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I don't post often ,but I do check in a lot to read the posts. I will be moving to Adelaide in Feb. :balloons: I want to thank the Aussie nurses for all the help and advice I have obtained here. (esp. Grace , Gwenith and Talaxandra) Wishing all Ha...

I have worked with nurses from Australia , NZ, and the UK. They had to have psych. before working. I seem to recall that there are programs out there to help become qualified. I am going to Australia and it took about a year to get all in order. Iro...

Well if I ever need to have this done I want to go to your hospital :roll Bill

I will be moving to S.A. from Hawaii at the end of the year. What Australian med guide would be best to get now? I will need to learn the different meds used compared to the USA. Are there nursing drug refrence books for Ausrtalia? Any help greatly ...

Thanks for the tips that is good info I have Micromedex at work. I will check if they have they International info available. Talaxandra- I'm sure we will visit Victoria often. To cool and wet for me to live there I would have opted for QLD ( gwenith...

It took a long time, but I finaly have everything I need to migrate.:w00t: I just got the good news yesterday. Our plan is to move after Christmas. I want to get to Australia in Summer when it's warm. It's been a long time since I lived with cool wea...

We are going to go to S.A. I was able to get an independant visa so we can move about the country if we want to Bill

I have made a niche for myself as a nurse and I can teach. I took over the patient education for my work area. I have been able to start nurse led groups for patients. We have begun to emphasise a stop with the nurse educator for the patients before...

Just think about how your humor affects a patint and you will be ok. Humor can be a great tool to help patients. Sometimes a sense of humor is what gets you through the day too:chuckle

That's one of the reasons we moved to Hawaii 14 years ago. No more Winter Blues!! Still the USA (and half way to Oz :))

A friend of mine took care of Andre the Giant. A huge man (pro wrestler) I think he was 7'4" and 400-500 lbs. She was 4'11'' and maybe 110. She was his very favorite nurse. He liked her because of her skills and her ability to help him laugh when he ...

Acute Adult Psych for the last twelve years Oncology and Acute Dialysis before that

The patient should be respected as a person. I am male and I ask if I am to be in a room with a patient. In twenty years I have only had one person refuse. I would not want to have anyone in the room when I get an exam if I did not know who they we...

I am an RN in Hawaii. My wife and I are going to be migrating to Australia in the near future.She has a UK RN and I just recieved my ok from the ANC. I am interesed in info about nursing in WA , SA , or VIC. I would like to get an idea of working con...

Good news- I have been issued my General RN by SA I am still waiting for a reply from DIMA , but I will take this as a good omen I hope to be celebrating Christmas down under this year Time to start reviewing Australian medications ....LOL

hey!! aussie nurses happy australia day!!

Not a problem for me where I am now. When I lived in CT and we had snow we would call and give rides to people who had transportation problems. If the storm was a big one a lot of staff would just stay at the hospital. We would bring in a bag w...

It is a tough call. There is a doctor in my town who is known to give out meds freely. A lot of our patients with abuse problems see him. Three of the patients died from OD last year. Each of them had hundreds of narcotics on them when they were f...

When I was first starting in nursing school I worked as an orderly. One day I was assisting a patient to shower. The patient was very alert, he was just unsteady. all I had to do for him was stand by to keep him safe from falls. This time the patie...

I have had imsomnia for many years. I have been able to work all shifts. I just didn't sleep well at different hours....LOL. Seriously when I have had the most problems I was rotating from shift to shift, then I could be up for days without any real...

We are looking at southern Australia because my wife is tired of "no seasons" Sounds like what she's looking for ! My wife and I are originaly from New England on the mainland USA. The weather was like that ... wait a min. and it will change:chuc...

I get 5 weeks vacation plus ten holidays I make about $58,000 without the OT Nurse Practitioners make more $ than me

gwenith Thanks for the info. If Things are the same there as here Psych nurses can find work with no problems I'm used to working with a union, I have no complaints with unionized work places. Bill

If it works out I think it would be best for me to work in general medicine at first. I think that would give me the best opportunities to learn. I will be learning a new culture and be responsible to know the laws and rules and meds ect.... I have ...

Zyprexa also comes as a sl "disc" called Zydisc that can be used oraly. It will disolve when taken to assure that the patient is getting the med. We prefer to use this with patients that are acutely ill to be sure they don't cheek the meds, and to ge...