Regional Clinics

[straight4]

hi, i am a second-year nursing student in victoria, and i was given a choice to do a clinical placement (for community health nursing) in regional and interstate clinics.

i have been frustrated by the lack of exposure to different clinical settings and patients in my previous placements that were allocated by the school. i have not been too lucky--allocated to wards in small hospitals that were not too different from aged care facilities. i have been proactive in my learning, but there really is a limitation, as compared to my other classmates who dealt with acute care patients.

i am considering:

(1) borroloola community health centre (nt)

this is a tiny community of 700 people, mostly indigenous, and i thought that alone would make this a unique experience. but summer temperatures seem harsh.

(2) atherton hospital (qld)

(3) diabetes tasmania

uncertain as to how 'happening' this place could be (no offense to anyone).

(4) country health south australia

(i realise that my choice would depend on my area of interest, but at this point, like most students, i do not know what to specialise in. i have been drawn to ed, icu, cardiology, and palliative care.)

on the other hand, regional clinics in vic include:

1. mornington peninsula maternal and child health centre

2. st vincent's correctional health --port phillip prison (intriguing to me, since law enforcement was my other career choice, but i have heard that it is not too 'happening'--is that true?)

3. glenelg shire maternal and child health centre

if anyone has any advice or recommendations about my placement site, it would be greatly appreciated. the placement dates are somewhere between nov-jan, for a period of two weeks. but i need to decide by this friday!

thank you very much in advance for your help.

[ceridwyn]

St v's correctional, learn lots about lots of things....drugs, psych,

or the indigenous health, except for the hospital at atherton all the rest a maternal health aren't they, if you are not into mid and babies forget it.