Usa nurse going to australia

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Hi! Im new to allnurses forum. I am a rn with a bsn from usa. I am intrested in nursing to australia. I have done numerous research on getting a visa and applying to the nursing board of the state i want to practice. I was considering sydney, after reading the blogs other cities seem very intresting as well. Any suggestions? I enjoy the beach, outdoors, nightlife, easy going people, shopping. I want to start in january 2010, very nervous about this adventure. Im intrested in working for 6 months to a year, so im still debating on which visa i want to apply for. I am also trying to find a agency to help me, has anybody used oxley? Any suggestions would be awesome and thankful. Feel free to email privately. Thanks a bunch.

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. Any information you could pass along would be greatly appreciated. I have been so busy with work and finishing up my BSN classes that I havent had as much time as I would like to pursue the my information gathering. Thanks again for your time

Specializes in Medical.
On a different note I would look at working in Queensland over NSW / Vic - much better lifestyle / weather / people
Okay, I'll give you the weather, provided you mean "hotter" when you say "better" and, depending on what you like, it could be argued that there are advantages to a Qld lifestyle over ours, but better people? Woah up, nelly!

For those of you uncommitted to or uncertain of the advantages and disadvantages of each Aussie state, there are a number of threads debating the topic in the A/NZ forum, with a little minor sledging! Until now, though, no calls on the calibre of folk living in each state/territory...

Specializes in Education, Ortho, Plastics, Gen Surg.

Well, when I said 'people' I was grossly generalising - so sorry for that. I would not be able to back up that part of my claim anyway as Queensland is the fastest growing area in Australia with more people moving from NSW and VIC to there than any other part of Oz. So my point fails because the 'people' living in Queensland are made up of a large number of immigrants from the other states. You would have to wonder however why so many people are moving there after having lived down south. :)

Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.

oooo! the smart comments I could make about that but I will behave! I went the other way from QLD, NSW and then settled in VIC but I am awkward!

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