AussiRN

Hi :hug: I am a Registered Nurse and have 3 years of ICU experience. At an interview for ICU RN position, I was much appreciated for my ICU experience but I was offered a pay rate of $24.60/hr in Austin, Texas. Is this ridiculously low pay or this is the usual pay rate here . I used to make way more than this but that was in Australia. Can you all lovely nursing friends guide me. Should I accept this pay and start or should wait for a better pay. So confused and upset with the pay rate. help help help....:confused: Cheers... :cheers:

Hi HouTx and dzadzey, Thank you for taking out time to reply my post. I have just started looking for work and every where they do need BLS and ACLS, which was not the case back in Australia. There the hospital you work for provides with you with those tranings. The market looks pretty gloomy. It would be nice to have work but its difficult getting a job in Austin than I had thought even with 3 years of ICU experience :icon_roll

I wish I never had to work a public holiday and still have no paycut.

Hello I used to work in ICU in Australia. I recently moved from Australia to Austin, Texas, must say its a pretty fun place. I just gave my NCLEX-RN, waiting on results (Fingers crossed). If I do make it in my NLCEX-RN, I do not know what else I should be doing ( like certification/courses ) to be able to work as an RN here in Austin. Not sure if I need to get a certificate in Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, etc. ; from where and how much does these courses cost? Unfortunately, I do not have any friends in Nursing and Health care here so would really appreciate my fellow nurses to guide me. Thanks AussiRN

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hello after completing my bachelor's in nursing, i have been working as a registered nurse in icu in australia for more than an year. i think now is the time and i am ready to study again so i wanted to do something like 'post-graduate certificate in critical care' ( it is a part-time, distance learning course at many of australian universities, where you have two semester with two subjects in each, totaling up to four subjects). this all sounds sorted out but here is my issue : i want to do such/similar post-graduate certification program in critical care/ intensive care via distance learning from usa ( preferably new jersey) universities. now, i don't know if usa universities have courses like these; if they are called ' post-graduate certificate in critical care' and which are the good nursing universities to do this kind of certification. need guidance sisters... appreciate your answer please reply:idea:

Hi I just graduated from a university at Sydney and lucky found myself new graduate programme (job) which i will start in Feb. 2009 Now what I really want to do is pursue a post grad. in USA and then work there, which is why I am requesting guidance from you all. My interest are in critical care, theater and management aspect of nursing. Please guide me how and which post grad. is possible and how to work there after I finish or while I m doing my post grad as an RN in USA. Thanks in advance.