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Hello again! It's been a while since I have been on here, but I just graduated in May 2010 with my bachelor's in nursing and received my nursing license here in California in June of 2010. I am still very interested in working abroad and very interested in Australia because a good friend of mine has parents who are from there and she has been talking to me a little bit about Australia (although she doesn't know anything about nursing over there). As I am job searching here for nursing jobs/even volunteer jobs just to keep my skills fresh, I have also been trying to research the process of going over to Australia to work as a registered nurse, but I still have a lot of questions! Is Australia still in a nursing shortage?/are they hiring new grads? because much of the problem here in California is that the nursing jobs are requiring at least a years worth of experience. To begin the application process to work as a nurse in Australia is there a national agency that I register with or do I register with a specific state? After registering do I think look at specific hospitals in the area that I would like to work and then apply? (I noticed that some people have gone through agencies to get them a job whereas other people suggest just applying to specific hospitals) Any advice and/or direction would help me a lot! Thanks!

hi! So I am having problems refreshing myself on how to calculate drip calculations...I thought that the normal formula for these type of calculations is Ml/hr x 1hr/60min x gtts/ml= gtts/ml, but with these new problems I am getting confused... This problem states that Mr. Smith is a 75kg man and is recieving Nipride 100mg/250 cc at 12cc/hr. How many mcg/kg/min is he recieving? I understand that you first want to figure out the concentration of the drug by dividing100mg by 250cc to get the concentration of 0.4mg/ml and then to multiply that by 1000 since you are looking for mcg. But it's after this that I tend to get lost...does anyone have a simple or clear way of explaining the steps to take to figure the calculation out? any help would be appreciated...I think I am just confusing myself! Thanks!!

So would you say that getting a nursing job over first is a better idea then? (I know you kind of said that in your response, but I just want to double check!) Because a lot of the threads I have read and/or looked up about nursing in Australia even are saying that it's a lot different (in the sense that you mix the IV antibiotics yourself, etc) and that a lot of hospitals don't have a long training program? To sum it up, it seems that they are all saying that it's a better idea to gain experience first before going abroad... I just have such an "itch" to go abroad it's hard! But I know that I have a lot of time to be able to go abroad.... Basically, I just want to hear your opinion!:) Thanks! Libby

Thanks for all the responses!:) I literally had no clue where to even begin so your responses helped a lot! I am definitely going to look into both Ireland and Australia now! Two more quick questions actually...I have been hearing Dublin is very expensive...what about Galway?!? I've never been there, but is it a similar situation as Dublin? And did you go straight to Australia after you got your license or did you work in Ireland for a bit first?? PS congrats on the sponsorship!

Thanks so much for the reply! I can't even tell you how many odd places (like yahoo questions etc. haha) that I've tried to ask this question to and gotten a reply basically telling me that I won't be able to do it! Glad to get a response from someone a bit more chipper! I did write the Irish Board of Nursing to see if I would need a years worth experience before I even apply to register as a nurse in Ireland and they told me that it is not required, but that I will need to mention that in my application...so I think I am still going to try to register with them.. But I was actually looking at Australia as well because I keep on hearing about how much they need nurses! Did you go thru a travel agency to work there or just register with the Australian Board of Nursing?!? And how are you liking it over there?!? Thanks again for the good advice!

Hello! I am currently in nursing school, looking to graduate next May of 2010, take my NCLEX in June, and embark on my nursing career! I really want to do traveling nursing in Ireland (preferably Dublin), but I have no clue who to ask or what agencies to look for to go about starting the process. I also don't know any of the qualifications for being a nurse in Ireland, regarding a visa and clinical hours etc. (I know that in order to work in the UK they require a year's experience here in the US first...is it the same for Ireland?) So if anyone has any ideas to help lead me in the right direction I would really appreciate it! Thank you!!

Hi! I am a US citizen currently in my second semester of nursing school (in a five semester program) here in California at one of the CSU's. I really want to work in London or somewhere in Ireland when I get my degree, however, recently I have been wondering if I should be getting my degree abroad due to the fact that I would ultimately like to work abroad. I have already contacted a few schools in London and they are telling me that you have to have been a UK resident for at least 3 years before applying. I haven't contacted any schools in Ireland yet, but I was wondering if anyone knew if it would even be possible for me to transfer my year's worth of nursing school from here in the States to a university abroad. I actually would really love to study abroad in one of these countries, but I am not sure if transferring my courses is even possible...and if not would I have to begin all over again... If I am not able to do that, I will most likely stay here and get my Bachelor's of Nursing from my current university, but I would still like to work abroad. I am wondering what the process would be like for working in England or Ireland if I am to finish my bachelor's of nursing here in the United States. Any help is very appreciated!