katikati

Hello everyone, I am a new grad nurse from the States, and am now permanently living in Melbourne, Australia. I want to prepare for the " culture shock" in the hospital or clinical setting before I get there, I was hoping I could get some feedback. I am aware that blood glucose has a different scale, obviously temperate is C instead of F- have you noticed that heparin levels are different scales? Do nurses still hone in on labs as much as they do in the States? I heard that CNAs arent a thing in hospitals, but rather that nurses do everything? I read that hospitals dont have Respiratory Therapists, so does that mean in a code blue ( cardiac arrest), we do the manual ventilating? Do hospitals have the big red emergency button in each room for rapid response teams? Please let me know of any differeces, even if very minute, I know IV's are called cannulation- and thats about all I know. Thank you so much community, I appreciate it! -Katikati

I think the COGS is just good if you have already given a certificate of good standing, and the certificate of good standing has expired, which is what happened in my case. Thats so messed up that they will fire you if you ask for a certificate of good standing- rediculous principle in Oman! maybe try the COGS first then since you need that job, my process took 400 days.... Professional Indemnity Insurance is like what we have in the US- like malpractice insurance, to make sure you are ensured incase a patient sues you, that you are protected. You can now send things via e-mail form certain places..I set all my stuff via airmail from the US and it took so long- send whatever you can via e-mail/ electronically. I would do it online....isnt there an online app now?

NCLEX Mastery on the phone, its 30$, do all of them and understand it- it was amazing, and HURST review. Do it, and understand it. I got to question 167, and passed cuz I knew I nailed the last one...got my results three days later, was on my flight to australia and got to respond to an inflight emergency as the only nurse...it was amaaaaaaazing!!!

I appealed my rejection, and sent them 2,000 pages. What was in those pages? All of my lectures. I would do the same- send all the pdfs, every project you had in school. My case was turned around and as of yesterday I am now an OZ RN, with an Assosciates Degree in Nursing!!! It all took 400 days, my case. It can be done, but it was not easy by any means.

It depemds how long you have not been working, or if they think you dont fully meet the criteria, then you take a bridging course. I am a US RN, and got accepted by ahpra after a whooping 400 days!!!

sprints! after each day I would sprint as fast as I could like maybe 5-10 times. Each morning I would do 20 push ups. I did end up gaining weight, but its all worth it- you will exercise it off when it is all done. Come NCLEX study time I did Orange Theory ( 1 hr intense class). Mind you I was also working part time, so you can handle some exercise some way.

I got denied by AHPRA- applied May 1st, 2016- december 22, 2016 got denied, appealed my rejection, and sent them 2,000 pages. What was in those pages? All of my lectures. I would do the same- send all the pdfs, every project you had in school. My case was turned around and as of yesterday I am now an OZ RN ;-) ( Oh and I am American). all in all it took my case 375 days...and I began to collect all of my data April 2016...so thats about 400 days in my case. However, I am " complicated"...I lived in germany for a while ( you have to get a background check), and coming from California, its a very backlogged State, they lost my " certificate of Good Standing", so that delayed everything by about 4 months.

I got denied by AHPRA- applied May 1st, 2016- december 22, 2016 got denied, appealed my rejection, and sent them 2,000 pages. What was in those pages? All of my lectures. I would do the same- send all the pdfs, every project you had in school. My case was turned around and as of yesterday I am now an OZ RN ;-) ( Oh and I am American). all in all it took my case 375 days...and I began to collect all of my data April 2016...so thats about 400 days in my case. However, I am " complicated"...I lived in germany for a while ( you have to get a background check), and coming from California, its a very backlogged State, they lost my " certificate of Good Standing", so that delayed everything by about 4 months.

I got denied by AHPRA, appealed my rejection, and sent them 2,000 pages. What was in those pages? All of my lectures. I would do the same- send all the pdfs, every project you had in school. My case was turned around and as of yesterday I am now an OZ RN ;-) ( Oh and I am American)

yep- state specific- as a California resident, had to submit through the BRN in california. So, also include all the states where you have worked as a nurse too, incase they are different from Colorado.

There is a pdf from AHPRA explaining Criterion 4, and pretty much you need a BSN: "A qualification at AQF level 5 or lower does not meet the minimum requirements of qualificationassessment criterion 4 for a registered nurse or a midwife." "Registered nurse and midwife - AQF level 6 and above, AQF 5 with subsequent qualificationsAll other applications undergo a comprehensive review process, including: ï‚· recommendation on whether an applicant's qualifications are substantially equivalent to anAustralian Bachelor degree." Ya know, 'cus in the US, I couldnt pull off a BSN with my BS in Public Health and ADN. Which I understand, so its the same here in Australia. I do believe AHPRAs wording is false advertisement though as an Assosciates Degree would be AQF 6 equivalent, but that is not the case.

Thanks for your help, I did have my dean compose the documents specifically for me. In the end the ADN degree is less education than the BSN, the US based bridge programs from RN to BSN have several more units that are dedicated to upper division nursing, which perhaps is parallel to the BSN education in Australia. AHPRA is a nightmare, they were good with letting me know that I needed to provide more documents, but the description of what they needed was so broad, its really a rubrics cube.

yes they still need a certificate of good standing. They are soooo picky, the more the better. Be prepared for anything they might want. If you think they might want it, just get it done beforehand, and then you could always send it after they have formally requested it, but 100% they wanted my certificate of good standing. I applied this April and got rejected since I dont have a BSN.

Thanks for your reply- I got over 800 hours of clinical experience, but criterion 6 and 8 were insufficient ( drug administration, pharmacology, etc and "evidence that the curriculum of the program of study focused on the various aspects of nursing practice"). I sent everything possible from my Community College where I studied nursing, but its not enough. You have a BS of Nursing from the States? I could go back and continue my education in the States but they dont teach any more pharmacology in the RN-BSN programs, its mostly public health, so I would still lack the criterion 8. I think it would be best to duke out Uni here, a Masters, and then just be done with it, plus it would be quicker to do it here than get the BSN in the States at this rate.... Did you have to do a bridging course? What is your specific education?

Hello US RN in OZ, They said my shortcoming was that I dont have a BS in Nursing. I strongly believe ( after contacting every University that has a Nursing department in Australia, and speaking to them directly) that even if I had gotten a BS in Nursing ( abroad) they would still not accept it. In 2013 AHPRA changed their rules of admission, and the AQF scale is completely broad in language in how they deem equivalency in their high and mighty nursing schools. I spoke to AHPRA about fighting this, and if I had more work experience, if I could then do a bridging course and they said that it has nothing to do with work experience, just education. I assume you became an RN here before 2013 right?