Student about to Graduate University

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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

Firstly, I would like to thank you for reading this and helping me with some advice!

I am 12 months off graduating from an ivy league university in Sydney Australia. I am a US resident and a mature age student.

Rather than doing my graduation year in a NSW Health Hospital, I would dearly like to come home and do it back home here in the US. I have a desire to specialise in Critical Intensive Care nursing with a sub-specialty in airway management and in 5 years or so would like to be a Nurse Specialist in that area.

My husband and I currently live in Lexington, South Carolina, but are seriously thinking of making the move to either Carmel or Santa Barbara in California! I have researched the hospitals in California, my favourite would be San Francisco University Hospital as its a trauma hospital.

Could someone please advise me, if I should do my graduation rotation in Australia (which would me take 2 years) or should I apply for a grad role in South Carolina or Augusta, Georgia (which is close to me), Washington DC or apply to San Fran. I've heard it is incredibly hard and extremely competitive to get a new grad here in the US, whereas in Sydney, Australia, its a given!

Can someone please advise as to what I should do?

Thanks and kind regards,

Marlena

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Specializes in Emergency.

No offense, but, I would recommend you take San Francisco off your radar. I live in the Bay area, was able to get a job before my NCLEX, but I knew someone. There are hundreds (probably thousands) of applicants in the Bay area. Getting into SFGH, Kaiser, or UCSF will be extremely difficult. I recommend you find a job outside of California and in 1-2 years, come back and get paid better. :-)

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Thanks so much for your advice.

I wonder what Washington DC or South Chicago to do my grad. If all else fails, I would have to do it in Sydney Australia, but that means me being away from my husband for another 2 years.

Would it do any good to get professional advice from some of the hospitals, like South Chicago, or DC or even here in Sth Carolina, or Augusta, Georgia?

Thank you so much. I do appreciate your advice.

With kind regards,

Marlena

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Specializes in Emergency.

Any states that are NOT California are going to be significantly easier to get into. I recommend checking those hospitals first before biting the bullet and trying Australia.

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I am 12 months off graduating from an ivy league university in Sydney Australia. I am a US resident and a mature age student.

Rather than doing my graduation year in a NSW Health Hospital, I would dearly like to come home and do it back home here in the US.

When you say "I am 12 months off graduating" do you mean you graduated 12 months ago or 12 months to go until you graduate? Are you a registered nurse in Australia?

I am not familiar with Australian nursing schooling, what is a "graduation year"?

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Aren't Australian nursing graduates one of the groups that have trouble getting licensed in the US because the education is different?

(Also, what's an "ivy league university in Sydney, Australia"? The only "Ivy League" I've ever heard of is a specific group of schools that are all located in the US.)

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Specializes in ED, med-surg, peri op.

You live in America but study in Australia? Why? How is that possible?

Also getting a new grad position in Australia is not a given. Lots of new grads who can't find work.

Finally nursing I'm Australia is completely different to us nursing. I doubt you would be able to take the nclex, and even if you could you would be incompetent in an American setting. Work in Australia first, or otherwise you're just wasted the last 3 years and a lot of money for nothing.

I can't see why you're studied in Australia, when your family is in America and you want to be there????

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When you say "I am 12 months off graduating" do you mean you graduated 12 months ago or 12 months to go until you graduate? Are you a registered nurse in Australia?

I am not familiar with Australian nursing schooling, what is a "graduation year"?

Hi it just means that I have 12 years left of my university degree in an Advance Studies Nursing Degree.

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Aren't Australian nursing graduates one of the groups that have trouble getting licensed in the US because the education is different?

(Also, what's an "ivy league university in Sydney, Australia"? The only "Ivy League" I've ever heard of is a specific group of schools that are all located in the US.)

Yes and no, as most universities do not do cover Obstetrics, however, you can take single additional classes in obstetrics. We have specific degrees for obstetrics - called Midwifery, so you can do a degree in Midwifery. Our nursing degrees in Australia are all "Applied Science" degrees, my degree is called an (Advance Studies) degree, so its like junior medicine. Also Australian Universities do not do wishy washy social science subjects. Besides that I already have a BA degree.

Ivy league means a premium university that is very hard to get into. And no, not all ivy league schools are in the USA. England has Oxford and Cambridge which are both ivy league universities.

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You live in America but study in Australia? Why? How is that possible?

Also getting a new grad position in Australia is not a given. Lots of new grads who can't find work.

Finally nursing I'm Australia is completely different to us nursing. I doubt you would be able to take the nclex, and even if you could you would be incompetent in an American setting. Work in Australia first, or otherwise you're just wasted the last 3 years and a lot of money for nothing.

I can't see why you're studied in Australia, when your family is in America and you want to be there????

Because I want to study in Australia and I can! I am a dual citizen. My degree in Australia costs approx $18k because the government subsidies everyone's degree, like they do in the UK.

You are wrong in saying that getting a graduate is a given - unless you are a full fee paying student and not a resident, you cannot get a job, so in that regard you are right. However, if you are citizen and not a flop at university, you will get a graduate role!

Nursing in Australia is not different to nursing in the US. We are more technicians. Are you Australian or are you American? and why are you so combative. Additionally how dare you refer to me as being incompetent. I hope with your attitude you are praying to god for a grad role here. I must say, your attitude will not get you far. This site is not a site for putting other people down.

Oh and just to let on a little secret, Pearsons run the NCLEX in most countries around the globe!

If you would have actually read my question in the first place, I wouldn't have to answer these benign questions of yours. Go back to step 1.

Finally don't tell me where I can work, you don't even have command of the English language!!!

Have a great day!!!

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Yes and no, as most universities do not do cover Obstetrics, however, you can take single additional classes in obstetrics. We have specific degrees for obstetrics - called Midwifery, so you can do a degree in Midwifery. Our nursing degrees in Australia are all "Applied Science" degrees, my degree is called an (Advance Studies) degree, so its like junior medicine. Also Australian Universities do not do wishy washy social science subjects. Besides that I already have a BA degree.

Ivy league means a premium university that is very hard to get into. And no, not all ivy league schools are in the USA. England has Oxford and Cambridge which are both ivy league universities.

Are you intending to be snarky in your responses to people? Because that's how you're sounding.

"Wishy washy social science subjects?" Those "wishy washy" social sciences are considered essential elements of a nursing degree, and nursing practice, in the US.

The Ivy League does not mean "a premium university that is very hard to get into." It refers to a specific group of eight universities in the US Northeast. It's not a generic term referring to any good school. Oxford and Cambridge are excellent schools, but they're not Ivy League universities (nor is any school in Australia).

What Constitutes "Ivy League"? - Ask The Dean

Ivy League - definition of Ivy League by The Free Dictionary

Ivy League | Define Ivy League at Dictionary.com

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ivy_league

What does IVY LEAGUE mean?

I'm no expert on nursing degrees from different countries, but I do know that plenty of people have posted here are having difficulty getting US licensure with a nursing degree from Australia. But I'm sure you know better -- you clearly believe that you do. Good luck.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

OP: You will not be able to come to the US and work in a nursing role during your last year of your nursing program.

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