Official nurses thread!

[Lannylo]

Hello All,
What a great threadI am also a student nurse with six months left to qualifyWe are coming to Perth in Jan - Feb 09!!!! Some hossies look really nice and i have been in contact. I am thinking of doing the grad program, does anyone have any positive feedback?

[ali]

I know WA like everywhere else is really short of nurses. I know the hopsital I work at is short of nurses - it is worth contacting them directly - you may get a job offer.

Ali

[colin&lorraine]

Yes you need skills assessment to apply for visa you can get this first from ANC but if you know which state you want to live in you can apply direct to them for registration and then apply for skills assessment from ANC this is the cheapest way to do it.

[Nicko]

Hi,What a great idea to have a nurses thread.My wife Sue 39, is a Sister on a Renal ward in Canterbury,Kent and we are just beginning the long visa trail! We are hoping to emigrate to Perth once the visas are in place and Sue would like to stay in renal nursing if possible as she has 6 years experience.I'm Nick 43,a lorry driver and heavy plant operator and we have twin boys Matthew and Joseph 7. We want to emigrate to try and give them a better start in life and to enjoy a bit more sunshine! We worry so much about all the violence,crime,drugs etc that we just want to get away from the uk,sad though it will be to leave. The N.H.S seems to have become a huge dinosaur with far too many managers and too few staff to do the dirty work! Anyway enough moaning,lets just look forward to the far off day when we finally get on the plane!! Good luck to you, all Sue and Nick

[shariliz]

Originally Posted by colin&lorraine

Hi this is a great thread. Im a nurse in Blackburn working on an acute nedical ward.

Lorraine

Crikey, reading that just brought back a flood of memories.......I was at Blackburn in the early 80's!! BRI, QPH etc...lived in the staff res at QPH........eeh, them were t'days!!! Some of my rellies still live in Accy, Snuffy Har'ood and Ozzy as we used to call Accrington, Great Harwood and Oswaldtwistle!!!

[siobhan]

Hi Everyone,
I'm Siobhan from northern ireland, been nursing since 1980 in NHS, mostly medical wards, have been care manager in hospital last 4 years organising complex discharges.
I have hubby and 3 kids,eldest 2 are in Oz, my son bricklayer in perth on WHV and daughter in sydney hairdressing for working holiday visa also.
Have 10 year old boy, got our visa last week hopin 2 go 2 perth as soon as house sold, taking ages!!!
Will go back 2 nurse in perth, now awaiting registration from NMBWA..
Can't wait!!

[Carorp]

Hi, i am a Cardiac Nurse specialist, planning on moving to mount Eliza in Melbourne in Oct/sept. I have two children a girl and a boy aged 7 and 5years. Won't know anyone when move there and have not got a job lined up yet as a bit early. Just had medicals three weeks ago. House up for sale but housing downturn has not helpd in the sale. We have buyers, who have buyers who don't have buyers, people don't seem to be getting on the bottom of the ladder. Advice get house on the market ASAP. Keep in touch. Caroline

[neil armstrong]

hi i,m not a nurse but my wife is shes called tina & is in sunderland doing acute care of the elderly & medicine.i,m neil & we have laura 17 in may ( who doesnt wanna move) & ben whos 5 in june,we really like the look of adelaide.tina wants to work part time 4/5 hours a day n would like to work on the community if possible so any advise on this would be great,shes been a nurse for 15 years n like most of you needs to get out of the nhs cheers

[dellawarren99@hotmail.com]

Hello,

I am coming out to join you in Queensland as a nurse director working in the Department of Health. I look forward to meeting some of you. I start in May.

[ali]

Hi Neil, it must be very difficult for Laura, I would suggest she comes with you for a little while - that way she always has the easy option of returning once she's validated her visa. They're begging for nurses all over Australia.

Ali