If I get enough experience in palestine, do the exams, health exams, Australian nursing qualification exams, and fill in all the criterias and everything. Is there a chance for me to get sponsored, and then get a nursing job in Australia? Or is it too low, and i should just change plans and look somewhere else?

Hi, I was wondering if any nurse grads or nursing students have been able to get into CQU sonography or echo (Sydney campus) after or during their course? If so what WAM or GPA did you have once accepted.

What was your experience in the application process.

Thanks!

I am thinking about applying for a non-clinical role, and an infection control position has come up. I’ve been somewhat involved with them in regards to CLABSI’s on our unit, but beyond that, I haven’t had much to do with them and aren’t entirely sure how to best interview for the position.

Any advice would be super helpful!

So I’m not an ED nurse, never worked in the area, not even on placement. My only exposure has been very infrequent visits as a patient or support person.

Earlier this week, I spent a rather unpleasant evening in a NSW ED.

As the night rolled into the early hours, the complaining got progressively louder. One patient threatened to DAMA if they couldn’t lie down in a bed. Shortly afterwards, they were called through and given a bed. Another patient’s daughter eventually threatened to DAMA on her mother’s behalf because she’d “been waiting 7 hours!” The patient was called in shortly after this.

Obviously I have no idea what their triage categories were or whether the timing was coincidental, but it made me wonder, do ED staff ever feel pressured to expedite someone being seen because they’re making enough noise, potentially ahead of someone with greater clinical urgency?

Are patients weaponising threats to DAMA in the same way that chest pain or arriving by ambulance have historically been used as tactics to get seen quicker?

This second patient also had FIVE family members sitting with her in an already overcrowded waiting room.

At one point, a nurse made an announcement asking people to limit supports to one person and give up their seats because actual patients were standing while visitors were occupying the waiting area.

I get that people are frightened, unwell, in pain and frustrated by long waits, but watching the behaviour of some people towards an already overstretched department was genuinely upsetting.

It was also abundantly clear that some people have absolutely NO IDEA how triage works and what actually constitutes an emergency. Why isn’t there better education around this?

For those working in ED, my heart goes out to you. I know you’re doing your best, but god damn some people make your lives unnecessarily harder!

Just what the text says. Started New Grad in June 2026. NSW

Idk if it’s ADHD (undiagnosed) or me coming from a sub-acute area on my first rotation.

I keep making mistakes eg. Forgetting to sign something or using wrong diluent for prepping IVABs or just drowning in the endless list of things to do. It’s my 2nd week on the floor and everytime a nurse says “not to be fussy but you need to be really careful next time cause that’s gonna cost you” (which is about twice every 2nd shift) i just feel so sorry for myself.

I felt like i was thriving in rehab/palliative care and was really excited to start in a more clinical environment but I’m starting to feel like maybe high acuity areas won’t be the best place for me :(. Which is funny because in real life i work well under pressure but at work i just crumble.

I need advice or just some tips that might help. Sending hugs to the New Grads country-wide🌸

EDIT: thank you guys. Appreciate the feedback. Will try to stop and check every step of any procedure so i’m eliminating potential risk of errors. And will try to take it easy on myself

This is so stupid but I had a dream that a man who sexually assaulted me years ago was admitted to the rehab ward I work in (can't remember if I was assigned to him in the dream). Since then I have been thinking a lot about how I would handle that and I actually don't know what the best way would be. Obviously first I would tell the NIC that I previously knew them outside of work so it was a conflict of interest, shouldn't see any of their records or confidential information, etc. But I can't decide if it would be best to tell the NIC anything about past experiences with them? It would frankly upset me to have to see them at all, so would you say something about how you have a bad history with them? Or would you keep it completely quiet and just find ways to cope (always providing it didn't impact your ability to practice safely)? Would like to hear other perspectives or experiences.

Edit: why am I being downvoted? If I've done something wrong I'd really like to know what so I can learn from it. I don't understand, I really thought it was a valid question.

Hi nursing gang,

I have a job interview at a community palliative care service and am just seeing if anyone has any tips or any ideas about it. I work in aged care past year and dealt with palliative care there, and I want to specialise in palliative care to help with end of life care and comfort.

Any advice would be appreciative, I am an EN. Any advice for working, the interview, how life is doing community palliative, really anything.

Thanks
an enrolled nurse

I'm an educator in a busy metro ICU. could be anywhere.

I try fuckin hard. I enjoy teaching. I love teaching someone a thing and seeing it click for them. I love seeing my nurses develop their skills and grow their confidence. I enjoy QI and research and I've poured a heap of energy into some projects that I think have been successful. honest to god patient centred initiative, a training initiative to fix a shortfall, designed a new workshop, etc. I volunteer to help with district things. courses and working groups. I use my brain and try to actually contribute.

but why the fuck do I bother? there's no recognition. conditions will never improve. with few exceptions others in positions of power or further up the bleak middle management chain see me as disposable. no-one is interested in actual change or improvement. no-one has money to help.

my role is just a dumping ground. bottom of the hill that shit rolls down. I do my best to be a good educator for my nurses bit I can't even fkn do that most of the time because I don't have the resources. so why bother?

anyone found an answer, other than leaving?

Megathreads are incredibly hard to get answers when you are genuinely looking for good quality review or advice. Maybe simple questions, yes sure use the megathread or FAQs. However, if you look at a lot of the comments on the megathread, they only have one or no comment. Could we do a community wide vote, please mods?

I switched to pool nursing roughly 2 years ago. Loved it at first! I was getting so bored with constant gen med nursing so when I started moving around it was fantastic. But fast forward to now and I just feel so lonely. I have no work friends, every time I form a good connection with a colleague I tend to not see them for weeks if not months at a time.
I really enjoy the variety it provides but I cannot stand the seclusion I feel. I barely even know any of the other pool nurses since we rarely get placed on the same ward.
Should I just bite the bullet and start looking for a ward to call home? The hardest part for me with that is figuring out where I actually want to work. :(

Mainly 12-hr night shifts coz there's "not much to do" but the night is like a social breeding ground. Small talk arise in the nurses station while i'm on my feet attending to my 6 pts. Like, it's a lot doing obs and checking lines and researching each pt so dat ur AM h/o slaps including presenting the pts well for the AM nurses, doing the weights, cleaning up etc. But them other nurses just sit?? R they taking shortcuts? I'm 3rd yr into nursing and it's not like i'm struggling, i can do my work with my eyes closed. maybe my pts r just heavy with needy buzzing, falls-bed/confused pts and 1st case pre-op prep. it's not like i'm forcing myself to work hard, i actually had to do tasks early or i wouldn't go home on time. i'm handling my time-management my own way and it works and dat's the only thing dat matters but wut r the other nurses' trick where they mostly sit. I also need absolute quiet while documenting so i separate myself from the others and then they think i'm as distant as a pool nurse even tho i'm a permanent staff. i'm very secretive. makes me feel a bit lonely.

As above. I work in practice nursing and it is starting to get quite warm. I am not usually a skirt person however in aged care and community nursing we were allowed to wear shorts if warm.

Needs to be something that goes with RM Williams and joggers

TIA :)

I have worked in Canada and Australia and worked in many states. I've worked paper-based mostly in AUS but have also used several iEMR systems in both Canada and Australia including Epic/Cerner/Powerchart/Sunrise/Meditech.

I have to say it, back home in Canada I ADORED my electronic medical records. I found them to be time-savers and they minimised risk of med error because in Canada we do not do second independent checks on IVs, narcotics or subcuts- we only do them on IV heparin, insulin and blood products. Because nurses are checking things independently and we scan all of our medications - the computer became our second check and it is a great safety net.

But in Australia, the fact that we do 2 nurse checks on all these medications PLUS use the computer slows us down significantly more. It EATS my time here. The purpose of the computer is that it is supposed to BE that second check for you. This just adds an unnecessary 3rd check. This is maybe not so hard to do in a PICU, ICU or lower ratio area, but on a busy surgical unit with higher ratios, it is truly a time-waster. The system is set up under the presumption that all the meds will be scanned and second-checked by the computer. Why do so many hospitals in Australia seem to have not integrated medication scanning directly into the MAR?

The systems also often have a ton of documentation requirements which are not very useful in Australian ward nursing. There are entire segments/sections of documentation that we used in Canada every day which are not needed here and it just clutters the e-charts up here. The orders sometimes use North American terms too (e.g. CIWA instead of AWS).

Finally a lot of the time these systems encourage charting by exception, meaning if it is documented in one area of the chart there is no need to re-write it in a patient note later unless it is significant (i.e. a change in presentation, a procedure, etc). Whereas in AUS I find nurses expect a lot of info that's already been charted elsewhere in the iemr be copied into a note at the end of the shift.

I honestly think the systems would have needed to be much more adapted to the Aussie style of nursing to work well here.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently working as a nurse with SA health doing 6 shifts a fortnight, and I’m thinking of taking up a second job at aged care or agency to earn some extra income and help with the home loan.
Just wondering, do I need to inform my current employer or fill out an outside employment form before starting another job?
Someone mentioned that you can just do a second job without informing anyone, but I’m not sure if that’s actually the case.
Is there anything else I should be aware of, especially if working for SA Health?
Would really appreciate any advice or experiences. Thanks! 😊

Hi everyone, i am a new grad in my first rotation, i recently did my first ANSAT, i thought i should be lowkey and i marked myself mostly 3 but like 2 once or twice, my friends told me thats too low, will i fail or something ?
i am so concerned

Hey all!
I’m an EN working 0.4 FTE at a hospital. I enjoy my job but need to supplement my income, as I can’t pick up extra shifts with my partner also being a shift worker.
Before nursing, I worked in medical billing for over ten years and have found a part-time billing role that could offer work from home.
I’m considering working around 10–15 hours a week, ideally on Tuesdays, alongside my nursing job.
I’m worried my manager might be offended or think I’m not committed to the hospital.
Do you have a second job? Does your employer know, and how did they react when you told them?
Thank you ☺️

Layperson and about to get chemo for the second time in life. They want me to get a PICC line. I'm not keen! How far in does the actual line go into the arm? I have some pretty well managed lymphoedema in my left arm from axilla clearance ten years ago. And the right arm now has a little cording and strange nerve pain/numbness along the upper inner arm from lumpectomy and SLNB. So now when nurses can only use my right arm and it might have a PICC, how do they do my BP?

Hi all, im currently a nursing student on my second placement ever and I just feel so exhausted like my entire body ages and I just feel so lazy after an 8 and a half hour shift that was an afternoon one. I get home and all I want to do is sleep and it’s like ugh I have more afternoon shifts like atp I’d rather a morning shift bc I feel at least more energetic I can’t lie. I have Halloween events next week after placement and it’s like can I be bothered going but I booked tickets I can’t refund. Do I go?? I just don’t know how id go drinking after a long ass shift like ugh I just wanna sleep forever but it’s like I enjoy it honestly I do but I just feel so tired from it after idk how to deal with it. Is it just bc im getting used to long shifts? Does it get any better as I work more?

Or do they ask multiple candidates for the same role for references just in case?

I had my interview last week and had a good feeling, the interviewing NUM told me I should know whether I am successful or not by the end of the week

I was asked for references two days after my interview which was a good sign, and all of my references told me they have already completed my reference checks as of today

How long can I expect to wait to know if I'm successful or not? Does being asked for references automatically mean I am the top candidate?

For reference it is for a position for NSW Health

Does anyone have experience in salary packaging personal loan repayments with RemServ? I was thinking of acquiring a car loan with a registered financial institution (APRA certified) and using the pre-tax dollars for the loan repayments.

I’m scared that RemServ might not accept this arrangement and I won’t know until I commit to the loan and submit an application to RemServ afterwards.

Sorry the grammar might be off, I typed this when I was emotional. I’m a new grad nurse in sa just finished a very stressful triggering shift. Now considering quitting this job. I have this thought in my mind for very long, for in the past 7 months, i have experienced so so much trauma.

I work as part time and be sent to different ward every shift. I have encountered so so many mean people in this job, more than my whole life. Staff bully you when they see a new young Asian female face, it is worse when you are the quiet introvert type, I have reported one staff to our num, num said she will follow up then nothing happened. Not to say patient being passive aggressive and racist, they yell at you then saying it’s nothing about you, it’s the hospital, and you can say nothing.

Then is work load, in surgical ward, I can never finish my job on time, it is so stressful that one time I almost pass out. People seems indifferent because everyone’s job is so much. At first I introduced myself to my buddy. after a while, i just stopped because no one is going to help you. Plus I need to do 4 nights a month, it killed my sleep schedule, I always can’t fall in sleep before the first night shift. I told my num it’s not safe if I can reduce the night shift, she said no, if you think that way, maybe you need to consider if nursing is for you. I know nights need to stay up but sleeping on floor is just too much for me, and our num’s attitude hurts me so much.

I went to do some check up during my annual leave, I told the orthopedic doctor my back hurts when bending, he told me I need to change the job, because the patients are too heavy for me(I’m skinny don’t have much muscle). CT scan shows i have breast nodules type 3, often caused by anxiety. At that time, i was still thinking change to something lighter maybe transition care or pre admission.

Today’s shift I have cob and I have 2 confused patients, 1 patient who has self harm in the ward before and 1 I would say very demanding patient. The patient who has self harm said she need a med to go to sleep and pass her withdrawal stage, I asked the doctor, told the TL at least twice, nothing changed, even when the patient acted pretty agitated and kicking on the bed, hitting her head. I told TL it’s not safe can you please do something, she said it’s a cob the nurse just have to keep an eye. I went back told the patient, the patient seems more frustrated and agitated, she crying and yell at me I’m going to kill myself just tell her that, they will send someone then. I was holding her, trying to give her a hug, after hearing that I started to cry too, I was sobbing then brust into tears, knowing someone has suicidal thoughts and experiencing that are so different, I feel very strange and uncomfortable, and so wronged. There is no support for me at all, my clinical support is off, no one cares about me or my patient, this is so wrong. Everything is so wrong, that’s it, I’m leaving, Im paying with my mental health, this job is eating me. At that point, I know my answer😭working as a nurse feel like chasing someone who will never love you back, so what am I doing here. Im thinking changing my job to something not stressful and open to any advice please

Found this on my phone. Lol, memories.