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I came here with my ADN and they took me :) You should be fine!

LOL, I just saw someone mention Woop Woop early on in this thread, and had to share that I have been in Oz for 2 1/2 years now, and about 6 months ago I finally asked my partner where Woop Woop was...

Where are you living? I saw on Seek the other day that Knox Private Hospital in the East suburbs of Melbourne is currently taking apps for their Grad year program.

Yeah right now the nursing jobs in Melbourne have pretty much dried up :( There are quite a few posts on here about it. But I'm currently working for an agency in the acute care sector, and could...

I agree with ceridwyn. I also came to Australia via the US, and I didn't apply to AHPRA until after I got here. I was waiting for 8 months with no job because that's how long it took to process my...

What the HECK?! :eek:

I wouldn't mind going regional. But my fiance just got a new job here in the city so it is a bad time for us to move. Might happen eventually though, you never know! Thanks for your other...

Is my agency the only one who has been SUPER slow in the last few months? I can probably count on both hands the number of times I've been called to go to a shift! My manager says it will pick up...

I had an LPN to start out with and got my ADN-RN, and didn't have any problems getting registered in Australia. But AHPRA will assess your qualifications and let you know. Good luck! :)

I'm an agency nurse and just went to Epworth Richmond today...park wherever you miraculously find a spot :P And pray you don't get a parking ticket! lol

I know what it's like. I am doing agency nursing and work on all med/surg wards. It is a difficult and often times frustrating job, but I have found it to still be rewarding in so many ways. I think...

I vote "A."

In response to the posts regarding Australians as anti-American, I have found that to not be true. I graduated with my ADN in 2009, worked full-time on a home care case, and moved to Australia in...

Thanks for that. Starting to get my PAYG statements in the mail! Hurray refunds! lol. Thanks again for your help :D

Thanks for the advice! I got onto the ANF website and saw that they just did a course yesterday, lol. So anyway, I missed out on that one but I did join up with them, so hopefully I can get to the...

Hi Everyone! I am from the US and have been doing agency nursing here in Melbourne since this February. I graduated from nursing school in 2009 and learned how to cannulate there, but since I had...

Thanks everyone for your replies, I am starting to get the hang of things, but it is going to be a long haul I think :P Gintran, I applied originally last May for my license to be transferred, and...

I am a new div 1 nurse from the US, and finally got my certification from AHPRA last week! I already have a job with an agency and worked my first shift at a hospital yesterday. I just had a question...