Labor and Delivery Travel Nursing in NZ or Australia

[tnilwhit]

I am a Labor and Delivery Nurse looking for information on a contract or travel assignment to either NZ or Australia. Can anyone direct me to an agency or website with information.

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

Where are you from? How long are you looking to work there for?

[tnilwhit]

I am originally from Alabama and doing a travel assignment in CA. I am looking for 6 months or longer. I've been a L&D nurse for over 5 years and 3 of those have been as a travel nurse.

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

People can probably direct you better if you narrow down where you want to work.

[ceridwyn]

Any hospital that has a maternity unit needs midwives, thats the catch... in Australia there is distinction between a Registered Nurse and a Registered Midwife, some midwives were nurses, some have only done a straight midwifery degree.

You would have to contact a states nursing board to find out if you qualify as a midwife or not...mind you they are so desperate an RN with loads of maternity experience would be most gratefully be welcomed.

[OzMW]

In Australia one needs to be a midwife to care for a woman during labour and birth. In the state I work in it is illegal to provide care during birth unless you are a midwife or training to be one(or a dr or a trainee paramedic). Some places have RNs working in antenatal and postnatal units alongside midwives; but that is due to midwife shortages usually.