Postpartum and newborn nursery

[maria8484]

I was wondering whether it is possible to work in an Australian hospital on a maternity unit as an RN without additionally being a midwive. I am a US nurse currently working in postpartum/newborn well-baby nursery. I've worked in the past in AUS on a med/surg floor but will be moving back with my family and wondered whether I would need to do an additional year course to continue to do the same job I am currently doing (and love!).

I have not worked in a special care nursery but have looked at some job posting and see that most require being "neonatal trained." Is this referring to a special course or simply work experience? Thanks so much for any input!

[talaxandra]

I would think that "neonatal training" refers to a course/qualification, otherwise "neonatal experience" would be used, but it's not remotely my area so I could easily be wrong. The only way to know for sure, of course, is to contact the hospitals/units you're looking at, but perhaps other members may know but didn't see this post, so [bump]

[sydneymum14]

Scuse my ignorance but what the heck does (bump) mean? Heard it often and still don't know?

[talaxandra]

There are a gazillion threads posted on AN. Members can check out specific areas (eg I check the Australia/NZ section every time I log on), but many check out threads by clicking on the "what's new" button on the main tool bar. As that only brings up 20 pages, unless someone searches for a particular term etc, older threads that haven't been recently commented on don't get seen. Posting a response 'bumps' a thread to the head of the list, allowing the OP another shot at having their query answered. Hope that helps :)