MicStar

usually 2 years of study only for post grad pre-reg RN course

So how is everyone going? I just attended a national australian conference for the Aged & Community Services (national peak body for non-profit aged care organisations in australia). They held this conference for 3 days starting 29/9...The best session was on the second day I felt, and that was the panel of 2 government officals and 2 stake holders discussing ACFI (our funding instrument recently released by the federal government). The ACFI has 12 questions in total that is used as an audit tool to 'rate' a resident in 3 different areas; the 12 questions are divided amounst these 3 headings 1. ADLs 2. Behaviours 3 Complex Health Care...I think there is 63 different possible funding possibilities with this funding instrument....how are you funded in the US? Did anyone attend the conference I mentioned in Adelaide earlier this week, if so what did you like the best? Unfortunately I didnt network very much because I was with 2 other work collegues miss oppurtunity!! cheers!! MICSTAR

Hi DaisyDoodle We are regulated for 44 Standards this regulation is monitored by the Aged Care Accreditation Agency, which is an organisation set out to monitor homes; the emphasis is on residents lifestyles, continuous quality improvement and when audited they want to see REAL results for residents. Yes the atmosphere is to make the environment home like, most facilities built these days look like modern apartments... We have ENs (Enrolled Nurses) who are equivalent to your LPN, RNs assess, very similar roles it would seem. We prodominantly have ENs working in low level care facilities and RNs working in high level care facilities (2 sorts of facilities HIGH CARE or LOW CARE). THe site manger of a low level care facility is usually the only RN on site. But these day low level care facilities having 'ageing in place' approval which means the resident can stay at this site if they proceed to high care; in the past low care residents who 'for example' had a stroke and required high care, couldnt go back to their home and needed to be moved to a high care facility..this is not the case anyone with the agine in place concept. Let me know how this compares to you facility in the US

i dont wont to get into a debate about this but to say i would be very careful about wikipedia, anyone can edit information on it; and where the source came from and if it's verified. these days were trained to critique information, question and not accept things that are written on the internet.

This Is What The Certificate That They Send You Looks Like.....

it not bordering on a scam!, well i dont think so, this institution recieved our information from our uni's; if there was any suspecious goings on, wont you think the uni wouldnt be passing on our address, name etc? ANyway, use it for what it is...you recevie a v. nice certificate and your a life long member...put it on your CV!! no big deal!

ens working in independant hostels with ageing in place operate with 60% level of high care residents most of the time (of course this can vary). the ens are at times in-charge of the facility, and work at an advanced senior en level (are a resource to less experienced ens, provide guidance to care staff, administer ddas, insulin) and hence should be paid at an advanced level. these ens are doing the drug round, assessing residents and basically managing the floor.

Kaliausten I'm interested to know how much DONs or ADONs get paid in the US. As a director of nursing in australia I recieve the equiv $US 75,041.84. I have 60 clients and 40 staff that I manage in a residential care setting/LTC. .

Yes that's much better... we have both our prac. cert. and verification via nurses board (state board) website... clients & patients can request this certificate at any time so we need something paperbased I guess.. cheers

My Southern Australian RN Practicing Certificate....

http://www.anmc.org.au/ to get you application assessed by our nation body. Geneva International is an excellent agency. They placed me from Oz to the UK for a placement in A&E, and I stayed for 1 year and half. Then I changed course and worked in district nursing for the next year in UK for a change. I also explored the option with geneva to work in the US but I went back to Oz. Geneva were v. good.

Ok then, how would you feel if a MALE doctor did it? I bet you your perception of the situation would be different because they have DR before there name, what's the difference though, honestly ? This man was a professional performing his job... You regarding this procedure as almost rape is shocking. I believe you need to reflect on your own personal experiences that make you feel this way, talk to someone you trust / a facilitator perhaps..

never been an issue for me or any other male nurses I know...

SITE MANAGERS / D.O.C. / D.O.N. / RESIDENTIAL CARE MANAGERS I am going to attempt to create another thread to compliment this one, a thread to allow discussion amongth aged care managers, CNs / CNCs, Residential Care Managers etc.... :caduceus: :redlight: :nuke:

rubystar we started using icare Oct 2007, it has it pit falls but if I compare it to when we were paper based, it is so much better. I have heard mixed reports about the other software programs out there, and not all good.