Should i go to australia and work as a nurse?

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Yes - Aussie is always short of nurses !

Working in Australia as a Nurse:
Whether you have a high level of skills and experience or need to gain additional skills, there is a visa to suit you. There are excellent career opportunities with permanent and temporary work available in Australia. You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for a visa to work as a nurse.

See here for more info http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/medical-practitioners/nurses.htm on how to make it happen for yourself.

Don't forget we have the Flying Doctors service here also.

http://www.flyingdoctors.org.au/Flight-Nurse-positions.html
http://www.flyingdoctor.net/Flight-Nurse-Testimonials.html
http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/index.cfm?MenuID=55

Stanley

"If you want something in life, reach out and grab it"

pierrevil m

NO I DONT THINK SO CAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO MOVE TO A FOREIGN COUNYTRYhave been everyehere in Australia (and i mean everywhere, including the places you dont hear about) and there are good reasons to move and bad reasons to move here.

Pros
- Rated extremelly high in the list for standards of living. Few contries rate higher. Norway is the only consistent country to be higher.
- Compared to other first world countries has a very healthy environment, although this has dimished in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Well paid jobs. Jobs are one of the hihgest earnings in the world, people are generally paid very evenly, high paid jobs are usually related to the mining sector. Compared to the US, management are paid lower salaries and a focus on worker satisfaction has been prominent in Aussie history. Australian employers often make little distinction between foreigners and locals in employment except on the issue of stability.
- Technology. Australia keeps up in technology, and this is encouraged by the government. This is shown also through our excellent scientific achievements.
- Healthcare. The govenment is very encouraging with medicine and healthcare. Recent developments in healthcare show that while good, government is spending less in this area.
- Education. Australia rules in this area, although due to less funding over the past 15 years public education system is deteriorating, and universities fund themselves mainly through international students. (PS: i am a highschool teacher)
- Weather. Very nice for the beach. Beaches in cities are generally clean and nice to go to. Beache sfurther from cities are even nicer.

Cons
- Drought. Due to drought in past 5 - 10 years due to climate change then Australian growers are suffering, resulting in a probable increase in produce prices.
- Hot. Australia is very hot country, it is common for the temperature to be over 40 degrees celcius during feburary.
- Racism. While Australia is on the surface very multicultural, there is the usual underlying racism. Most of this is due to foreigners taking our jobs (which they probably do better anyway).
- Housing shortage. There is a housing shortage in australia due to people wanting to live in large houses rather than apartments, this makes rent reasonably high if you like living in the city.
- Communication. Internet is slightly slow when communicating to america due to the distance, communication to asia is good though.
- Car use is extremelly high, although australians generally seek better fuel economy due to large distances they travel.

WHERE TO MOVE TO:

Sydney: very expensive to live in, and very busy in comparison. most polluted city. Also oldest (200yrs). Diverse both culturally and economically.

Melbourne: reasonably cheap for an economic centre. this is a nice city to live in (my parents live there) a very diverse population from all walks of life, especially the artistic.

Adelaide: A highly religious city, but very beautiful. Unfortuantly economically dry.

Perth: (where i live): Very beautiful, healthy city, and very large for its small population (1.7mill, 100km long) Has a very bad housing shortage and expensive rent due to emmigration for other cities such as melbourne and sydney. Centre of the mining industry in Australia.

Darwin: Hottest city, also very small. Is in tropics in far north. Very small, is mainly sustained by military and aboriginal population. beautiful australian countryside a day away along any road.

Brisbane: THe tropical city, where retirees, and people looking for a nice climate go to too. The city is growing more than any other. much like perth but closer to sydney and melbourne. Main boom comes from tourism and recent economic growth.

Canberra: political centre. Very nice, cool town. Relaxing. Very little point living there unless you are attached to political or military. but it is still very nice.

Country: Australia is very varied. Most of Australians live in the cities, and towns are distributed by eachother from between 50km (eastern coastline) to 1000km (Western Deserts) depending on where you are.
Despite this there are some beautiful places and many places are flourishing in tourism. Economic growth is limited to Centres such as Sydney, Melbourne, and Pe

shadow

go for it

FML

sounds good to me!
thats my plan...
im goin to college for nursing in the fall. you should look into travel nursing...basically what it is, is you sign up with an agency and they send you to different assignments across the world.
australia sounds cool you should do it! their economy is probably better

Black Curtains

Yes, go to australia.

salvat1234

Hell Yes. Your lucky as a nurse, you could get a job pretty much anywhere in the world.

Take the opportunity and go to Australia, you would be the envy of many people.

Gail Force

I'd suggest you do what you want, not what America or Australie needs. Both countries have nursing shortages by the sounds of it.
I live in Aus and we definately have nursing shortages!
I guess what you need to do is fnd out a bit about how you'd get over there and how long for, if you can get a working visa. Because you don't want to make your mind up and have your heart set on it and be disappointed.
See if the skills taught by your college are applicable to Australian hospitals, talk to your college about it.
It's a great opportunity and don't believe all you hear about it being hot all the time.. it's definately not. everywhere is different, it's a massive country so we get heat, sure but we also get snow and below freezing temps!
I know you'd probably find it quite easy to get work, the pay is good, hours are not so good, as long as, like I said your skills are what's required in Australian hospitals.

You really need to find out some info about it all, firstly I'd go to the student career centre at your school or just anyone that may be able to help. Probably look and see if there's a program that can get you over here to work. As far as where you live, I suggest if you live in a really cold area you won't want to go somewhere like darwin, it might be a bit of a shock to the system, then again, if you HATE the cold, I'd stay away from Tassie and Victoria areas because whilst they do have very hot weather in summer, it's deathly cold in winter.

So yeah, it really requires a bit of research but if you just wanted my opinion I'd say YES! go for it, don't stay in USA just cos they need nurses, live your life, have fun! I'm training to be a nurse and whilst our hospital does have nursing shortages I fully intend on travelling and seeing the world!

good luck with nursing and the future, maybe I'll pass you in a hospital in Australia one day!

Aweis M

do what is best for you don't care what other think of you

Heather

YES!! I know Dr. Ashis Brahma and he is such an amazing guy! he has the most compassion for the people in Africa! He is a volunteer Dr. for people who cannot afford medical services! I want to be a Dr. in a foreign country! These people have nothing and they are the happiest people on earth.. we can really learn alot from them. I think it would be an amazing experience to work in Australlia. It would make you so much more grateful for everything you have. It makes life so much better when you are helping people in need. I appreciate your desire to serve others. you must have a big hear! God Bless!

Sally!x

you should visit australia 1st and try it out and see for yourself!
its a great opportunity! Australia is a great place! Lifestlye is amazing! most people would love to live over there!
also depends what part pf australia!
do your research! find out everything you need to know ad try it out!GOOD LUCK!:)

___

Do it! They pay good, money is worth more in Australia.. also you will be helping out because they have need for certain types of workers.. a huge shortage there.

If you end up buying property there you will be really rich because its very very expensive and profitable.

Matt =D

First of all that's a good idea to be a nurse. That's what I wanna be when I grow up. Second I think you should stay here, because nurses are needed much here in the United States, I don't know if Australia needs nurses as much. you'll have to do some research.

But if you really want to go for it.

Best regards!

Donnie Darko

Yes you should, Australia is a great country. It's not as easy to move there as you think. I have been looking into move there for quite some time.

If you go please take me with you.

Rogers â™

You might as well be a nurse in the USA because you might have to retrain in Australia because their standards maybe be different from that of the USA. Theres plenty of people who need nursing in the USA lol

Do your research before you make any decisions.

jenoceana

I think the biggest medical center is in Houston (I'm not 100% sure on this). You might want to go there

Christelle

NO!! you stay on ur feet for 12 hours and you will end up working there for 22 years like my grandma and when you go home you will say "OH LORD HAVE MERSEY, i never thought my life would be like this!!"

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