leprecaun

Hi, Go to the australian immigration homepage online and all your questions should be answered there. Decide which state you want to live in and then apply to every hospital public and private to sponsor you as an employee, also go through agency in UK called blue arrows or swallows, not sure of name but if unsuccessful try nurses worldwide agency. Where i work we have about 10 sponsered UK nurses currently employed. Next part is you apply with spouse to immigrate, set yourself up then sponsor the inlaws, i think you will find it difficult to bring them with you at same time. Best way will be just on visitors visa and then eventually apply for permanent. Currently the australian government has just changed all the UK - australian reciprocal rights and many of the current residents who have been here over 20 - 30yrs and didnt take out citizenship are at risk of being denied permanent status under the changes. There has also been many changes to the health care status and unless your inlaw gets full provision for a british pension and all medical cover you may need to take out full (very expensive) private heaLth cover to ensure no burden would exsist over here. then you also have to gurantee complete ongoing care as no social security is available for 2years after arrival and then a further two years after granting of residency status.

Probably by the time you read this post you will have purchased a scope or given up ! Look basically you are new to practice and like all activities, when you are beginning them you have problems, from learning to ride a bike to swimming it all takes practice, the equipment isnt the problem it is the user. When i began my nursing career over 30years ago we had very basic scopes if any and we relied on palpation for blood pressure and abdominal and chest ausculation to determine problems. As i progressed and so did technology, new modern equipment arrived on the scene, today I work in a very specialised area and although my technological friends are all around me often i use my good old basic practice that has served me well and check it up as necessary with either a peice of equipment or another nurse to ensure what i have observed is indeed correct. Give yourself time, listening through stethscopes to air entry and heart sounds is not something to be mastered in first year clinical practice. Hang in there and dont always believe what the equipment tells you, listen to the patient and your instinct.

IN all my years as a nurse in australia we have been compelled to wear uniforms. In the past 10 years it has been the subject of much research, so now we have moved away from the sterotypical white and into trendy colours, easy wash and wear tops with navy bottoms, either skirt culottes or long leg shorts. Some institutions have different colour bottoms, green, maroon, black and checks. Colours depict the particular area you work in from housekeeping through to RN. A large survey was done of patients and they unaminously agreed they wanted to see nurses in uniforms of some type. Research also has shown that infection control is assisted by uniform material type, and removing uniform into street clothes when travelling to and from work. Our scrubs (only used in theatre/recovery and some wards are non crush material, nice colours and look very professional on any fiqure type. A uniform is not only a professional choice but also gives clear direction, patients and other staff know who is a hospital employee as opposed a visitor to a patient. we all wear photo ID, only problem is you have to be on top of the person to read it or in some cases ask to access it as they hide them in pockets and under lab coats. we are also given a good uniform allowance each pay for laundering and upkeep and in the particular facility i am employed by a bonus allowance to purchase two sets of uniforms when commencing work.