Nursing in Australia

Nursing in Australia

Nursing in Australia can be quite different from nursing in the United Kingdom, Ireland, or most other countries.  Nurses have a higher degree of autonomy in Australia, and it seems that nursing in Australia is less hierarchal, so nurses, doctors and other members of a multidisciplinary team work more closely.

In some facilities, wards may be broken into sections, with each nurse is allocated a number of patients (typically between 4 and 6) for whom they provide total patient care.

Some hospitals employ the Team Nursing approach, where a team of nurses will take care of an entire ward.  The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing total patient care, including all medications (IM, IV, PO), to allocated patients during the course of each shift.

Paperwork, terminology, abbreviations and equipment will probably be different, but in a short time, it will become very familiar to you.

Nursing in Australia gives you the opportunity to broaden your skills through skill exchange, and experience the culture and lifestyle of a new country.

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