<blockquote rel="li_i_ren">i work in i.c.u so 1 to 1...hehehehe! in the wards naman it's 1 is to 4/5 patients. australia is the only country other than the state of california na may nurse to pt. ratio. pero saying that sa rest homes po, iba naman ung protocol kasi they are not considered patients but are considered " residents" so 1 nurse can have 25 residents and a couple of caregivers to help her.
i work 12 hours a day.. meron din po 8 hours pero i like 12 hours a day kasi i get 3-4 days off which i can spend with my family. self rostering po kami.. depende po sa unit, most units/ wards will give naman your requested roster kaya lang skills mix will always be considered din so di pwdi na lahat new grad or lahat senior nurses on 1 day so most often than not they will give naman your requested roster pero other times di rin..give and take lang naman.
benefits, ok ung salary packaging schemes (please google na lang po kasi mahirap / mataas i-explain) , hourly pay is really really based on years of experience! when i went for the job and contract signing ko with the nurse manager, 1 by 1 she asked me about the certificates i presented to her and she got a calculator and computed how many years experience i have work for ! so when i say experience, talagang very very important po yan kasi it will determine your salary in australia.
meron akong friend, who came also from new zealand. ung experience nya sa pinas di na considered kaya bumaba ung pay grade nya but he argued talaga na if new zealand considered his experience in the philippines why not australia.. and i think he got it considered naman kasi talagang very big difference ung pay nya if he didn't fight for it. imagine he had 3 years in the philippines and only a year in new zealand.. 4 years total na sana..if his 3 years would not be considered talagang very very big pay difference po yan.
work environment, kasi galing na akong new zealand almost 3 plus year din ako dun..i can really say that australians are supportive BUT not friendly. i got used kasi sa new zealand culture that people are very open and people are always offering to help. supportive ang ozzies but you have to be the one to ask for help. you have to be the one to initiate the conversation...if you don't ask. they won't offer help/ information din. sa nz, kasi if like you do bed making automatic if free ung kiwi..they come and help you..here kahit they are free.. they will let you be. they are very independent sa work. di naman masungit, i guess culture lang nila na if you don't ask..you don't get help din.
pero di naman racism yan.. i guess ugali lang na very independent.
so if you don't know something, ask. there are no stupid question naman to them.
pay grade nasa google din yan..im not sure lang if updated or go sa nsw nursing union. i can't tell you about other states kasi nsw based po ako🙂
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thank you po for sharing. 🙂