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Thanks guys for responding. I am actually in melbourne. I totally see your points. I will try not to take it personally. I can see how it would be frustrating to teach people who are not doing their part. I actually feel better now that i vented. Thanks

I have been nursing for a few years now and it seems to me that seniour nurses are always ready to pounce on the younger nurses for no apparent reason. Some of them are extremely nice and then there is that percentage that can just drive you to tears. They are always ready to riducule when something is not done according to their standards instead of teaching. Some of them forget that just because they learnt to do things a certain way when they went to school perhaps the same thing is being taught differently now. They crucify u right infront of the patients and they dont even pay attention if u try to explain that you are doing what you were taught to do in school. I was giving handover today to a seniour nurse and she did not even acknowledge the fact that i was talking to her. She kept reading the history and not even giving me eye contact as if i was talking rubbish. I know they have more experience but do they have to belittle us? Its very upsetting.

Thanks guys for your guidance. I will follow up. I am settling in ok otherwise but the weather is not the best. I think i will survive it though.:)

I finally landed in melbourne 2 months ago thanks for all your advice while i was still in the states. Managed to find a job in one of the smaller private hospitals. The problem is i came from a big hospital and i am getting bored to tears. I dread going to work coz i feel like a waitress. I am on a cardiac medical unit and the patients are just not sick enough. Most of them are elderly who come in with CHF and afib management. Being new here i need to learn more. I was expecting angiograms, pacemakers, stress tests and that kind of activity. When we send them for angios they go to ccu if they get an intervention. I am used to taking care of post cath patients with sheaths and new stents. These procedures happen but not on a daily basis and thats what i was used to.I applied at the alfred but for some reason they have never been interested in me even with my 3 years cardiac experience. Maybe its because i am not ICU trained? I need advice on what other options i have. Does monash and the Alfred have a cardiac medical unit that does not require ICU training? What do i need to do to get them to train me. Where else can i go. Is there an outpatient day procedure area anywhere for elective angios that come in and leave at the end of the day if stable? Thats what i am used to not making beds, giving showers and popping pills. Am not even responsible for reading my strips the nurse in charge does it for me and most of the time they call the doctor for me if there is an issue.

Are there clinics that perform cardiac caths on an outpatient basis only in Melbourne. All patients go home after bedrest. In my hospital we have doctor's practices in the building and they have patients came in for a procedure and they are released at the end of the day. The patients recover in our heart center observation areas. Nurses that work there typically come in in the morning and close the area at the end of the day. If a patient develops complications they are moved to the cardiac units.

Thank u so much. I will definately keep u posted. I have to be in oz by April 15th so i will start putting in applications at the end of the year. I cant wait to get there.

I have never been to australia. The culture shock am talking about is that am so used to the american way of things and it might take time to learn what australians like. Am also worried about the accents. Will they understand me. It took me a while before i could get a hang of the american slung and their different accents. I chose melbourne because it was easier to get my nursing licence and from reading this forum sidney sounded too expensive.

Thank u so much for your responses. Very helpful. Gilbert am coming from the states where i have lived for 10 years but am originally from africa. I have 3 years in cardiology as an RN and 1 year as an enrolled nurse. Am not sure where that places me as far as the australian divisions. I have never drawn blood on my own because we dont have to in my hospital. The only respiratory thing i have ever done was apply nasal cannula oxygen. I cant imagine drawing ABG's or intubating. What a scene LOL! I am starting to freak out. I looked at the Alfreds cardiac website and it sounds alot like what we do on my unit but we dont do transplants. I wonder how much support their nurses get because cardiac can be scary. In my hospital we got 12 weeks in orientation and lots of additional classes. It sounds like the alfred gets alot of complicated cases and am afraid of the stress level. I have seen nurses who got anxiety attacks when they had to go back to work from a day off. I wish australia had 12 hour shift for non icu nurses. We are so spoilt coz we only work 3 twelve hour days. Are any of u guys in cardiology. Thanks again for ur input.

I recently got my residency to melbourne and will be moving there soon from the united states. My background is cardiology mainly chest pain, cardiac cath with stents and sheath pulls, chf, icd/ppm, cardiac drips and telemetry monitoring. Which hospital is best in melbourne and by that i mean nurse friendly and diverse. I take care of 4 patients and if very sick 3. I am not in icu i am on a cardiac step down so we dont do balloon pumps. I have narrowed down to the alfred, cabrini, monash and st vincent. I am also torn between moving to prahran or clayton. Which suburb is better and are they close to these hospitals. Please help. Any input will be appreciated. Which hospitals have a mixture of australians, african and asian nurses. The culture shock scares me. I need alot of advice so feel free to throw pointers at me. Has anyone moved from the states to melbourne. Is the scope of practice the same. Do u have respiratory therapists and phlebotomist like we do in the states. Is moving a good idea?. Thanks

I recently got my residency to melbourne and will be moving there soon from the united states. My background is cardiology mainly chest pain, cardiac cath with stents and sheath pulls, chf, icd/ppm, cardiac drips and telemetry monitoring. Which hospital is best in melbourne and by that i mean nurse friendly and diverse. I take care of 4 patients and if very sick 3. I am not in icu i am on a cardiac step down so we dont do balloon pumps. I have narrowed down to the alfred, cabrini, monash and st vincent. I am also torn between moving to prahran or clayton. Which suburb is better and are they close to these hospitals. Please help. Any input will be appreciated. Which hospitals have a mixture of australians, african and asian nurses. The culture shock scares me. I need alot of advice so feel free to throw pointers at me. Has anyone moved from the states to melbourne. Is the scope of practice the same. Do u have respiratory therapists and phlebotomist like we do in the states. Is moving a good idea?. Thanks

Does anyone know how much time one is given to report to australia if approved for a skilled worker visa. I want to apply and move at the end of next year but i am afraid they might give me a time limit to move or void my visa which is actually a permanet residence.

Does anyone know how much time one is given to report to australia if approved for a skilled worker visa. I want to apply and move at the end of next year but i am afraid they might give me a time limit to move or void my visa which is actually a permanet residence.