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Yes, that's what I made out on the site as well and I was hoping I was wrong. I cannot imagine re-wrting the CRNE in French unless I took some French medical course first. It's one thing to speak French and another to know all the medical lingo. A fine challenge!

Hi there, I am a Canadian/BC nurse, graduated in 2005, would like to go to Montreal and be a nurse. My French is pretty good. To be a nurse there, must I re-write a nurse exam (similar to CRNE ) based out of Quebec or is it just a French exam? Anyone know? Merci beaucoup:)

Pretty basic questions like why you want to go, what area you want to work in, which location - urban or rural.

Her name is Jonelle Mais. So far, so good....takes about 6 months to get everything ready to go. Yes, keep in touch, let me know things work out for you as well.

Hi Cali83, well so far, I've good relations with the company. They are different from an agency. The recruitment office does not employ you, but they look for hospitals to employ you. They do charge a fee from hospital, a price to pay if you want someone else to look for a job for you. Communication with them has been good...I don't have any complaints so far. It might be better to go directly with the hospitals, but I live so far and time seems to be a factor. I'm hoping to move to Melbourne in January. They've been helpful, but definitely need to know for sure if someone really wants to pursue a move before they help. They also presented the 2006 Australian Nursing Awards held at the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital on May 8, 2006 during International Nursing Week. The awards were initiated by the recruitment office in 2002. That's got to mean something?? I still hesitate though, naturally, we want to protect ourselves;) Thinking about moving to Australia? Yipee! I'm very excited to go there...next to Califronia, I've been dreaming about it since I was a kid.

Hi...I've decided to move to Melbourne and pursue some nursing there. I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with this recruitment agency?

I am still interested in that downunder experience:) Again, thanks for all the input.

It also depends how long you work for in Australia. I believe the longer you stay, the less you pay. It's quite a pay cut though to be moving from Canada to Australia...about $10/hr. Canadian! It would seem to be more about a choice of desiring the 'down under' experience, rather than the accumulation of $.

Thanks Gwenith...now I'm leaning closer towards Queensland. Perhaps you should look into recruiting if nursing falls thru? :chuckle Bethem...as an assistant nurse you get paid the same as a first year nurse in VIC...then perhaps nurses get paid more in NSW. Is the cost of living higher?

I've been researching rates of pay in Melbourne, as I plan to move there next winter if everything goes okay. Although I am open to other parts of Australia too...the whole country seems so beautiful. I have been talking to one recruiter (I know, I have big hesitations regarding recruiters), she tells me that as a grade 1, year 1 nurse, I'd make about $675per week. Then I went to this site: http://www.wagenet.gov.au/WageNet/Search/View.asp?doccode=AW784047&doctype=AW&quickview=Y which states that the minimum wage in OZ is about $15/hr. I'm not going there to make big coin, but I'm just trying to make sense of this so I know what to expect. $15/hr. on a 40 hour/week basis is about $600. Does every hosptial pay differently? In Canada, every province pays differently, but the cities themselves pay a standard wage, no matter which hospital you work in. We also don't have private hospitals. So all this is kind of foreign.

I see. Geez, I had no idea that liberal meant right wing. haha. Well, at least nothing has been finalized yet.

Hi there, just curious... what are IR laws? when might they be passed? thanks

depends on how much you already know. I think going thru your notes is a very good idea.

the short answer questions are more about identification. Define so and so. What are the symtoms of this and this. Give 3 signs of blah blah blah. Know your diseases, your procedures and some creative thinking and you should be fine.