Leela81

Leela81

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  1. Student Midwife chat

    Ah, 2.5yrs experience! You'll be fine. You'll find a job quickly. I hear you about the waiting though I think AHPRA are slow because they just transitioned to a national nursing board less then a...
  2. Student Midwife chat

    Hopefully once you get those letters in from your school your registration will go through. If you have the name of the person that is processing your application you can send it to that person's...
  3. Student Midwife chat

    Yes, my application took a very long time as well...about 9 months to get processed. They say they try to process applications within 90 days, which it seems you are approaching that limit. You could...
  4. RN in US moving to Australia

    There are tons of agencies. Pick the area that you want to live in and then just google search for agencies in that area. But many agencies may not take you if you don't have at least one years...
  5. University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus has moved to
  6. Baystate Medical Center Midwifery Education Program, Springfield,
  7. Student Midwife chat

    Hi Zoe, How's student midwifery going? I'm a newly graduated midwife from USA and just moved to Australia a couple of months ago. Still learning lots about the different midwifery roles here in...
  8. RN in US moving to Australia

    I'm going through a similar situation right now. You need to go to the AHPRA website: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/ AHPRA is the national nursing and midwifery board in Australia. Go...
  9. I'm thinking of working for a nursing agency and have contacted a couple of agencies. Melbourne Nursing Agency and Belmore Nurses Bureau? The Belmore Nurses agency wouldn't really give me much info...
  10. Right you are...the hell with their stinky attitude! And that's just it, there's so many agencies to choose from I don't know who to go with...so just trying to see who gives the best benefits and...
  11. US New grad moving to Australia

    Well I sent in my application in May and it's just about finished now. But for you it will be shorter because from July-October they weren't processing international applicants due to the...
  12. US New grad moving to Australia

    Yes the AHPRA website is a good place to start. You don't have to take any nursing exams or anything like that. You will have to apply for your division 1 nursing registration through AHPRA which you...
  13. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check them out. I welcome any other suggestions as well because I'm just picking these agencies
  14. I have just arrived to Australia about 2 months ago from the USA on a working holiday visa and I'm still waiting for my nursing and midwifery registration which I started back in May. So the...
  15. Hi, I recently graduated as a certified nurse midwife in the USA and I'm making the move to Melbourne, Australia because my honey lives there. I've been trying to get registered as a division 1 nurse...
  16. Info for new grads wanting to work in Oz

    I got a certificate in midwifery at the Baystate Medical Center Midwifery Ed. Program (very small program in Springfield, MA) and then collaborated with the Philadelphia University to get my masters...
  17. Info for new grads wanting to work in Oz

    Thanks for the comments Lammy! Yeah, I've been working on the registration part since May! I'm hoping that it will finally be approved by December at the latest (at least that's the time frame that...
  18. Info for new grads wanting to work in Oz

    I would love to hear your experience and advice as I'm going through the same process. I'm arriving on a work and holiday visa in Nov. and then hoping to find a hospital to sponsor me on a 457 visa....
  19. Thanks for the links. I'm a RN and Nurse-Midwife from the USA and I have applied for registration in Australia this summer and have found the transition to the National nursing/midwifery board very...