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  1. HELP!? So confused!! Midwifery vs nursing?!

    Mopples replied to KateHalliday's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I would finish your en, then work as an en whilst completing your RN via distance. Once you have completed your RN, then apply for graduate entry midwifery. In nsw at least it is a 0.8 paid position,...

  2. new grad blues

    Mopples replied to kasey9269's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Kasey, do you have grad coordinators that can help? Where I work we have 3 and are just a page away. It is hard. I have just started my second rotation & the new ward seems so much more hectic...

  3. Sydney public hospitals

    Mopples replied to leekiss's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    They are all much of a muchness really. They all have major specialties, however, if trauma is your thing, rpa, st George & westmead are trauma centres. St Vincent's, rpa and pow do transplant,...

  4. Places that still use Nurse Uniforms?

    Mopples replied to Mr. Interested's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Yep scrubs have been rolled out in all of nsw now. There are a variety of styles though, but all made from the same hot

  5. Wanna work in ICU/emergency after I graduate

    Mopples replied to GE90's topic in Australia, New Zealand

  6. Nursing Graduate Program

    Mopples replied to bettytcl's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    They will probably ask 6 questions and you will be interviewed by 2 to 4 people. During my interview I was asked 1) what are my personal & professional strengths. 2) situation question. 3)...

  7. 2013 RPA Graduate Nurses

    Mopples replied to Mallory11's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have had pretty good experiences at RPA. I had two educators on my first ward as the first one went on maternity leave. They were all very supportive etc. there are 3 graduate coordinators and they...

  8. Incompetent nurse

    Mopples replied to msz_nono's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a new grad 3 months into my grad program, I have to agree with others, that asking questions is a good thing. We do not know everything and it is better to ask questions of things you are unsure of...

  9. How do you turn off the stress response?

    Mopples posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in week 6 of my new grad and I have had a few crap shifts, but mostly good. Each day I learn something new and make a point of looking at each day as a new learning experience. I get my jobs done...

  10. Nursing student studying a cert3 in aged care...isnt that a waste of money?

    Mopples replied to GE90's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I'm not sure what state you are in, but you can do the course through Oten (online version of Tafe). The course is $793 for the full year + $50 Oten fee + approximately $100 for text books. In my...

  11. Length of orientation

    Mopples replied to funkyRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I recently started my new grad. I am in Australia and we get basically 7 days. 4 days classroom orientation & 3 days shadowing on the ward then we are off on our own. We get 4 pts on morning and...

  12. Benefits - I'm In Shock

    Mopples replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    That's just the paid part, you can also have the unpaid portion of up to 2

  13. Benefits - I'm In Shock

    Mopples replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Paid mat leave = to 14 weeks pay, it can be taken at 1/2 pay over 28 weeks. 10 sick days and the paid FACS leave (for funerals or other family emergencies etc of family members) which is 4 days in...

  14. No Peds clinical site- does my school suck?

    Mopples replied to Ihearthearts's topic in General Students

    I'm in Australia, so things are a little different here. We have blocks of placement. When it came time for the unit that related to paeds, it was combined with rural health, maternity &...

  15. I was so excited

    Mopples replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Perfect post Grntea. I remember reading your post about the learning to drive thing. As a new grad on my 5th week, I think half the stress we put ourselves under is because of our own expectations of...

  16. Connecting the dots- Will it ever happen?

    Mopples replied to bas22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Try not to stress to much. I felt the same. In my final 2 semesters of uni, I had 4 weeks of community placement (therefore no patient load, then in my final 12 weeks of uni I had 4 weeks of icu, 2...

  17. Encouragement for those newly on orientation/new hires :)

    Mopples replied to seaghost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the words of encouragement. I have started my new grad in Australia this week. We have had 3 days of corporate orientation/bls assessment. Tomorrow we start 2 days of supernumerary on ward...

  18. CDU vs CSU for Bachelor of Nursing

    Mopples replied to AngeQ's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Has it changed? When I was there a few years ago, we did 3 weeks placement in 1st year, 4 weeks in 2nd year and 12 in 3rd year I think. I left a few weeks before I was due to do the 2 year placement....

  19. CDU vs CSU for Bachelor of Nursing

    Mopples replied to AngeQ's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have studied at both, started at CDU then changed to Csu. Each Uni has it's good and bad points, but I would take Csu any day. They are much more organised in terms of residential schools and also...

  20. AGENCY NURSING

    Mopples replied to Hezbell's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    It is. I had iv morphine at Christmas when I had cholecystitis. I also had sc morphine post op after having my gallbladder out when the pain was breaking through the

  21. Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

    Mopples replied to Silverdragon102's topic in Nurse Registration

    Yep, one of the BP students asked the NUM if there were positions and she said no, they were not taking on anymore full time staff & for people to be sponsored, they had to be full time. They were...

  22. Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

    Mopples replied to Silverdragon102's topic in Nurse Registration

    As Ceridwyn has said, be aware that people are finding it harder to find jobs, especially sponsored positions. On my final uni placement last week, there were about 6 BP students. From what I gathered...

  23. 5 must knows when you graduate nursing school

    Mopples replied to EarlyAdditionRN's topic in General Students

    Wonderful advice and definitely things I can take into practice. I finish my last placement tomorrow and therefore uni as all my final assignments have been submitted. I will be starting a grad...

  24. What does it cost to renew your license?

    Mopples replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have just paid $157 registration fee for 1 year plus $160 application fee in Australia. We have national registration. It is my first year so I have to pay the application fee as

  25. Ipad or ipad mini???? Cant decide!

    Mopples replied to cnoto34's topic in General Students

    I have an iPad mini, but it was picked as I have small stumpy hands and it fits