saying g'day to everyone! i've been missing in action for awhile. get to check in on the posts from time to time, but haven't had time to post. hope all my mates here on allnurses are keeping well and that life is being kind.
i see there's a few of our american colleagues looking for a "seachange", and are planning on joining us here in oz. i'll take the liberty of, on behalf of, the australian allnurses members, to welcome you to the land down under! we hope you enjoy your time here with us and we're sure you wont want to leave! just a bit of advice ... please remember, australia is a big country. there's lots to see. and, importantly, there's more to our magnificent country beyond the shores of sydney! be sure to visit the inland areas as well. you'll find it an amazing experience seeing the outback, and meeting the people.
would also like to thank the americans who were, in part, instrumental in helping secure the freedom of one of our countrymen, douglas wood. he had been taken hostage in iraq several weeks ago and the terrorists had threatened to kill him if australian, us, and british troops weren't pulled out of iraq. thanks to a combined effort, he's a free man today. his wife is an american. they live in california. just goes to show, that when people work together, good things can, and do, happen.
onto a lighter note...... i'm looking for ideas on how to make french toast! lol i made some last weekend. it was ever so ho-hum! soooo, i'm hoping the good folks here on allnurses might share how you make it, with lil ol me! in anticipation, thanks! :icon_hug:
on the nursing news front:
adelaide university is now offering the bachelor of nursing degree as of next year. "one of the significant strong points of our programme is the substantial amount of time dedicated to practical learning," said the vice-chancellor james mcwha. so, there yer go! and about time too! what is it i've always said about the need for more time/effort being put into the practical aspects of the degree course???!!! at last! someone's taking notice. can only be a good thing. i'll get orf me soapbox now.
HOW on earth this bloke ever got hired in the first place, never mind HOW was it at all possible...
How was it possible? The newspaper story mentions how Dr. Patel was bringing half a million dollars a year into the Bundaberg hospital by doing esophageal surgeries. (Or is that "oesophageal?" Say what you will about American vs. Anglic spelling, ours is more stripped-down and efficient!) For a struggling hospital to suddenly have an enhanced revenue stream, he must have seemed like a dream. How very American, to regard health care as a profit center instead of a public service. You must not become like us, Aus! As for me, I shall never be able to drink that rum without feeling a rip in my (o)esophagus...
soooo, i'm hoping the good folks here on allnurses might share how you make it, with lil ol me! 
in anticipation, thanks! :icon_hug: 
Grace Oz
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the word is... impacted! Not as posted; impacrd!