AussieRNinHI

AussieRNinHI

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  1. Trustaff and medical solutions

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in Travel

    Curious, has anyone heard of or dealt with trustaff and medical

  2. CNOR

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi!! anyone here recently sat their CNOR and passed?? any

  3. Feuer nursing REview?

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Has anyone here, used Feuer Nursing Review CD's? for their NCLEX? I have Lippincotts Review for NCLEX RN and last years Kaplan, just wondering if what i have is enough to study for the NCLEX. I am...

  4. HELPFUL tips on Delegation/priority questions

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed the Nclex with 75 questions and Im posting some helpful tips on 'rules of management' when tackling questions on delegation along with prioritizing. Hope this helps for those who find these...

  5. Hospitals?

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hi Everyone! New to No. VA. and the Springfield Area. Looking for hospitals close by (inc. D.C area) that is easy to get to using the metro/bus. Any helpful suggestions from anyone??? Many

  6. Correct way of prepping a Leg??

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in Operating Room

    This is mainly for US OR nurses, as you scrub; dry then paint here....What is the correct way of prepping a leg say for example for a knee arthroscopy/TKA??? scrub knee, then up the leg...

  7. Hey, any Aussies working in the USA?

    AussieRNinHI replied to brissygal's topic in International Nursing

    I am a travel nurse, and currently my travel assignment is in alaska. My contract is finishing soon and i am looking at going somewhere else. As for the different BONs here, how difficult it is...

  8. Hey, any Aussies working in the USA?

    AussieRNinHI replied to brissygal's topic in International Nursing

    Hey Tyler! I am actually in Alaska :-) At the time i created my nickname I was in Hawaii. Saying that, I have never worked in hawaii as a nurse. I have had a job offer in honolulu, ages ago, but was...

  9. Hey, any Aussies working in the USA?

    AussieRNinHI replied to brissygal's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Straight4.. The only stumbling block i had was when I had applied to the BON and they came back saying i did not have enough hours in 2 subjects, so until i did them and passed them i was not able...

  10. Us nurse trying to work in Australia...

    AussieRNinHI replied to Unique23's topic in International Nursing

    by the way, i found this, this may give you an idea. This is for the state of Queensland...

  11. Us nurse trying to work in Australia...

    AussieRNinHI replied to Unique23's topic in International Nursing

    Depends on what level you are regarded as when you are eligible to work there as a nurse. It goes by years of experience. Im from Queensland so i can only go on with what is nursing is like over...

  12. Can a US RN work in Oz for a year or two?

    AussieRNinHI replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in International Nursing

    personally i love Brisbane :-)but i am biased because im a queenlander :-), its not as big as Sydney, but its lovely just the same.It doesnt cost an arm and a leg to fly to Sydney, there are quite a...

  13. Can a US RN work in Oz for a year or two?

    AussieRNinHI replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in International Nursing

    Queensland

  14. Australia to USA

    AussieRNinHI replied to casserooni's topic in International Nursing

    i used the send email link, to you, so just check your personal email if there is one from me, the subject is "deakin university"..and no worries, glad i can help..good luck to

  15. NZ RN wanna go to the States......................

    AussieRNinHI replied to kiwionline's topic in International Nursing

    i doubt Australia gives bonuses to nurses. i never got one with my 11 years of nursing there. Both public and private sectors of hospital differ in pay rates, with the public sector paying more...

  16. health insurance

    AussieRNinHI replied to aukewus's topic in International Nursing

    There are two main health insurance companies that i know of that maybe you could call and enquire. Im sure there are alot more insurance companies there, but there is Medibank Private and MBF, you...

  17. Australia to USA

    AussieRNinHI replied to casserooni's topic in International Nursing

    Hold one, before you do anything lol! i had to go through the same thing as you!! Deakin University in Melbourne deals with this sort of thing. I did psych and maternity as i did not have enough...

  18. Hello Australian Nurses!!

    AussieRNinHI replied to barkles3579's topic in International Nursing

    woah woah woah!!! You will find the standard of nursing practice in Australia is very high! I believe nursing is team work and RN's do get a patient load/s. Nursing assistants, equivalent to CNA's...

  19. Meditech ORM use for specimens/cultures?

    AussieRNinHI replied to ORM-Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I dont know what you mean by OE or CDS.. but here is what we do, we go to the "order entry" screen, where we type in "L" for order status, then we punch in the name of pt, then it should...

  20. Hospitals near/around Springfield, Falls Church or Alexandria?

    AussieRNinHI posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hi Everyone! just wondering if anyone can tell me of any good hospitals to work at close to Falls church, springfield, alexandria area???? I am going to be there in november, so am in the process of...

  21. Hospitals near/around Springfield, Falls Church or Alexandria?

    AussieRNinHI replied to AussieRNinHI's topic in Virginia Nursing

    THanks so much for the heads up!! i have just sent my application for endorsement for the state of VA, saturday gone, so hopefully it wont take

  22. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    AussieRNinHI replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Oh and I forgot, in Australia, we use to do Anaesthetic clinic, so us nurses get to meet the patients, and we do all the preop stuff.. vital signs, ECG/EKG, explain what time they have to come in,...

  23. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    AussieRNinHI replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Im just inputting from my own experience, I have been an OR nurse for a while and, have worked in the UK, Australia and now the USA. I have seen a number of ways how a child is put to sleep. In one...

  24. Meditech ORM use for specimens/cultures?

    AussieRNinHI replied to ORM-Queen's topic in Operating Room

    We use Meditech for charting in OR and entering orders, what did you want to know? I have only learnt it myself since i started travelling in mid May.

  25. Sharing my experience...from A foreign graduate.

    AussieRNinHI replied to AussieRNinHI's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi Jessica, thanks for the post! its been awhile now since i sat the NCLEX exam, and hve been working as a traveller nurse, right now in AK. i have posted some tips for the NCLEX exam, you might have...