can work in a public hospital? What's the difference between the public and private hospitals other than the pay and ratios? I agree for one nurse to take care of 16 patients in a hospital is unsafe. Is it just that nurse for 16 patients or is there an aide or maybe a LVN equivalent?
    hi Ann,
    in the public hospital they will have different policy. Some hospital has better management will employ more health care assistant (HCA) / Technical services assistant (TSA) to do the bed side work and they are capable to report any abnormalities to the responsible RN. and HK has EN (Enrolled nurse ) who is licensed and have two / three year training in hospital based nursing school. the different between EN & RN is their entry requirement. EN has no management training and therefore they will have no promotion. but nowadays, there is shortage of manpower, so quite alot of conversion course for those EN upgrade to RN is emerged.
    to be honest, I have never heard any courses have been designed for the HK nursing license test. but the format is quite look like as NCLEX.
    for the practical test, we will test the candidate about the basic nursing care skill, aseptic techniques and the administration of oral medication. the drug name is similar and all the skills is really "BASIC"
    for say, give naso-gastric feeding for the elderly, bottle feeding for a baby, simple dressing, foley catheterisation or administer oxygen therapy, etc.
    during and after the exam the examiner will ask the candidate questions around the selected test. usually, they will ask what's the indication for the therapy? how to evaluate your nursing care is effective?
  5. Apr 10, '11 by
    Dear Wonnell,

    I am a nursing student from the U.S. and I am going to take my NCLEX in June, 2011. I am interested in working in Hong Kong and came across Matilda International Hospital while I was researching for possible job placements. I have read so many great things about the OB unit in Matilda and thats definitely the unit I want to work in. I have a experience working in both Labor and Delivery and Post-partum. I was wondering if you have any positions open in your hospital? I would love to work there =)
  6. Apr 17, '11 by
    Hi,
    for those Canadian Nurse who want to move to Hong Kong, may I ask what is the reason to get this move ? is there any difficulties to get a nursing job in Canada ?
  7. Apr 20, '11 by
    Quote from becclkm
    hi Ann,
    in the public hospital they will have different policy. Some hospital has better management will employ more health care assistant (HCA) / Technical services assistant (TSA) to do the bed side work and they are capable to report any abnormalities ...
    during and after the exam the examiner will ask the candidate questions around the selected test. usually, they will ask what's the indication for the therapy? how to evaluate your nursing care is effective?
    Thank you so much for the information. It's very helpful. My family is moving back to Hong Kong this summer and I had a hard time finding information regarding the practical exam. I have my US RN license but heard that the license exam in Hong Kong is quite difficult which kind of makes me nervous.

    Are you familiar with any other jobs that oversea RNs can work for while we are working on our license exam?

    I do have some experience in the OB area and have looked into Matilda hospital. It looks like it's an excellent hospital to work for. But the commute will be very long for me as we probably will live in the New Territories.
  8. Apr 20, '11 by
    Matilda hospital is located on hk side and 半山區
    Haha you know what though hk is small but the traffic jam is serious! But the hospital has accomodation to their staff and which is really nice!
    But aim at getting hk liscense ... Not much company allow foreign license.. Except Matilda
    May be you can set your time frame that eg half a year staying in quarter for preparing the exam first! If u are a good driver then u can drive daily
  9. May 6, '11 by
    Oh nooo I don't know why i couldn't see this message until now!! I just want to say thank you for your suggestion!! I really appreciate it.. I didn't apply to Matilda but I just found a clinic nurse job . not very good pay either.. but i guess it's a good chance to go into the hk industry too..
    I couldn't make it to the March exam because the nursing council required me to make up theoretical hours!! =( I took some courses so hopefully that will do.. Hopefully, I can take the next exam..
    For those who are trying to apply for the exam as well, I heard that the clinical part requires you to perform the skills the "hong kong way"... so If you know any local nurses, it would be a great help when studying if you have their notes or ask them to teach you..
  10. May 16, '11 by
    Hi All,
    I'm a nurse working in San Francisco in home care & hospice and am looking into working in Hong Kong as well. I do not have actual hospital experience besides the time spent in school during clinicals. I speak fluent Cantonese and Mandarin but I do not hold a HK passport. I would also like to know if my California license is transferable and what steps I need to take in order to be able to work as a nurse in Hong Kong. Thank you! =)

    ~Linda