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Has anyone experienced working for Ihms (international health and medical services) as a mental health nurse? I have considered working in immigration detention, however, hold a some reservations. When I have inquired in the past, the hourly rate of ...

Hi All, some considerations to accepting a remote area nursing contract. The cost of living, food, internet, phone and alcohol is super expensive. Everything else is just very very expensive. Go remote and it will cost you. What I would recommend is ...

I have met nurses working for Kaola nursing agency based in QLD. There hourly rate was quiet a bit higher when compared to other agencies.

Hi, as far as accommodation goes try looking online at the Advertiser News paper. To give you a very rough idea, you will be looking at a minimum of $250 a week, and rising from this. You might want to start with shared accommodation which normally...

Hi there, in Australia nurses wages are governed by the state award for nurses according to which state you work in. A post grad qualification allowance is paid for speciatly nurses eg, ICU, MHN etc. However to find a job paying over 100 a year for n...

Thanks for the feed back. I have just gone online to look at the so called benefits package by the QLD government for nurses going remote. The financial benefits on offer are $3000 for the first year of service, $9000 for the second year and $6000 fo...

Pretty nerve racking stuff, real patients and not just dummies. Apart from all of the clinical opportunities in your placement I think picking up on time management if you can will be really helpful and ask plenty of qestions, as the saying goes, the...

Victorian Nurses face heavy fines if they take industrial action over a long and bitter pay dispute with the Brumby State government. Follow the link for the full story: http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Vic-nurses-face-fines-if-they-stop-work/2...

That sounds great, and only 8 months at Uni. Good to see that the Victorian nurses got a pay rise but what a struggle

Good point there is more to life then just nursing, good to find out what people do for fun and or relaxation and retirement does sound like the go but I have got a way to go yet. To relax I go bike riding (peddle power) or hang out at the gym or ta...

It is quiet interesting following the industrial termoil in Vic and see the inner workings of the black hearted Brumby government in all its glory, desperately trying to open beds and dismiss the nurses pay claim. There are so many different course i...

It was interesting to See Mr Rudd's grab at votes with his initiative to fix the nursing crisis with attracting nurses who have left the work force with a meager $3000 on returning to work in public health and a further $3000 after 18 months. I say g...

The W.A state government is tackling Western Australia's chronic teacher shortage, by offering first year graduates up to $70,000 a year consisting of a base salary of $50,000. This reminds me of a nursing student I met afew years ago in my local f...

ever wondered why nurses get such a lousy deal when it comes to industrial relations? nurses are in such high demand, constantly told how much our profession is valued by the public the government and private hospitals. why then are we paid so poorly...

Hi 2B and others, you may be interested to hear what the State Government of W.A is doing to tackle the shortage of teachers. It is offering first year graduates up to $70,000 a year, consisting of a base salary of $50,000 a year. Great News for teac...

Thought that you may be interested in this article I found at Perth Now, on the internet. I am a Psych nurse and no longer work in the specialty, and yes I have been assaulted at work. Have you ever been assaulted at work? Jim Kelly September 18, 2...

I agree we certainly see a cross section of the community, the good, the bad and the very, very ugly! Nurses are perceived to be soft targets for offenders. There is little to no consequence for the offender if a nurse is assaulted. Nurses and health...

I was just wondering who would recommend nursing as a career choice? I have certainly given a few home truths about the profession of nursing. To name but a few; Hazardous work environment The joys of shift work! Highly regulated profession Poor car...

I am sure there are other industries with difficult industrial issues to face as well, but lets focuss on nursing. It is a fact that there is a chronic shortage of nurses. The nursing students who do graduate are not staying in the profession, many a...

Ok, Clinical based practice, from my understanding you were fired for a perceived drug error, the medical team did not find the drug interaction problematic, therefore leave your CV as is and consider unfair dismissal, take legal action for being fir...

:welcome:Hi, I have just read your post and it is certainly heartening to read the professional support that you have for your the Nursing profession. I have been to the Phillipines and have fond memories of your country and the people in it. There...

Nursing is very cut throat and unforgiving. A caring profession we are told! Caring for who the patient but not each other it would seem at times. Bit of a tricky situation you have got your self into. A suggestion would be to delete the hospital tha...

What can I say such a big country so many great locations. I have been all over Australia and have worked in quiet a lot of locations from the country to the city in hospitals nursing posts and mine sites. If I was going to make a choice about what l...

Consider this for a moment. Western Australian MPs have been given a 4.5% pay rise, by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal,giving backbenchers an increase of $5000 to $123,780 and the Premier an increase of $12000 to $287,170 a year. Western Austral...