Nurse Kat

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1. hello,everyone

   Nurse Kat replied to rarry's topic in International

   Melbourne is the best city!!! (note I am biased!)

2. preparing for interview

   Nurse Kat replied to Zana's topic in International

   I graduated last year and had four interviews for grad nurse programs around melbournes cbd and I stressed about the exact same questions! Telling them why you picked them is easy, why did you? Location? Hospital size? Specialty rotations? I applied...

3. If you worked while in school, what did you do?

   Nurse Kat replied to lizmatt's topic in General Nursing

   During school, I worked at an ice skating rink, dj'ing, office work and teaching figure skating... great hours & pay. Quit in my final year and then hosted night club tours one night a week ($$$), lots of fun too!...

4. greet n meet/cheese n wine

   Nurse Kat replied to Tookie's topic in Australia

   Hi fellow Aussies! My name is Kat and I graduated last year from Deakin Uni. My grad year starts in March at one of Melb's major hospitals and I'm rotating through resp/gen med and urology/vasc. I do kind of feel ready to start and I know there will ...

5. Basic Mouth Care

   Nurse Kat replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

   I just finished a placement on a surg ward here in Australia where they were trying a new product, cant remember the name but they were like litle green sponges on the ends of skewers and had a minty refreshing taste. Pts liked them and the staff did...

6. What's nursing like?

   Nurse Kat replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

   La Trobe has a reputation for being hard to pass. They have a lot more contact hours too. At Deakin you do three subjects a semester. One is a nursing subject that covers anatomy, chem, and everything that relates to our patient senarios, where fro...

7. What's nursing like?

   Nurse Kat replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

   I go to Deakin, Melbourne. I'm biased but I love Deakin and I'm gonna miss it lots when I graduate! All the Melbourne courses have good reputations. La Trobe is known for being a hard course, but it's still good though! If you live near one of t...

8. Calling Australian nurses! regarding uni and salaries!

   Nurse Kat replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

   As I said in the other thread you started, I'm in my final year of nursing at Deakin, Melbourne. Three year course. It's a good course, not everone likes the format, problem based/self directed. Great reputation, we're the only VIC course with clin...

9. What's nursing like?

   Nurse Kat replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

   Hello happystar, I'm in my final year of nursing at a uni in Melbourne, Australia. The biggest con I've found so far is getting up at 6 am!!! I'm not a morning person. As for other cons suf this site and read lots off the threads. All the nurses t...

10. gross anatomy reserved for med students?

    Nurse Kat replied to Debbie5's topic in General Students

    Very true! In my experience anatomy is very helpful in nursing!!! At my uni we don't have to take it but most of us do as an elective anyway. There's only one uni here in Melbourne thats nursing school makes it's students take anatomy with the med s...

11. Let's get to know each other...again ;)

    Nurse Kat replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Students

    Hello everyone!!! My name is Kat and I am in my third and final year of nursing. I'm 20 and started the course straight out of high school, which is the norm here in Melbourne, Australia. I hope to work in a+e when I graduate this November. I've j...