NP in Australia

[Nurseboy1]

Hey everyone

Just a quick question for my aussie colleagues. Does Australia utilize acute care NPs? I am halfway through an ACNP program and in a couple of years my boyfriend and I would like to move to Sydney. If I can't get an ACNP job that might be a problem lol. Although I can always work as an RN or even get a FNP post-master's certificate too.

Thanks!

[ruthiesdaughter]

I am an American that graduated high school in Minnesota and went to several US colleges, finally graduating from U of Maryland. Been in Australia 15 years and graduating with a B of Nursing in December. The high school and university system is better in Australia without the grade inflation. The reason it is 3 years is because Australian Universities do not force a year of general education classes like the US. High school grads are expected to know how to write, read and do math when they get there. My first year of university in the US consisted of basic English, political science, sociology, phyed, algebra...a waste of time and money caused by the bad high school education most receive there. My sister-in-law finished her nursing degree from a private university, well respected a few years ago. Her program was rubbish and didn't require even a sliver of clinical placement compared to my program.