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i'm in melbourne and studying to take the nclex before we move to the usa next may. as the only testing centre is in sydney, i also have to spend the night there before sitting for the exam. i have been reading the kaplan book, testing with the nclex...

Hi Guys! I am an ICU nurse in Australia and as my husband is from Phoenix, we are in the process of getting an immigration visa for myself, so we can return to the USA permanently. Our daughter already has dual citizenship. I am looking for an ICU nu...

Wow I am amazed. To be a CCRN here, you have to be employed in Intensive Care Unit and the at the same time, complete a post graduate course is 12 months long at a University. We are 1:1 ratio in ICU. If there are 2 patients that are waiting a ward b...

Hi everyone, My husband and I are returning to the USA (he's from Az) and I have my Master's in Critical Care nursing in Australia. I have about 12 months to study for the exam but I am stressed out already. My biggest worry is that the drugs have di...

i am trying to get "permission" to sit the nclex exam, the board says i need to obtain an official course-by-course evaluation report from a board approved foreign education evaluation agency plus have all certification documentation sent to the boar...

The university I got my bachelor of nursing from has finally told me that they have posted my course details to the CFGNS. Do I just sitback and wait now?

I am making a basic learning package for some nursing students at my university and are having trouble trying to decide how to descibe maximum airway pressure which is easy enough, but then how do I basically describe what say an alarm pressure of 42...

Too true! If I had the brains to be a lawyer, I wouldn't be a nurse but a Doctor. I can't possibly see how nurses and lawyers can earn the same amount of $. Speaking of which, I could do with a free lawyer right now, not the $300 per hour ones here! ...

Here in Australia all nurse educators either have to have or are encouraged to complete a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in order to teach. Other than that course, teachers need to have a Post Graduate degree in Education. Does the USA hav...

Perhaps then I might be lucky because I asked for Intensive Care!

Hiya, Wow that isn't good! Please tell me it isn't La trobe as that is who I contacted about possibly doing the mid subjects? I would be following that up with the Ombudsman if I was you, as well as the local gov. I didn't enrol in the subjects, I...

True true true Ceridwyn... Joeldew, I am hoping that is right that they can pass me with my experience only. What is your specialty, where and when are you looking at leaving? I'm in Melbn.

Hi Rose23, We all fail at something. I once attended an interview after working in ICU for 3 years abd I was so tired from being up all night that I couldn't answer the questions she asked me about pacing and ventilators lol Needless to say I didn't ...

It's like the cardiothoracic consultant's..... they have their own preferances. Unless the ER doc is able to explain why they didn't agree with the dopamine then I would take it with a grain of salt. At some of the hospitals here that only do cardiot...

There is a difference I believe. When you first graduate as an RN it is expected that some nurses work in different specialties until they find the one they love and want to base their whole career in and will maybe change between 3 or more, BUT I h...

I have already looked up the local university and asked if I would be able to take two midwifery subjects to complete this year. This is not going to be easy as I work full time and are completing another Post Graduate course at same time whilst also...

Ridiculous

It's an Infection control issue also. N/saline is considered a drug in most countries and even flushes should legally be written as an order by the docs but hardly anyone does here in Oz.

Pens with your name engraved on them and permanently attached to your body so the docs can't take them. Stethoscope, tape, and I used to always keep a clean pair of gloves in my pocket because the bleeders used to always come in during my shift and d...

What a crock that out of all the companies who can also check international university credentials, the only one the registration boards "allow" is the CGFNS who are also $130 more expensive than others. Can I get in on the action and get a cut too? ...

What happens if the university doesn't teach enough midwifery or paeds?

hi from australia! my husband is from phoenix and although we are currently living in australia, we are planning on returning to the usa next year. the bad news is that we are not sure which state his company will send him to in the usa so i don't kn...

That is one thing I am annoyed at with regards to the NCLEX. I have never worked in maternity and never will. Considering I have my Master's in Critical care, and have no ambition of leaving the specialty, I find it quite annoying that I have to rele...

I have come accross something that might be an issue. There is no mention at all of antiplatelets in the Kaplan medication book but I it is talked about in the you tube NCLEX medication review's. Does anyone think I should bother reviewing it repeat...

Thanks Gold & Stephanie :loveya: Hi RnfromUK, :cheers: I am also using you tube would you believe! This is the site address for the reading I am up to, but someone has gone through a heap of trouble to put the drugs in it with the uses, names, an...