Dual Citizenship

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hey....i was born in brisbane (in the now demolished/rebuilt royal australian womens hosp....and when i was 4 i moved to canada....anyways....im 2nd year RN student and im just wondering...i have the option of doing my last clinical experience (its a one on one mentoring thing) international...and i could do it in australia....

Firstly would you folks recommend doing it in australia and get a taste of what i'll likely move back to australia for...or should i stick in canada...would doing the last clinical in australia be confusing...( there will be some differences between canadian and austrlaian nursing im guessing)...

& Secondly would the fact that i have dual citizenship complicate the matter...eg. paperwok wise as i wouldn't need a visa etc.

Thirdly are any of the hospitals designated specifcally as teaching hopsitals...where i'm from some hopsitals are, how should i put it, more focused on teaching than others.

(if so i hope the Princess Alexandria Hosp. is...that place looks fun!....as one poster said ina another column cus it's a "tertiary" something or other..."there is lots of weirds & wonderfuls" lol. Plus i checked out their web site and it seems a lot like the biggest hospital in my city which gets all the high risk, wierd surgeries. etc.

Thanks ~Loquacity

(sorry for all the q's lol)

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Specializes in ICU.

Firstly you HAVE to go through a university to do a clinical placement here - it has been done BUT you have to set things up with the Uni first. To be honest I have not seen this done in Brisbane but I do know of instances where it was done in Rockhampton through CQU.

All your other answers hinge on that one question - can you get a University to assist you with doing a clinical placement? Try QUT, ACU, UQ (only just started Nursing curriculum) and Griffiths University. These are the main Brisbane based Universities.

PAH is a huge hospital and cares for everything BUT Obstetrics. You will see a LOT of things there you will see no-where else but be warned - it is easy to get lost in!!:p

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Thanks that answered a lot...

well is till have 3 years left ...buyt hopefully i'll get back to au soon. thanks!

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