The combination of patients sounds like it can have its moments....I have heard that it is quite different from here...

Hi yeah lots of differences. I think it depends where about in Oz you are working. Where are you heading to?

Donna

Kids itu,last 20 bloody years,mind you they aint as sick as they used to be.Brisbane sept to do a bit of agency and chill my ass out

Hi Kelly

I am a GUM senior staff nurse-heading 4 Perth too. Hope to get a job in this field-or family planning. Just waiting to sell house-then we are off.

Good luck on ur job hunt-I havent even started yet!!!

TC
Cheryl

First choice is Melbourne but PLEASE TAKE NOTE RMN's : WA recruits RMN's with a £20 000 relocation subsidy if you work in their public psych hospitals for 2 years! A big plus with all the current expenses. Already has a job in Perth at a public hospital; decided to try it for 2 years and then either stay in Perth if we like it or move on to the Melbourne.

Theyve got one at the Royal Melbourne, My oldest Daughter now recovered hopefully, was an in patient for a while. Which besides being a real worry was a tad awkward for my wife, who worked on the next floor up. Especially at family thearapy times.

Very interesting info thanks! What did you think of the care and the unit?
Happy to hear she is doing well, it is a complex disease!
Wow,the scenario must have been very difficult and akward for your wife...

Annorexia, after almost two years, seems to be recovered. She was about 6 or less weeks from the point of no return. The unit did a good job on our daughter, so cannot fault the staff or the system. Lots of family involvment, which was very very awkward, because my wife has to liase with the mediatating social workers on a weekly basis during the course of her general psychiatric work.

Good to hear that! I will definitely remember this if we ever move to Melbourne! Good luck for the way forward!

If you're coming to the gold coast you'll be looking for level 2 community work. There is a big push now to get ED out of general psych and back into the community. We had ED's as inpatients up until a few months ago,. Now they're picked up by ACT.

Me....Acute adult psychiatry on the Gold Coast by the way.

Thanks for the info. The school of thought here is that ED's should in the acute phase not either be in a general psychiatric ward or in the community. Reason being that it is quite a specialized area when it comes to refeeding and patients are at high risk for cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalances etc during refeeding. But I assume then that the refeeding stage will be done in a medical ward before being discharged to the community?

[QUOTE=vlooi;6161807]First choice is Melbourne but PLEASE TAKE NOTE RMN's : WA recruits RMN's with a £20 000 relocation subsidy if you work in their public psych hospitals for 2 years

Not sure if this was a typo, but WA relocation for psych nurses is $20000, not £'s. (Not trying to be picky, but its a huge difference). OH is in the middle of this process, so its reliable info.
HTH
Helen

Hi Cherly

Am sure as long as you have your registration in place then finding a job in your area of practice shouldnt take long at all!

Good luck with the house by the way and let me know how you're getting on.

Take care,

Kelly.

[QUOTE=the harrys;6166277] Soory, yes it was a typing error and it is a HUGE difference! Thanks for pointing it out!

[QUOTE=vlooi;6168305] Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows if havign had my qualification lapse (17 years).. had babies etc ..... if I would need to re-qualify or would it not make any differnce at all and I would just have to start from scratch! Have only doen a bit of part time "care" work since with Alzheimers Disease Society... and even that was 8 years ago now......

Have also considered training as a Doula!

Any help greatfully received....