What is difference in actual job between us and Australia hospital nursing.

[trutuyu]

Hello all. Thanks for any replies. Is there aids in australia or is it total care. Do Australian nurses work 8 hour shifts or 12 hour shifts. Is there ratios and if not how many patients per nurse. Etc... I'm an Rn with 5 years of hospital experience and am going to finish my bachelors degree in one semester then start applying to Australia. Thanks for any help.

[sparticus2008]

There are aids in some areas, but they are often there to watch patients who are high falls risk/wandering etc. You should expect that you will be providing full care, however, in some areas there may be a aid to help the team.

In general most nurses in a hospital work 8 hour shifts. Some speciality areas such as ICU have 12 hours shifts.

Ratio will depend on the acuity of the area, legislation varies between states.

[trutuyu]

There are aids in some areas, but they are often there to watch patients who are high falls risk/wandering etc. You should expect that you will be providing full care, however, in some areas there may be a aid to help the team.

In general most nurses in a hospital work 8 hour shifts. Some speciality areas such as ICU have 12 hours shifts.

Ratio will depend on the acuity of the area, legislation varies between states.

Thank you.