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Enjoy your time as it goes pretty fast. The syllabus can look pretty over whelming but read everything you can and then you can apply it to practice. There are always plenty of jobs in NZ once you graduate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

In New Zealand it would be the same as Australia. If you have graduated you would need to complete a competency programme. The English requirement is to level 7. Some Philipino nurses have come to NZ and have not been able to obtain the English requi...

Here in New Zealand for Registered Nurse we all have the same badge. It is blue and red consisting of a five pointed star with a red cross in the centre on a white background. This is surrounded in gold. The ouside is also gold. The design has not ch...

You would be best to write to the Australian Nursing Council.

In New Zealand we have clinical practice and theory during nursing education. Since I graduated the clinical practice has been updated. I would like to see the third year of nursing be all clinical placements. I felt the theory in nursing was very s...

When I read a few of these posts I could just about feel the steam coming off the pages. Everyone who posts on here has a valued opinion an it deserves to be that. It is amazing what you can learn from reading these posts. :nuke:

Nalene, I think to practice here you need an English score of 7.5. Contact the NZ Nursing council and ask them for their advice. We have Fillipino nurses working in rest homes in Christchurch for 13.00 an hour because they are having difficulty passi...

Your story was inspirational. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I remember when I was a student one of the tutors saying. The only dumb question is the one not asked. Also I read a saying once which said Patients may not remember what you did, how you did it, but they will always remember the way you made them fe...

If a NZ Registered Nurse wishes to work in Australia can anyone tell me what they have to do regarding a Practicing Certificate etc.

Thankyou Karen for your great post.

To DBMC, It sounds like you are really fed up and who could blame you. Obviously if you are experiencing pain like this then your pain management is not being controlled very well. This would be enough to drive any one into depression. Here in Nz we ...

To DBMC, It sounds like you are really fed up and who could blame you. Obviously if you are experiencing pain like this then your pain management is not being controlled very well. This would be enough to drive any one into depression. Here in Nz we ...

Well I would like to return to nursing. Here in NZ we are expected to do a refresher course once we have not nursed for five years/ That is no problem. But the course is for nine weeks and no pay during that time, so unless you have financial support...

This is a violation against human right. Report them. If everyone stands together then they have power to do something. What are these people like to their residents?

I don't think there is a right and wrong answer to this question. I feel that if a patient wants a nurse to pray fro them and she is not comfortable with that then get in the priest,chaplain. You will still be sensitive to the wishes of the patient. ...

I have read through these letters and one thing that has struck me is really lack of good communication. You are now a Registered Nurse so you are actually on the same level as the person who is your preceptor. I think the best thing to do would be t...

Gosh things don't change too much. Good on you for hanging in there I would have given up. Why these nurse have to be so mean has made me wonder for a long time. Many years ago when I was a student I went to A small town to do clinical practice. I wa...

I am from NZ and have never heard of that. You probably would have more show of getting residence here if you are qualified as we are desperately short of nurses in many cities. If you want further info log onto the immigration website for NZ.

If you cannot nurse in Auckland maybe you could go to Christchurch. There is one main hospital there that has a pediatric ward. THis hospital is called Christchurch Public and it is located in the Canterbury Province. You could look at the Canterbury...

Quite a while ago I was a student doing an exlective in district nursing. A lot of the patients had leg ulcers. I asked one day "would they conside using Manuka Honey". The answer was we cannot use that as we cannot be guaranteed that it is bacteria ...

If a patient is seeking drugs but has no pain physically, mentally he has a lot of it. A nurse is never in the profession to play judge and jury. The best thing you can do is have belief in your patient and not judge. You ask how can you tell. I don'...

In New Zealand you may have to do a competency based assessment. This means 3 weeks at a Polytechnic and 6 weeks clinical (no wages). This is the nursing council address. [email protected] Maybe you can write to them and then decide. Their ...

I sat state finals in 1999 and some of my class mates did no study at all and we all passed. I would say study the Mental Health act and usually there is a question on something thats in the news at the moment like diabetes. Because the questions are...

Hi I am from New Zealand. THis is the address of the New Zealand Nursing Council who will tell you if you are able to work here. Email [email protected]. or you can look at www.nursingcouncil.org.nz Nursing is now a degree course so you ma...