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Congrats Ella26!!!! Thanks for explaining that to me in detail! It helps a lot... Wish they had that wen I took my CPhT..... Lol

My current post stands so if your a new commer to my question I jus wanna say I am an Extremly positive person so if you have good advice or wanna leave a comment on how I can do it better or what not to forget by all means please comment. But please do not post any negative comments about my post. This is a great website and I thank everyone for the good feedback...

Actually I'm a very humble person. I also don't assume either. If I read the post and wasn't clear on something I'd ask a question. Perhaps maybe a question like " do you plan on gaining experience before you move?" That's a start to a situation instead of assuming. Next, all I did was ask a question and straight off the back I got negative feedback , as if I would fail and that it's impossible. The reason I used the term "Blunt American" was because I was told In a post wut I thought was rude was an Aussie being blunt. Anyone who knows me or asks questions about me will know I am far from arrogant and not confrontational at all. I feel I responded well to ur post as u called me an embarrassment to all Americans. Although I knew that silver dragon would only edit what I really wanted to say. So my advice to you is get, and since your already an experienced nurse this should be a given, get to know the person and their intentions as well as situations before you post a hurtful comment because in the end you only embarrass yourself .

Well babyRN u can't call me out on something I already discussed. I am fully aware I will need a years worth of experience and I intend to get that while working on my visa and other things I will need. My whole point in asking the question was to get helpful answers on what was expected there. Bringonthenight and others have offered that and I intend to use their advice. So I think ur a little late in conversation or didn't read everything in full. Sink or swim has been my life for the last 10 years. Military dont have time to go back and retrain. If your dad retired then u should know "can't, won't, or fail" is not part of a military persons vocabulary. Have a nice day

Yes I'm so sure things are completely different only good thing is anatomy is anatomy is anatomy lol... I'm def gonna do like bringonthenight said and research the differences as much as I can. I still have a while so ill be able to get plent good info and suggestions... Plus ill be asking lots of questions and hoping I get great responses from u guys!

Just read your story and it was very encouraging! I plan on moving out of my country with my little son and I know that I will come across my thorns but I am up for the challenge and your story shows that with a little faith, eagerness and gratitude it can happen! So grateful I came across and read it!

Bringonthenight, wouldn't she be able to maybe find out what her philippine degree transfers to from the AHPRA website. I'm pretty sure that is where I found out about mine... I'll look Sheeeeeen and see but I think you can. I'm not sure what search engine your using but you can search AHPRA and read up on it. It has a lot of info there.

First off I'm glad you were not affected! I was watching today, I do not know everything about the flooding over there but I just recently got out of the military and my last duty station was Key West, Florida. Beautiful beach but every time it rained it flooded and the Hurricanes were bad so I'm aware but guess just need to prepare. Oxley was the one I was trying to think of... So for now I will do some good research on the differences between US and Aussie Nursing.. At least I can be a little prepared. Believe it or not I am extremely polite bringonthenight! lol!!!! Trust me when I say if I do not know something I will ask!!!! Yes I do know about the AHPRA, I have the website saved and I am reading up on it because it said something about registering while your a student and I still need to find out if I can do that being that i'm in US or if I just need to apply once I get licensed. Sorry I threw your name out there to Sheeeeeen but you seem to be very informative :-) Yes I would like to see all the places so that I could pick a good spot. I plan on being there a while if you don't mind lol. After that who knows I like to travel! I suspect this to be tough but i'm sure in the end it will be rewarding!

Hi Sheeeeen, from what I'm gathering on everyone's thoughts, having at least a year experience is best. Bringonthenight also said agencies will be helpful. Lots of good advice I got :-) u should get some great advice in here ..

Hey I see all the heavy flooding out there in Brisbane!! Your area isn't affected is it??

Absolutely ! Yes I have considered Brisbane however I did see a post that it is pretty expensive there and since I'm new and foreign I'm not going to assume ill start off with a great pay. I'm assuming its like here and as u work ur way up your pay does to. I will research more on Brisbane as well as NSW.... So an agency is a better route for an international nurse?? I will look into some agencies. I did receive info from an agency but off top of my head I can not remember the name and location. I would like to give you the name later and see if you have heard of them.... So from your perspective how is Brisbane as far as coast of living?? And I am sorry as well for jumping on the defense :-)

Im sure your not jealous, I just got very offended. I have been putting in hours of research in moving there and I am more interested in your country and its history and culture, not it's beaches. If the Gold Coast is not a good start off place than please by all means I would love a suggestion of where to go. As I said to other people on here, I feel every country is hurting right now. I am not trying to escape my country, I defended it for 10 years and 2 wars, I just want something new. I am merely trying to find out the differences before I come. Being military for 10 years I am use to being well prepared in any and everything I do. If you could see my computer I have so many websites on how the health care is there and the government. I am just reaching out to Australians so I can get it from the horses mouth! Just not so rude :) BTW when I retire that will be in Dubai! I love traveling and that is something you didn't know about me! I'd wish you luck but you seem to have it together

Hi Sezza83, getting experience before I go is great advice and that is all I was looking for. And YES! I have been warned by friends of the Rural term! As a new nurse here all you get is shift work of all kinds of crazy hours! I was in the military for 10 years so I am very use to crazy hours and 24 hour shifts. Plus budget cuts are happening here as well so I think every country is experiencing difficulties. I do know Australians are blunt but Americans are as well. I feel advice like yours and the other person on here were great, but I did feel like they were basically saying I wont succeed out there and that is something that is not in my vocabulary! So experience before I go! That is good to know thank you!

Hey Ceridwyn, a comment like yours was very helpful. I think most countries are trying to find ways to dig their own out of a whole. Everyone has frustrations and I deeply understand that, I just kinda felt like they were taking it out on me. LOL Listen I been in the United States Military for 10 years so I am pretty sure I can handle 3 day orientations. I am also a Certified Pharmacy Technician and am very familiar with drugs and how they are ordered. I will admit there are going to be several things different about that process as well as others and that was all I was trying to get info on. I have traveled to other countries a lot and enjoy being around different people and cultures. I am not sure what Aussie Nurses think American Nurses do, but in my lived experience Nurses do it all as well. We also have several levels we can work in. For us an ADN is equivalent To a BSN over there. I would love to see all Australia if I could! If that is what the Gold Coast is it may get old for me and I'll move again lol. Life is short and from all the deployments and War I am just trying to live mine to the fullest. I hold an AAS in health care and an AAS in Pharmacy as well as an BS Health Care Administration so I am well educated. It may not come across in my writing but lol thats me! So you say you will go elsewhere, may I ask where? BTW from experience, nothing in life goes as planned, after all if it did where would the fun be