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Hi, My family is talking about moving to New Zealand. I currently hold a Washington State RN license. I was looking into working remotely through a U.S. based company. Does anyone have any experience with this? How does it work keeping your license through your state? Just starting to explore options. Alternatively, I am looking into getting registered in New Zealand. I currently work as a Stroke Program Manager and am a Stroke Certified Register Nurse. I really enjoy specializing in neurovascular nursing, but am skeptical that I would be able to find a job over there that would be similar. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your response. I have worked in 2 different Care Management roles. The first one I did management specifically for stroke victims and my duties involved patient coordination from the time of pre-hospital notification to up to 90 days post hospital follow up. I was responsible for identification and tracking of stroke patients, real time auditing and implementation of stroke performance measures, patient and staff education for primary treatment and secondary prevention, and identifying high risk patients to track post discharge to ensure appropriate coordination and follow up assessments were completed as regulated by JACO. My second, and current, care management position is more aligned with discharge planning, however I currently work mostly in the ICU. I partner with patients and families as they transition through the ICU, assessing them for a variety of needs including surrogate decision makers, personal and community resources and barriers to care in an effort to begin planning for their discharge. I assist regularly outside of the ICU also to help discharge patients safely with follow up plans and appointments in place and working with local rehab or long care facilities as well as insurance and DME companies to help with discharge coordination.

Thank you TheCommuter!!!

Hello everyone, Wondering if anyone has any experience with this. My family and I are currently going through the Visa process and I am working through the requirements for registration through the AHPRA. I am interested in working/living in the Queensland area, in particular the Gold Coast or Brisbane. If I had my choice I would want to work at a University Hospital, but when looking at job postings there doesn't seem to be much opportunity for CM RN in the acute care setting. Thanks in advance for any advice or experience to pass along.