kellieskorner

This is a great place to live and work.Easy to get licensed.Scope of practice is less, work alot less than in US, 6 weeks holidays, paid alot more.healthcare is in turmoil atm with funding so i'd get in asap Qld health is still hiring foriegn nurses even though others are being made redundant.personally if i was moving from the USA i'd live in queensland.

Macaroni answer is yes

Same rules still have to get paeds ob and clinical .phiilipines and Australia don't meet standards

I would get your information from ahpra you can be licensed in Australia as a EEN with what you are asking.LPN from USA can also be licensed here.you would only have to complete another 1.5 yrs but your RN degree would be deficient to meet USA and Canadian standards

Australia may be a better option.you will make way more money in Australia than you can make in the usa

I personally think Australian nursing is a lot better.Nurses are less stressed.Patients get free health care here and although we get wingers, American patients I found more demanding.Get em in get em out.Our working conditions are much better here.I work in the public system.We get 6 weeks paid holidays.double/triple time some holidays.one day paid rostered off a month.50/75 percent extra on our base pays working nights,weekends.We work shift work which is a huge difference from the USA.Australian nurses have more autonomy than US nurses and we provide a lot more hands on care.It's less territorial thinking someone's going to take your job.ICU nursing over here we do everything including vents, suctioning/meds.In Australia we draw up most of our drugs and have to know how to calculate, where as where I worked in the US we had Pyxis machines and antibiotics hung on a saline bag.I think US trained Nurses would find preparing meds a challenge, and a lot of the drugs are the same just different name used in the class and doses are less for some drugs.I love working in Australia.I believe our lifestyle, wages, conditions are the best in the world.Education wise we can get a 3 year Bachelor degree for $10,000 but Australian trained BN degree is not recognized as meeting US standards, but our clinical standards rock!!!

I worked for 15 years in the USA,came here no problem.biggest difference american training is a lot harder, more science driven.american nursing is more thorough in that it is more head to toe disease/condition driven with a lot more supports and less automony

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Any nurse coming from the USA is more than over qualified to work in Australia.

You definitely will qualify as an RN

Might want to check with medi serve a good travel agency.No NCLEX or tests required here for licensure.some people have had to sit islets???english test even though you are from USA they might make you take it but at least you can prove all your schooling is in English.

You should have no problem getting licensed.all RN's in Australia hold bachelor degrees but you will get licensed without any problem.Australia lets ADN get licensed in australia.I am a dual citizen so not sure about immigration side of things

So to whine.l'm just a little frustrated especially when CA BON and cgfns get all the money when they know you will be deficient.Maybe the boards should have disclaimers the following countries do not meet min us standards.apply and pay fees with caution.lol

The wa state Bon gave me the names of schools.i did my LPN in the USA.i am a us citizen.i did all my prerecs in USA.completed my bachelor of nursing here in Australia.they will not let me take the two classes I need and no school in the us will let you take just the two classes needed.So it's almost impossible.Then there's the issue the try and tell you you are an international student.It is so frustrating and unfair.Maybe the boards need to look at case by case situations.An ADN can come here and get registered as an RN.i worked hard for my bachelor degree.Just frustrated I will have to be an LPN and my degree counts as nothing.Just a money making scheme

I'm in Australia.This cgfns is bogus when they want to take your money and you already know you won't meet standards.we are deficient in peds/ob as midwifery is an extra year after the bachelor degree and child and family course doesn't meet as some of us didn't have clinicals.Is there any state in the USA that will actually license you as an RN if you are from the Phillipines or Australia.I did my LPN in the USA so at least I have that license.Just wondering if the peds/ob component of the LPN would satisfy the RN requirements

I've applied in Washington state having same issues

ADN is more education than a bachelor degree here in Australia so yes you will get licensed as a RN

You are correct that in the past Australian nurses have sat NCLEX.If you read my posts.As of 2012, Australian BN do not meet minimum standards to sit state boards or be licensed.This is a fact that will effect nurses wanting to work in the USA.It is not fair as USA nurses can come here and work.I think it is due to the education requirements.It is comparing apples to oranges.The only University that was providing the peds/ob component and the USA accepted it for years was Deaken.I spoke to the head of there nursing and the USA no longer accepts it.California is the pushing force and it has hit phillipino nurses the worse.So as my original post states the NP from the USA will have no problem working here

You need to know your facts.There is not one state that will accept a bachelor of nursing degree from Australia nor to sit NCLEX.A thing of the past.So look it up your self.I am a dual citizen very patriotic to Australia.I am a proud Nurse, but sometimes the facts are the facts weather we like them or not.So this post was for an American coming to Australia who will have no trouble at all fitting in to this great country.

You seem quite opinionated.Have you ever worked in the USA.Secondly I have a degree from Austealia and the USA and have worked in both countries.It is a fact that American nurses are way more educated than Australian Nurses and it is a fact that our education system for a Bachelor of Nursing does not even meet the standards of a ADN from the US, that Australian nurses cannot be licensed in the USA to work.So just be careful what you believe nurses don't do in the US.A nurse practitioner in Australia all education of there degree still is less educated.less experienced than a Bachelor degree nurse in the USA.I am a proud Australian Nurse but the truth is the truth so to be so blunt

California no longer accepts Deakon courses.Has anyone been able to get licensed in any state in the USA

California wants peds/ob with clinical hours.my question is this?Has anyone been licensed in any state? And does anyone know of any courses in Australia that will meet that standard.At least I will have my LVN until I can get my RN

Nurse boy you have nothing to worry about.nurses in the USA at far more experienced and educated than Australian counterparts especially with sciences.a masters degree in total is only 4 years which 3 yrs is for a bachelor degree.an Australian educated nurse with a bachelor degree doesn't even meet min standards in the USA to become a registered nurse.so go on ahpra website and you can get more accurate information.i say Queensland health the best employer for a nurse practitioner.you will find your scope of practice very restricted here compared to the USA.

I am wanting to find you some information.I am in my last year of BSN in Australia.As a project i want to do a professional poster teaching nurses how to taske care of postop gastric bypass patients and what to watch for.electrolyte imbalances, pain management as i have heard there are meds like ibuprofen you cant take as more risk for stomach ulcers. can anyone let me know of any good web sites that could assist me with info as we are about 10 years behind the US and most people have lap bands here. excited about what i can learn and teach others. thanks for any imput [email protected]

I would get your education in the USA.I have dual Citizenship and got my Nursing License 15 years ago.After working in the USA the last 17 years i returned to Australia 6 months ago.The USA Education requirements are much HIGHER than what are required in Australia.You can become a Nurse here much quicker,wages are double,the education is more practical and supportive.The downside is the American Nurses can do more in there scope of practice which makes it hard getting used to doing less here.This is not meant to be a downer on Queensland Nursing.I really hope you stay in the USA get your education then apply.you are young and have your whole life ahead of you.